Rube Goldberg

同根派生

We kept saying Rube Goldberg, but I found this English guy named W.
罗宾荪的英国人（实际上）在汝比。郭德堡之前就描述过机器人了。
In our imaginations we started moving to a place that was much more Rube Goldberg.
机器人城是有生命的机器，在那里所有的东西都是相互关连的。
Now the international system has come to depend on what looks more like a global Rube Goldberg machine running on hot money.
如今的国际（金融）体系越来越依赖于以游资运作，看起来更像个全球范围内的牛刀杀鸡机制。
Like a Rube Goldberg invention, it builds upon existing parts, embracing all their gawkiness but gradually smoothing out operations with optimization over time.
就像小题大做的发明一样，进化是在已有物种的基础上来完成其建造，期间包容物种的所有瑕疵，但是以最优方式来完善其建造工艺。
But this archetypal figure, whose ranks receive nearly one in five patents issued by the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office, may sometimes be more Rube Goldberg than Thomas Edison.
但是若要从这个自美国专利及商标局手中取得将近1/5专利的族群中找个人当代表，这个人恐怕比较接近狂想发明家戈德堡，而不是爱迪生。