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经典谚语:道德与思想-A

发布时间:2025-01-06

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A bully is always a coward.

[注解]bully恃强凌弱者。

指恃强凌弱者欺负弱小者,却总是害怕比他强的人。

[译]欺负弱小者永远是懦夫;色厉内荏。

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

[注解]conscience指一个人的良心,如果没有做亏心事(a clear conscience),当然睡觉也安稳、踏实(a soft pillow)。

[译]问心无愧,高枕无忧。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

[译]纯净的良心不屑于错误的指责。

A fault confessed is half redressed.

[注解]confess意为承认”;redress指纠正,矫正”,意指错误承认了,一半已改掉。

[译]知错能改,善莫大焉。

A fox may grow gray, but never good.

(or You cannot make a crab walk straight.

or The leopard cannot change its spots.

[注解]The leopard cannot change its spots.

出自 旧约·耶利米 第13章第23节。

在文艺作品、普通书写和日常话语中用得很广。

[译]江山易改,本性难移。

A good fame is better than a good face.

[译]美名胜过美貌。

A good name could bestow a capital of good will of immense value.

[注解]bestow把赠与,把给予。

[译]好名声能给良好的愿望带来难以估价的财富。

A good name is sooner (easier) lost than won.

[注解]语出 圣经·箴言 。

[译]美誉易失不易得。

A good name keeps its luster in the dark.

[注解]luster光泽,光彩。

[译]好名声即使在黑暗中也显光彩。

A good tale is none the worse for being told twice.

[注解]好故事往往令人回味无穷,喜欢一听再听。

[译]动人的故事令人百听不厌。

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

[注解]相同意思的表达还有:A guilty conscience is a thousand witnesses.

A guilty conscience never feels secure.

指内心有愧的人老是害怕,做了坏事者总会显出心中有鬼,可译作做贼心虚”。

[译]亏心者心不安。

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

[注解]breed酝酿”,喻指一失足成千古恨,再回首已百年身”。

[译]小小的疏忽会酿成大错。

A man of moral integrity does not fear any slanderous attack.

[注解]integrity正直,诚实。

a man of moral integrity有道德的人。

slanderous造谣的,诽谤的。

[译]人正不怕影子歪。

A man's actions show his character.

[译]行为可显示出一个人的品性。

A miss is as good as a mile.

[注解]意指小错大错皆是错,程度虽不相同,性质却是一样。

如同做一件事差一点未成功和彻底失败的效果实际相同。

早先的表达方式为:An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

[译]失之毫厘,谬之千里;毫末之错仍为错;死里逃生总是生。

A pet lamb makes a cross ram.

[译]宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊。

A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.

[译]缄默的嘴,真诚的心,是世界上最令人赞美的东西。

A stumble may prevent a fall.

[译]小踬可防大跌;小惩大诫。

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

[注解]语出英国诗人Keats(济慈)。

[译]一件美好的东西永远是赏心乐事。

A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.

[注解]valiant勇敢的,英勇的。

[译]勇士的眸睨比懦夫的刀剑还犀利。

"After you" is good manners.

[译]您先请”是礼貌。

An evil lesson is soon learned.

[译]坏事易学,恶习易染。

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

[译]诚实人的话像他的契约一样靠得住。

An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be resisted.

[译]军队的侵略可以抵抗;思想的侵略无法抵御。

Apparel makes the man.

[注解]apparel意为服饰,外观”。

[译]马靠鞍装,人靠衣装。

As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.

[译]试金石可以试金,正如黄金可以试人。

Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him.

[译]把紧思想关,邪念无处钻。

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