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大概的意思应该就是什么东西要"打磨"一下才会出成绩吧......中文有类似的用法啊~~~~~~~~~~~lol~~~
难道是“原石”?^^a?
那么今天就来努力学习一下被我歧视的E文:D
1. Animals are such agreeable friends-they ask no questions, they pass no criticism.
动物是那么容易相处,它们从不提问,也从不会批评。
2. Never trust the artist. Truth the Tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
千万别相信艺术家。这是千真万确的。一个批评家该做的就是远离艺术家说的事情。
3. Religion is the Opium of the people
宗教是人民的鸦片。
4. The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.
哲学家们仅是以不同的方式解释世界,而问题却是:要如何改变它。(这可是马克思爷爷的名言:p)
5. O Diamond! Diamond! Thou little knowest the mischief done!
哦,钻石啊钻石。你可知你是多么的罪孽深重!(这句是古英文,现代英文可没有Thou这词^^)
7. Four legs good, Two legs bad
四只腿好,两只腿不好。(会思考反倒不好)
8. All animals are equal but some animals are equal than others
所有动物都是平等的,不过有些动物比别的更平等。
9. Big Brother is watching you
老大哥在看着你(有某种强权政治的意思,时时刻刻监视着你)
10. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-forever
如果你想描画未来,那就想象一个印上了鞋印的人脸....?(到底是想说什么..)
11. Nine times out of ten a revolutionary is merely a climber with a bomb in his pocket
所谓革命,其实多是野心家制造的恐怖事件。
12. The Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules
真正的金科玉律就是世上并无金科玉律。
13. Something was dead in each of us, and what was dead was Hope
我们每个人体内都有一样东西死了,那就是,希望。
14. A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal
一知半解,自欺欺人。累积起来便是大错。
15. The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
事实总是简洁却不简单。
16. There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about
这世上只有一件事是比人家谈论你还糟糕的,那就是人家不谈论你。
17. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars
心比天高,眼高手低。
18. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written
没有所谓道德或不道德的书。书只有写得好的和写的不好的。
19. A man cannot be too careful in his choices of enemies
暗箭难防(?)
20. A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
(王尔德说的吧?..可是我实在想不出怎么解释了)
21. Hell is paved with good intentions
善意铺成了到地狱之路。(东郭先生与狼..?)
22. Here today and gone tomorrow
行踪不定,飘忽无常。不可捉摸。
23. A rough diamond
原石。形容一个有素质但却不善于社交手段的人。
24. Every man for himself
人人为己
25. Out of sight out of mind
眼不见为净
26. When push comes to shove
事态严重
27. Put up or shout up
28. Put your money where your mouth is
说话算话
29. Between an rock and a hard place
陷入了困境
30. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
残酷命运的弓箭弩石(惨淡人生中的暴风雨)
31. Strange bedfellows
奇怪的伙伴(搭档)。一般是指通过乱点鸳鸯寻来的朋友。
32. Take the rough with the smooth
逆来顺受
33. Taken to the cleaners
输的精光(
好像我现在这样子XD)
34. Too much of a good thing
过犹不及
35. He'd give you the shirt off his back
他已经竭尽全力了
36. Green with envy
十分羡慕
37. I am not my brother’s keeper
我也不是事事知晓的。(这个出自圣经)
38. If the cap fits wear it
按照你认为的对号入座吧。
39. To see a World in a grain of Sand
And Heaven in a wild flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand and Eternity in an hour.
一花一世界
一沙一天国
君掌盛无边
刹那含永劫
(宗白华老师这个翻译太经典了)
40. Here’s looking at you, kid
就看你的了,孩子(北非谍影的名台词耶..)
41. Nations, like men, have their infancy
国家跟人一样,会有它的初级阶段。
42. Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense
这世上谬论远比真理多
43. God does not play dice
上帝不玩骰子——万事皆有其定理
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14. A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal
This is talking about me:D