The idea of ring-fencing life-saving medical knowledge so a few people can profit from it is one of the great grotesqueries of our age .

把拯救生命的医药知识禁锢起来以让少数人从中获利的概念是我们这个时代最大的荒诞之一。

The western myth that asian culture accords little respect to women appears founded on works like madame butterfly that pander to chauvinistic fantasies and the hunger for exotic grotesqueries .

西方有荒诞之说认为亚洲不重视妇女的文化似乎与《蝴蝶夫人》类似的作品中体现的主题相一致。蝴蝶夫人象征对沙文主义幻想的迎合和对异国情调的渴望。