| No pleasure without pain. 沒有苦就沒有樂。 |
| How do you do? 你好! |
| I thought you could do a better job. 我以為你的表現會更好。 |
| That's always the case. 習以為常了。 |
| Everything is good when new but friends when old. 東西是新的好,朋友是老的親。 |
| Animals are such agreeable friends----they ask no questions they pass no criticisms. 動物是極容易相處的,它們從不提問,也從不會批評。 |
| Walls have ears. 小心隔墻有耳。 |
| It』s a long story. 說來話長。 |
| Yes, I'm watching channel 是的,我在看頻道。 |
| 射箭看靶子,彈琴看對象。 In shooting, aim your arrow at the target; in playing the violin, choose a tune that entertains your audience. |
| 你真想知道我怎麽想嗎? Do you really want to know what I think? |
| 因循蹉跎,一事無成。 What may be done at any time will be done at no time. |
| 人的幸福都是比較而言的。 No man is happy but by comparison. |
| 無知的國王不過是一頭戴著王冠的驢。 A king without learning is but a crowned ass. |
| 好事值得等待。 Good things are worth waiting for. |
| 史密斯先生才四十幾歲。 Mr.Smith is still in his forties. |
| 端來清水以前,別把濁水潑掉。 Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean. |
| 生活中的主要危險來自那些想要改變一切或什麽也不想改變的人。 The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing. |
| 很難說。 It's hard to say. |
| estate n. 房地產,財產 |
| supreme a. 最高的,最大的;極度的 |
| conserve vt. 保存,保藏;節約;n. 果醬,蜜餞 |
| performance n. 演出,表演;履行,執行;工作情況,表現;(機器等)工作性能 |
| hereditary a. 世襲的,遺傳的 |
| assess vt. 評價;估值 |
| mechanism n. 機械裝置;辦法,途徑;機製,機理 |
| ribbon n. 緞帶,絲帶,帶狀物 |