1、A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams (J. Barrymore) 只要一个人还有追求,他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想,一个人才算老。(巴里摩尔) 8、The only way to differentiate yourself from the competition is through service. 只有服务才能真正使你在竞争中凸显。something that makes you feel surprise and admiration;奇迹;奇观;奇事。创造奇迹我们可以说:do wonders or make wonders; for a wonder就是说来奇怪,意想不到的意思。Cease, to stop doing something;停止;终止。The rain has ceased.雨停了。Without cease,就是不停地,不断地。不知大家是否留意过英文新闻里经常出现这样一个词:cease-fire, an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially so that a more permanent agreement can be made.其实就是停火的意思。This proverb tells us that we should never give up our hope, because wonders will never cease. 13、Hitch your wagon to star. 把你的大车套在星星上。/人要志向远大。这句话意味着人要有远大理想,要立志超脱一切世俗事物。Hitch, to fasten something,在这里解释为被钩住;被栓住;被套住。Hitch...to...就是把...系上,栓上。这个词还有多种解释: (1)a problem that delays something for a short time.故障;障碍。比如说:讨论顺利地结束了。我们可以这样表达:The discussion passed off without a hitch. (2)informal to ask for a free ride from the drivers of passing cars by putting your hat out with your thumb raised.求得免费搭车。免费搭车者我们就说:hitchhiker. Wagon, a strong vehicle with four wheels, used for carrying heavy loads and usually pulled by horse; a large open container pulled by a train, used for carrying goods. (in BrE),是指四轮马车;在英式英语中指(铁路)货车。大家在使用这个谚语的时候需要特别注意一下,虽然这句话含有人要志向远大的意思,但是也有可能是贬义,即:好高骛远。14、I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. ----- Hellman 我不能、也不愿毁灭我的良心去迎合时尚。----赫尔曼 conscience means the awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one''s conct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong,良心就是对鞭策人行善而非作恶的本能行为在伦理或道德上的意识。例如:Let your conscience be your guide.让你的良心指引你。His conscience troubled him after he took the money.他拿了钱以后,他的良心使他不安。我们常说的凭良心就是according to one''s conscience,问心无愧是have a clear [good] conscience. 关于这个词,有如下习惯用语: A good conscience is a constant feast. (=A good conscience is a soft pillow.) 问心无愧,高枕无忧。A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. (=A guilty conscience needs no accuser.) 做贼心虚。A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 没做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。get sth. off one''s conscience 解除良心上的负担 have the conscience (to do; to say sth.) 竟厚颜无耻到(做、说...) in all conscience 凭良心说,真的,的确,一定 make sth. a matter of conscience 凭良心对待〔做〕某事 另外在口语中,我们可以说My conscience!这表示啊呀!嗳!好家伙!(表示惊奇,遗憾等)的意思。这句格言,其实说的就是一种坚韧不屈的性格。15、Dying is as natural as living.生死是自然法则。/生死有命,富贵在天。Dying,在这里指死亡。Be dying for/to, to have a real wish for/to (informal),(非正式)恨不得马上;巴不得立刻;非常想:I'm dying for a cigarette.我恨不得马上有支烟抽。As natural as,和...一样普通,一样正常。As...as表示和...一样,中间必须是形容词的原形。比如:as big as和...一样大; as fast as和...一样快。Living,活着;有生命的。这个词还可以解释为现存的;现行的;在使用着的。A living language活语言。这句谚语告诉我们生与死都是自然规律的一部分。死亡是不可避免的,也是不可怕的。16、The great end of life is not knowledge but action. ----- Huxley 人生的伟大目的不在于知而在于行。-----赫胥黎 knowledge: 1. understanding了解,理解例如:A baby has no knowledge of good and evil.小孩儿不解善恶。2. all that a person knows familiarity gained by experience个人的知识,见闻例如:I have only a limited knowledge of computers.我的计算机知识是很有限的。3. everything that is known, organized body of information学问,学识,知识例如:all branches of knowledge各门学问 knowledge常用的搭配如下: be common/public knowledge人所共知 It's pointless trying to keep your friendship secret----it's common knowledge already.你们无所谓将友情保留---其实已尽人皆知了。Come to somebody's knowledge被某人熟悉 It has come to our knowledge that you have been cheating the company.我们了解你一直欺骗公司。这句格言,实际是告诉我们做事要实干,仅仅纸上谈兵是不够的。17、A man without distant care must have near sorrow. 人无远虑必有近忧。Distant-the amount of space between two places or things,远的,悠远的。举例:A distant relative远房亲戚;distant control遥控;long distance长途电话。Care,通常是照顾;管理;或是小心的意思。比如:Give more care to your spelling.多注意你的拼写。在这里care是指忧虑;烦恼;挂念。我们来看一些例子:be free from all care无忧无虑/Care had aged him.忧虑使他显得苍老了。Sorrow-a feeling of great sadness, usually because someone has died or because something terrible has happened to you,悲伤,悲哀。Convert sorrows into strength 化悲痛为力量。社会竞争日益激烈,人们的压力也越来越大,既有远虑又有近忧的人已不在少数了。还是衷心希望所有的人都能放松心态,舒适地生活。18、Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. 我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信的缘故。Distrust - a feeling that you cannot trust someone,不信任,怀疑。Have a distrust of somebody / something,对某人(某事)怀疑。Self-distrust,就是缺乏自信的意思。与之想反的是,self-confidence 充满自信。由self-结构组成的词组还有很多,比如:self-dramatizing 自吹自擂的;self-ecated 自学的;self-financing 自筹经费;self-glorifying 自命不凡的;等等。