精美英文欣赏:我的世界观 The World as I See It

The World as I See It

我的世界观

I do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical¹ sense.

我根本就不相信哲学所谓的人的自由。

Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity.

一个人的所作所为，不仅是外界所迫也是内心所需。

Schopenhauer's saying,"A man can do what he wants,but not want what he wants,"has been a very real inspiration to me since my youth;

叔本华说过："一个人能做他想做的，但不能要他想要的。"从年轻时起这句话就一直深深地激励着我。

it has been a continual consolation² in the face of life's hardships, my own and others',and an unfailing well-spring of tolerance³.

生活中，无论是我自己面临困境，还是看见他人遇到艰难，我都能以此自慰；

This realization⁴ mercifully mitigates⁵ the easily paralyzing sense of responsibility and prevents us from taking ourselves and other people all too seriously;

同时，这句话也是使我宽容忍耐的不尽源泉。认识到这一点，就能安心地缓减那易于使人气馁的沉重的责任感，并使我们不至于对自己对他人都过分苛求;

it is conducive⁶ to a view of life which,in particular, gives humor its due.

这也有助于培养一个人的人生观，特别是那种该幽默就幽默一下的人生观。

To inquire after the meaning or object of one's own existence or that of all creatures has always seemed to me absurd from an objective point of view.

探求个人或一切生物生存的意义或目的，客观地讲，我一直都认为是荒谬的。

And yet everybody has certain ideals which determine the direction of his endeavors and his judgments⁷.

当然，每个人都有某种理想，正是这种理想决定了他的奋斗目标和价值标准。

In this sense I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves-this ethical⁸ basis I call the ideal of a pigsty⁹.

因此，我从不认为安逸和快乐本身是最终所求，我把这种理想准则称之为"猪舍里的理想"。

The ideals which have lighted my way,and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully,have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.

一直照亮我前进道路并反复给我勇气使我愉快面对生活的理念是真、善、美。

Without the sense of kinship with men of like mind,without the occupation with the objective world,the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific endeavors,life would have seemed to me empty.

如果没有与我同心同德的人在一起而产生的亲和感，如果不倾心于客观世界、不倾心于艺术和科学领域永远达不到的目标，生活对我会是十分空虚的。

The trite¹⁰ objects of human efforts-possessions, outward success, luxury-have always seemed to me contemptible¹¹.

至于那些老生常谈的人生目标，诸如物质占有、功成名就、舒适享受等等，在我看来都不值一顾。

1 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。

2 consolation   

n.安慰，慰问

参考例句：

• The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
• This news was of little consolation to us.这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。

3 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

4 realization   

n.实现；认识到，深刻了解

参考例句：

• We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
• He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。

5 mitigates   

v.减轻，缓和( mitigate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Data Control is the containment of activity. It is what mitigates risk. 数据控制就是限制攻击者活动的机制，它可以降低安全风险。 来自互联网
• Laziness also mitigates the threat from piracy. 懒散也减轻了来自盗版的威胁。 来自互联网

6 conducive   

adj.有益的，有助的

参考例句：

• This is a more conducive atmosphere for studying.这样的氛围更有利于学习。
• Exercise is conducive to good health.体育锻炼有助于增强体质。

7 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。

8 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

9 pigsty   

n.猪圈，脏房间

参考例句：

• How can you live in this pigsty?你怎能这住在这样肮脏的屋里呢？
• We need to build a new pigsty for the pigs.我们需修建一个新猪圈。

10 trite   

adj.陈腐的

参考例句：

• The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas.这部电影充斥着平铺直叙的陈腐观点。
• Yesterday,in the restaurant,Lorraine had seemed trite,blurred,worn away.昨天在饭店里，洛兰显得庸俗、堕落、衰老了。

11 contemptible   

adj.可鄙的，可轻视的，卑劣的

参考例句：

• His personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.他气貌不扬，言语粗俗。
• That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend.那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏。