Nor should it: human knowledge is too precious to consign to the ether alone.

纸质图书业不应该消失：人类的知识太珍贵以至于不能只寄于计算机网络这一单一的方式记录。

So the consigner can consign fake goods or the buyer can refuse to pay, leading to problems at all stages of the process.

因此，委托人可以委托拍卖假货，买家可以拒绝付款，使得整个拍卖过程的各个阶段都问题重重。

An attempt to sway him by saying he is a historical figure fails – “Don’t consign me to history” – but it does make him smile.

试图通过提醒他他自己是个失败的历史角色来激怒他，他却笑着说，不要随便就把我丢到历史中去。

We cannot consign our children to this future. The tragedy unfolding on our coast is the most painful and powerful reminder yet that the time to embrace a clean energy future is now.

我们不能把孩子托付给这样的未来，我们的海岸上演的悲剧是最痛苦的也是最深刻的提醒，然而，现在也是时候让我们去拥抱一个拥有清洁能源的未来。

There is another danger: that “enlargement fatigue” among existing members, at a time of rising xenophobia and populism, will consign the Balkans to eternal instability.

还有另一种危险：即“扩大疲劳症”，在现有成员国中不断上升的排外主义和民粹主义将把巴尔干地区抛弃在持续动荡局势中。