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英语赠言For Failure and Setback

时间:2005-07-29 16:00:00

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Failure is the mother of success.


It is always darkest just before the day dawn.


The miserable1 have no other medicine but only hope.


In all things it is better to hope than to despair.


If at first don't succeed, try, try, try again.


Preference is falling nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.


If you fail, make failure a stepping stone to success.


Adversity often leads to prosperity.


The good seaman2 is know in bad weather.


Affliction(痛苦) and adversity make men better.


He laughs best who laughs last.


Fortune favors the bold.


For man and master of his fate.


Nothing is difficult for one who strives.


To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield(屈服).


Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals3 it.


Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence4(坚持不懈).


Energy and persistence conquer all things.

For Gift and Present 


Every gift, though it may be small, is in reality great if given with affection.


Small gifts keep friendship alive.


For you, Because you are special.


A gift for someone special from all of us.


Please accept my thanks not only for the beautiful gift but also for the good

wishes which you kindly5 sent with.


Selected from Dictionary of Words of Advice by Wang Zhengping


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1 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
2 seaman vDGzA     
n.海员,水手,水兵
参考例句:
  • That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
  • The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。
3 conceals fa59c6f4c4bde9a732332b174939af02     
v.隐藏,隐瞒,遮住( conceal的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • He conceals his worries behind a mask of nonchalance. 他装作若无其事,借以掩饰内心的不安。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒醉吐真言。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 persistence hSLzh     
n.坚持,持续,存留
参考例句:
  • The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
  • He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。
5 kindly tpUzhQ     
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。