Cause,原因。the cause of,是导致...的原因。Failure,是动词fail的名词形式,解释为失败。Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。也可以解释为失败的人;失败的尝试:He is a failure as an artist.他是个失败的艺术家。Fail表示失败或不能;忘记。Don't fail to ring me up.不要忘记给我打电话。这个谚语就告诉我们在做任何一件事情的时候我们都要充满自信。19、Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have. ---- Aesop 吃不到葡萄的人说葡萄酸。----伊索 pretend means make pretensions,表示假装,矫作的意思。这里,我们来看一下下列几个词:pretend、feign、assume、affect ,都含'假装'的意思。pretend指'感觉到某事,而在言行上装出是真的',如: pretend not to hear 假装没听见。feign指'精心装有或装作',如:feign deafness 装聋。assume指'装出有某种感情的样子,以掩饰其真正的感情',如: She assumed a look of sorrow. 她假装着悲伤的样子。affect指'为达到某种效果而假装有某种特征或情感',如:affect a British accent装英国腔。20、The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功之秘诀乃为目标之有恒。Secret - something kept hidden or known about by only a few people,秘密;机密。The secret of health 养身秘诀;make no secret of something 对某事毫不掩饰。Constancy - the quality of staying the same even though other things change,坚定;坚贞;经久不变。Constancy of purpose目标坚定。Purpose-the thing that an event, process, or activity is supposed to achieve, or the job that something is supposed to do,意图;目的。What is his purpose in coming他来的意图是什么? 这个谚语告诉我们确立目标,持之以恒就能成功地将事情完成。21、Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知识是宝库,而实践是开启这一宝库的钥匙。这句话也就是我们平常一直在说的:理论知识的掌握必须建立在实践的基础之上。如果没有实践经验,掌握的知识是比较抽象的。Treasure,财富,珍宝的意思。这个词还有另外一种形式treasury,可以解释为国库,金库,也有宝库的意思。那么我们平时一直在说的国库券的英语应该怎么表达呢?短期国库券:treasury bill;中期国库券:treasury note。既然解释为宝库,那么就说明里面的东西都是非常经典的,非常珍贵的,也就可以让我们想到另外一个词集锦的表达方式,也是这个treasury。比如说中国诗歌集锦就是a treasury of Chinese poetry。22、A Jack of all trades is master of none. 样样皆通,样样稀松。/通百艺即无一长。这里的Jack不是我们平时所指的人名,在这里是泛指无特长技术的人。我想大家都听到过这样一句话:All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy.同样这里的Jack也是泛指。Trade在这里的意思是-a particular job, especially one needing special skill with your hands.手艺。这句话的意思其实很简单,就是我们现在比较流行的一个词“三脚猫”啦。看来光会做“三脚猫”还是远远不够的,一定要有自己的某些特长。A good ecation gives a man a great pull. '木受绳则直,金就砺则利,君子博学而日参省乎己,则知明而行无过矣。' 荀子《劝学篇》 意思有些相近,荀子的更形象易懂。23、Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. (Bernard Shaw) 人可以爬到最高峰但却不能在那儿久住。(萧伯纳)
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做贼心虚。A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差。A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟,听其言知其人。A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切,离别情更深。A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧,高枕无忧。A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落,胜券在握。A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事,夜半敲门心不惊。A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 宁为清贫,不为浊富。A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入,祸从口出。A cock is valiant on his own nghill. 夜郎自大。A common danger causes common action. 同仇敌忾。A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜於雄辩。Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友,在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。After a storm comes a calm. 否极泰来。After black clouds, clear weather. 否极泰来。After death, the doctor. 放马后炮。A good appetite is a good sauce. 饥不择食。A good example is the best sermon. 身教胜似言教。A good face is a letter of recommendation. 好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。A good fame is better than a good face. 好的名望胜於好的相貌。A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近亲。A good marksman may miss. 智者千虑,必有一失。A good maxim is never out of season. 至理名言不会过时。A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口,忠言逆耳。A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。A happy heart makes a blooming visage. 心花怒放,笑逐颜开。A hero is known in the time of misfortune. 时势造英雄。A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。Ale will make a cat speak. 酒后吐真言。A little is better than none. 聊胜於无。A little leak will sink a great ship. 千丈之堤溃於蚁穴。A little neglect may breed great mischief. 小不忍则乱大谋。A little spark kindles a great fire. 星星之火,可以燎原。A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 适可而止,过犹不及。All covet, all lose. 贪多必失。All is fair in war. 兵不厌诈。All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的东西并不都是黄金。All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. 有情人终成眷属。All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment. 机会失去不再来,千贯万贯难赎回。All things are easy that are done willingly. 做事乐意,诸事容易。All things are obedient to money. 有钱能使鬼推磨。A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 轻诺者易忘。A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 一心不能二用。