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英语名言:与其诅咒黑暗 不如燃起蜡烛

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Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. (Strong)
与其诅咒黑暗,不如燃起蜡烛。(斯特郎)
 
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. (J. Burroughs)
一个人可以失败许多次,但是只要他没有开始责怪别人,他还不是一个失败者。(巴勒斯)
 
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries1 that ever beset2 mankind. (Carlyle)工作是医治人间一切病痛和疾苦的万应良药。(卡莱尔)
 
At twenty years of age, the will reigns3; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment4. (B. Franklin)
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。(富兰克林)
 
If a jewel falls into the mire5, it remains6 as precious as before; and though dust should ascend7 to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered. (AL Jaber)
宝石即使落在泥潭里,仍是一样可贵;尘土纵然扬到天上,还是没有价值。(贾比尔) 
 
Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation8. ( C. Nepos)
要选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生。(内波斯)
 
When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. ( R. Browning)
当一个人内心开始斗争时,他就有了价值。(布郎宁)
 
There is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way. (C. Morley )
只有一种成功,那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。(莫利)
 
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ( Martin Luther King, Jr.)
我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。(马丁。路德。金)
 
We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves. ( M. L. Becker )
随着年龄的增长,我们并不变得更好也不变得更坏,而是变得更象我们自己。(贝克尔)
 
One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. (A. Schweizer)
有一点我是知道的:在你们之中,只有那些愿意寻求发现如何为别人服务的人,才是真正幸福的。(施韦策)
 
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain9 it. (Goethe)

人生重要的在于确立一个伟大的目标,并有决心使其实现。(歌德)

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1 miseries c95fd996533633d2e276d3dd66941888     
n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 );痛苦的事;穷困;常发牢骚的人
参考例句:
  • They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 beset SWYzq     
v.镶嵌;困扰,包围
参考例句:
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • The plan was beset with difficulties from the beginning.这项计划自开始就困难重重。
3 reigns 0158e1638fbbfb79c26a2ce8b24966d2     
n.君主的统治( reign的名词复数 );君主统治时期;任期;当政期
参考例句:
  • In these valleys night reigns. 夜色笼罩着那些山谷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The Queen of Britain reigns, but she does not rule or govern. 英国女王是国家元首,但不治国事。 来自辞典例句
4 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
5 mire 57ZzT     
n.泥沼,泥泞;v.使...陷于泥泞,使...陷入困境
参考例句:
  • I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.我不想使我儿子的名誉扫地。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
6 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
7 ascend avnzD     
vi.渐渐上升,升高;vt.攀登,登上
参考例句:
  • We watched the airplane ascend higher and higher.我们看着飞机逐渐升高。
  • We ascend in the order of time and of development.我们按时间和发展顺序向上溯。
8 ostentation M4Uzi     
n.夸耀,卖弄
参考例句:
  • Choose a life of action,not one of ostentation.要选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生。
  • I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.他们生活奢侈,爱摆阔,我不敢恭维。
9 attain HvYzX     
vt.达到,获得,完成
参考例句:
  • I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
  • His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。