
小词详解 | precipitate
Their silverfoil of leaves precipitating, their skinny arms ageing and swaying.
银纸叶子坠落,骨瘦如柴的胳膊老迈而摇来摆去。
Their silverfoil of leaves precipitating, their skinny arms ageing and swaying.
银纸叶子坠落,骨瘦如柴的胳膊老迈而摇来摆去。
Never cast a clout till May be out.
未过五月时,棉衣不可抛。
Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.
只有一代读者才能催生一代作家。
Small things done consistently, though undramatic, yield more than the large and sporadic.
始终如一坚持做的小事,即使平淡无奇,也会比零星做的大事收获更多。
Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.
好的战术甚至可以挽救最坏的战略。坏的战术甚至会毁掉最好的战略。
这种肉体考验在英语中就是 ordeal ,字面意思就是“ deal out by gods ”(由神灵来施加惩罚)。现在引申为“严峻的考验”。
You can't go through sustained cruelty and terror for a large swathe of your life and not talk about it and be okay.
人不可能在生命中的一大段时间里经历持续的残酷和恐怖之后,而不去谈论它,然后就没事了。
When nonviolence is accepted as the law of life, it must pervade the whole being and not be applied to isolated acts.
一旦将非暴力视为生命的法则,它必须遍及整个生命,而非应用于孤立的行为。
英语单词 ostracize 正是来自陶片放逐法。它源自希腊语 ostrakizein ,而该词源自希腊语 ostrakon (陶片,瓦片,贝壳)。英语中 oyster 、 ostracean 、 ostracod 等单词均与此同源。
I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.
我从来没能计划好我的生活。我只是从这一时的犹豫不决摇摆到下一刻的犹豫不决。
在拉丁语中水手们将归航时顺风称为 opportunus ,由 ob ( toward ,朝向)+ portus ( port ,港口)组合而成,字面意思就是“风吹向港口”,由此产生了英语单词 opportune (恰好的)。
歌剧诞生于16世纪末的意大利,表示歌剧的英语单词 opera 也源自意大利语。最初,意大利人用短语 opera in musica ( works in music ,音乐作品)来表示歌剧,后来缩写为单词 opera 。
Copyright © 2025 | Sitemap | 鄂ICP备2020020141号-2