A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little. 人有两只耳朵一张嘴,就是为了多听少说话。A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力,日久见人心。A man may dig his grave with his teeth. 祸从口出。A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牵马到河易,强马饮水难。A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 有宝何必人前夸。A match will set fire to a large building. 星星之火,可以燎原。Ambition never dies until there is no way out. 不到黄河心不死 A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘,差之千里。Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. 山中无老虎,猴子称霸王。A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 远亲不如近邻。An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。An evil chance seldom comes alone. 祸不单行。A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在於晨。An old physician, and a young lawyer. 医生年老的好,律师年轻的俏。An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 乐观的人在灾难中看到希望;悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防胜於治疗。Answer a fool according to his folly. 以其人之道,还治其人之身。A penny saved is a penny earned. 省钱就是赚钱。Apparel makes the man. 马靠鞍装,人靠衣装。Appearances are deceitful. 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始於足下。A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。A secret between more than two is no secret. 两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。A servant is known by his master's absence. 主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 缄默的嘴,真诚的心,是世界上最令人赞美的东西。A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火,可以燎原。A smart coat is a good letter of introction. 人要衣装,佛要金装。A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 江山易改,本性难移。As the old cock crows, so doth the young. 有其父必有其子。As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 试金石可以试金,正如黄金可以试人。As the tree falls, so shall it lie. 自作自受。As they sow, so let them reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。A still tongue makes a wise head. 智者寡言。A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补,大洞吃苦。A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜。A straw shows which way the wind blows. 一叶便知秋。A stumble may prevent a fall. 小惩大诫。As you make your bed so you must lie on it. 自食其果。As you sow you shall mow. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。A tall tree catches the wind. 树大招风。A tree is known by its fruit. 观其行而知其人。A true friend is known in the day of adversity. 疾风知劲草,患难知友情。Avarice blinds our eyes. 财迷心窍。Avarice increases with wealth. 越富越贪。A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain. 决心赶到目的地,浪汉何惧雨来淋。A watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。A wilful man will have his way. 有志者是竟成。A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出,驷马难追。A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出,驷马难追。Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有钱能使鬼推磨。Beggars cannot be choosers. 饥不择食。Beggars must be no choosers. 饥不择食。Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马,焉知非福。Be honest rather clever. 诚实比聪明更要紧。Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 随遇而安。Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正对待所有的人,但不要轻信所有的人。Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信,耳闻的也不能半信。Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不轻诺,诺必果。Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪,不要脑袋空。Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲,暗箭难防。Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。Between two stools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。Beware beginnings. 慎始为上。Big mouthfuls ofter choke. 贪多嚼不烂。Bind the sack before it be full. 做事应适可而止。Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚,人以群分。Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要,教养更且重要。Bite off more than one can chew. 贪多咽不下。Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩将仇报。Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口利於病。Blind men can judge no colours. 不宜问道於盲。Blood is thicker than water. 血浓於水。Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵。Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes. 养虎贻患。Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。Burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。Business before pleasure. 事业在先,享乐在后。Business is business. 公事公办。By doing we learn. 经一事,长一智。By falling we learn to go safely. 吃一堑,长一智。By other's faults, wise men correct their own. 他山之石,可以攻玉。By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书可以使我门的思想充实,谈话使其更臻完美。
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