能中英慣用例句:
  • 如果你以為你能帶5公升酒混過海關，那你就太樂觀了。
    You're very optimistic if you think you can smuggle five liters of wine past the customs.
  • 文化的價值在於它對人類品性的影響。除非文化能使品性變為高尚、有力。文化的作用在於裨益人生，它的目標不是美，而是善。(英國小說傢和戲劇傢 毛姆 S)
    The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. Its use is for life. Its aim is not beauty but goodness. (Somerset Maugham, British noverlist and dramatist)
  • 送禮的藝術在於送別人不能給自己買的東西。(英國幽默作傢 米爾恩 A A)
    The art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves. (Alan Alexander Milne, British humorist)
  • 陽光可能炙烤你，食品可能毒害你，言語可能詛咒你，圖畫可能侮辱你——音樂不會處罰你衹會祝福你。(奧地利鋼琴傢 施納貝爾 A)
    Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish ---- only bless. (Arthur Schnabel, Austrian pianist)
  • 音樂是唯一不能用及表達卑鄙的或諷刺的事物的語言。(美國教育傢 厄斯金 J)
    Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. (John Erskine, American educator)
  • 文學是一種理智之光，它和陽光一樣，有時能使我們看到我們不喜歡的東西。(英國作傢、批評傢 約翰遜 S)
    iterature is a kind of intellectual light which, like the light of the sun, may sometimes enable us to see what we do not like. (Samuse Johnson, British writer and critic)
  • 爵士樂使你的肌肉發癢，交響樂能舒展你的靈魂。(美國指揮傢 懷特曼 P)
    In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brains. Victor Hugo, French writer Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul. (PaulWhiteman, American conductor)
  • 我們懂得善，我們理解善，但是我們無法實現善。人的勇氣就是堅信自己的希望能夠實現，並為之進行不屈不撓的努力。(法國作傢 賴奇特 J. P)
    We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. (Euripides , ancient Creek dramatist.)
  • 選在右翼，碰在敵人的釘子上，不能奏效。
    But if we select the right flank and hit a snag, nothing will be achieved.
  • 道德不可能建立在權威的基礎上，即使這種權威是至高無上的。(美國作傢 艾爾.A.J.)
    No mourality can be founded on authority, even if the authouity were divine. (A. J. Ayer. USA writer)
  • 道德可能僅僅在於有勇氣作出抉擇。(法國政治傢 布魯姆.L.)
    Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (Leon Nlum, French statesman)
  • 道德是個人心目中的群居本能。(德國哲學家 尼采.F.)
    Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. (German Philosopher)
  • 說謊掩蓋了人死的必然性、缺陷、恐懼、焦慮和在熙熙攘攘的人群中所感到的孤獨。耳熟能詳的謊言會創造一個較易應付的現實。 人渴望從這些謊言中得到安慰。(美國作傢 梅爾.H.)
    Lying disguises our mortality, our inadequacies, our fears and anxieties, our loneliness in the midst of the crowd. We yearn for the comfort of familiar lies to create a more amenable reality. (Howards Mel, USAwriter)
  • 俗話說：“能登上金字塔的生物，衹有兩種------鷹和蝸牛。”
    There are only two creatures," says a proverb, "who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail."
  • 動物保護者們說，由於牧民們沒有能力喂養它們，所以那些蛇往往在賣給耍蛇者之前不是被餓死就是患上嚴重的傷口感染。
    Since the nomads are unable to feed them, the snakes are starved and suffer from severe infections even before being sold to snake charmers, activists say.
  • 每年的"naagpanchami節"都會吸引衆多的耍蛇藝人蜂擁到城市裏來，尤其是孟買和加爾各答，他們希望能夠靠此大撈一筆，因為印度教徒相信蛇能夠帶來好運。
    Every year the "Naag Panchami" festival draws snake charmers to cities, especially Bombay and Calcutta, hoping to make money from Hindus who believe the snakes bring good luck.
  • 蛇能將自身盤捲起來。
    A snake can coil itself up.
  • 暗處最能反映一個人真正品格。(美國教士 穆迪.D.L)
    Character is what you are in the dark. (D. L Moody. USA churchman)
  • 我馬上就能把這封信寫完。
    I'll finish the letter in a snap.
  • 純粹的、完全的哀愁和純粹的、完全的歡樂一樣都是不可能的。(俄國文學家 托爾斯泰 L)
    Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy. (LeoTolstoy ,Russian writer)
  • 她直到現在還不能對她丈夫的死節哀。
    She hasn't been able to snap out of the death of her husband.
  • 把痛苦視為生活中最大的禍害的人不可能勇敢；把歡樂視為生活中最美妙的人不會自我節制。(古羅馬政治傢 西塞羅)
    No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate , who regards pleasure as the highest good. (Cicero, ancient Roman statsman)
  • 失明本身並非是悲慘的，不能忍受失明纔是悲慘的。(英國詩人 彌爾頓 J)
    It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of en-during blindness. (John Milton, British poet)
  • 愉快有益於人的身體，但衹有悲傷纔能培養心靈力量。(法國作傢 普魯斯 M)
    Happiness is beneficial for the body , but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. (Marcel Proust, French writer)
  • 一定的憂愁、痛苦或煩惱，對每個人都是時時必需的。一艘船如果沒有壓艙物，便不會穩定，不能朝着目的地一直前進。(德國哲學家 叔本華 A)
    A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times .A ship without a ballast is unstable and will not go straight. (Arthur Schopenhauer. Geman philosopher)
  • 事實上恰恰相反，如果你能不去譴責、厲聲怒斥、大吼大叫或做出其他什麽樣的激烈反應，你也許會驚奇地發現你的伴侶會變得多麽能幹。
    On the contrary, if you can avoid lecturing, snapping, yelling or otherwise reacting, you may be amazed at how helpful your partner will become.
  • 牙醫的車牌可能是2thdr或者molar；
    A snappy red convertible might have 6UL DV8.
  • 在政治中我們需要能有所奉獻的人，而不是想有所收穫的人。(美國經濟學家 巴魯剋.B.)
    We need in politics man who have something to give, not men who have something to get. (Bernard Baruch, Averican economist)
  • 快，我衹能呆一會兒。
    Make it snappy. I can only stay a few minutes.
  • “我能請你幫個忙嗎？”“衹管說吧，不過你得快點，5分鐘前我就該離開這裏了。”
    "May I ask a favour of you?" "Ask away, but make it snappy, I should have been out of here five minutes ago."
  • 主要經濟指標傳達的信息包括當前的經濟狀況以及未來可能出現的情況，能協助製定投資和商業决策。
    Understanding key-economic indicators will assist in the decision making process, providing a snapshot of the current situation and an insight into the future.
  • 他說雖然動物“可能有過短暫的自我意識，而被我們稱作意識的那種影片卻是不存在的”。
    And though animals " may have snapshots of self? awareness," he says," the movie we call consciousness is not there.