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A curious Lilliputian, inspecting his comatose form, puts the sharp end of his half-pike a good way up his nostril. It tickles. Gulliver sneezes violently.
一個好奇的小人要研究他昏睡時的結構，把半截長槍的尖端伸向他的鼻孔時把他弄癢了，他狠狠地打了個噴嚏。
In it the author poured scorn on Europe, an annoyingly fractured continent with its “dopey little countries”, “pokey borders”, “itty-bitty” languages and “Lilliputian” drinks measures.
作者在文中極力嘲笑歐洲為由愚蠢的小國、狹小的邊界、各種小語種語言以及小酒量居民組成分裂的大陸，令人厭煩。
Well, actually, wrong. Projects are complex systems that, while they might be usefully considered by peeking into their parts, cannot be overall optimized by taking the Lilliputian view.
當然不對，項目是一個復雜系統(tǒng)，分解來看也許有用，但是不可能用小人國的視角去全面優(yōu)化（譯：這個比喻好冷）。

This Lilliputian jukebox lets you play and replay your selections in any order you like.
FORBES: TRACKING THE EVOLUTION OF TAKE-OUT TUNES
It is surprisingly effective: just think of Captain Gulliver, tied down by hundreds of thread-like Lilliputian ropes.
ECONOMIST: European politics
Combining high-energy fuel with scorching temperatures is the specialty of Lilliputian's founders, Samuel Schaevitz and Aleks Franz.
FORBES: Pip-squeak Power Plant