Publish or perish是谈到科技论文写作目的时经常引用的一句话。很多人翻译为发表或死亡，有时也引申为科学家必须发表论文，否则就要出局。但每次我读到这句话时，感觉与流行的翻译有点差异。 Publish的翻译很明确，即出版或发表，含义明确。 Perish在在线字典中的解释为： http://dictionary.infoplease.com/perish v.i. 1. to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake; 2. to pass away or disappear: an age of elegance that has forever perished; 3. to suffer destruction or ruin: His valuable paintings perished in the fire; 4. to suffer spiritual death: Save us, lest we perish; 5. perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding. Synonyms for perish http://thesaurus.infoplease.com/perish Verb 1. die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, change state, turn usage: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; She died from cancer; They children perished in the fire; The patient went peacefully. 由于暴力的死或消亡；消逝；毁灭；精神意义上的死亡。 每次读到Publish or Perish，联想到的是历史场景：没有发表的科学发现掩埋于历史的垃圾中，无人知晓，无法传承。 所以，我认为，perish可译为埋没、消逝。 至于发表了的成果，经历历史长河的荡涤，大江东去的浪涛，还能留下多少呢？
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