For example, this is the Gordian worm.

例如，这个蠕虫病毒。

Gordian worms seem to affect crickets' brains directly.

蠕虫似乎直接影响蟋蟀的脑。

Similarly, crickets infected by the Gordian worm are compelled to act self-destructively.

同样，被戈尔迪乌斯线虫感染的蟋蟀也被迫采取自毁行为。

The Gordian worm needs water to mate, but the cricket prefers dry land.

蠕虫需要水 蟋蟀喜欢乾燥的土地。

She also loved reading about Alexander the Great, who was told that whoever untied the Gordian knot would conquer Asia.

她还喜欢读有关亚帝的故事，据说谁能解开“戈尔迪之结”，谁就能征服亚洲。他掏出剑来砍了它，而是，或者传说是这样。布托说，基本上，她最喜欢的书都是关于伟成就者的。

Many bore portraits of well-attested emperors, Gordian III and Philip the Arab (or possibly his son, Philip II).

许多雕像上都有久负盛名的皇帝戈尔迪安三世和阿拉伯菲利普（或可能是他的儿子菲利普二世）的肖像。

The solution to where I was stuck, I saw, could be pretty much the same as the situation that got me going—an explosion instead of a plague, but still one quick, hard slash of the Gordian knot.

我发觉，要从我卡住的困境中摆脱出来，可以用前面驱动故事发展相似的办法——这次不是瘟疫而是爆炸，总之就是快刀斩乱麻的方法。