【阶梯文本】

oneself
自己

try to adapt the world to himself
想使世界适应自己

persists in trying to adapt the world to himself
坚持想使世界适应自己

the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself
不明事理的人想使世界适应自己

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
明白事理的人使自己适应世界；不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。

【单词解析】

persist：坚持、持续

实用短语：persist in 坚持

实用例句：The bad weather will persist over the district. 坏天气将在那地区持续下去。

小编注：

以上句子中用到了一个单词：adapt，它的意思是（使）适应，经常会用 adapt oneself to，使自己适应。例：She adapted herself quickly to the new climate. 她很快就适应了这种新气候。其中的 oneself 也可以去掉，例如：He has not yet adapted to the climate. 他还没适应这种气候。此外 adapt 还能解释为改编；改造，这时它的常用搭配是 for，例：The author is going to adapt his play for television. 作者将把他的剧本改编成电视剧。