英语名人名言

 one repulse¹, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)

 

不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚.W.) 

 

Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain, American writer) 

 

不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。（美国作家 马克·吐温) 

 

I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I don’t know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world. (Thomas Edison, American inventor)

 

我想揭示大自然的秘密，用来造福人类。我认为，在我们的短暂一生中，最好的贡献莫过于此了。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.) 

 

Ideal is the beacon². Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.( Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer) 

 

理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。(俄国作家 托尔斯泰. L.) 

 

If winter comes, can spring be far behind ?( P. B. Shelley, British poet ) 

 

冬天来了，春天还会远吗？( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.) 

 

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. (Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist ) 

 

如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 (挪威剧作家 易卜生) 

 

If you would go up high, then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads. (F. W. Nietzsche, German Philosopher) 

 

如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿！不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。(德国哲学家 尼采. F. W.) 

 

It is at our mother’s knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any money in them. ( Mark Twain, American writer ) 

 

就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。(美国作家 马克·吐温) 

 

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. (Alexander Dumas, Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer) 

 

生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 (法国作家 大仲马. A.) 

 

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness, beauty and truth.(Albert Einstein, American scientist) 

 

有些理想曾为我们引过道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生，那些理想就是--真、善、美。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A.) 

 

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain³ it. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet and dramatist) 

 

人生重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。(德国诗人、戏剧家 歌德. J. M.) 

 

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. (Mark Twain, American writer) 

 

具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。 (美国作家 马克·吐温) 

 

The only limit to our realization⁴ of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. (Franklin Roosevelt, American president) 

 

实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。(美国总统 罗斯福. F.) 

When an end is lawful⁵ and obligatory⁶, the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory. (Abraham Lincoln, American statesman) 

 

如果一个目的是正当而必须做的，则达到这个目的的必要手段也是正当而必须采取的。(美国政治家 林肯. A.) 

 

 

行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.) 

 

A free man obtains knowledge from many sources 1 besides books . (Thomas Jefferson , American president) 

 

一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(美国总统 杰斐逊 . T.) 

 

A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. (Adams Franklin , American humorist ) 

 

我的大部分知识都是这样获得的：在寻找某个资料时意外的发现了另上的资料。(美国幽默作家 富兰克林. A.) 

 

If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest . (Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 

 

倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.) 

 

Imagination is more important than knowledge .(Albert Einstein , American scientist ) 

 

想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A. ) 

 

Knowledge is power . (Francis Bacon , British philosopher ) 

 

知识就是力量。 (英国哲学家 培根. F.) 

 

The empty vessels⁷ make the greatest sound . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist ) 

满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.) 

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夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。 

秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。 

stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. 

and yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall 

there with a sign. 

２世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。 

o troupe⁸ of little vagrants⁹ of the world, leave your footprints in my words. 

３世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。 

它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。 

the world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. 

it becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal. 

４是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。 

it is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom. 

５无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。 

the mighty¹⁰ desert is burning for the love of a bladeof grass who 

shakes her head and laughs and flies away. 

６如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。 

if you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars. 

７跳舞着的流水呀，在你途中的泥沙，要求你的歌声，你的流动呢。你肯挟 

瘸足的泥沙而俱下么？ 

the sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing 

water. will you carry the burden of their lameness¹¹? 

８她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。 

1 repulse   

n.击退，拒绝；vt.逐退，击退，拒绝

参考例句：

• The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.武装部队已作好击退任何进攻的准备。
• After the second repulse,the enemy surrendered.在第二次击退之后，敌人投降了。

2 beacon   

n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔

参考例句：

• The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
• The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。

3 attain   

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。

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 lawful   

adj.法律许可的，守法的，合法的

参考例句：

• It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
• We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。

6 obligatory   

adj.强制性的，义务的，必须的

参考例句：

• It is obligatory for us to obey the laws.我们必须守法。
• It is obligatory on every citizen to safeguard our great motherland.保卫我们伟大的祖国是每一个公民应尽的义务。

7 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 troupe   

n.剧团，戏班；杂技团；马戏团

参考例句：

• The art troupe is always on the move in frontier guards.文工团常年在边防部队流动。
• The troupe produced a new play last night.剧团昨晚上演了一部新剧。

9 vagrants   

流浪者( vagrant的名词复数 )； 无业游民； 乞丐； 无赖

参考例句：

• Police kept a close watch on the vagrants. 警察严密监视那些流浪者。
• O Troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words. 世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。

10 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

11 lameness   

n. 跛, 瘸, 残废

参考例句：

• Having been laughed at for his lameness,the boy became shy and inhibited. 那男孩因跛脚被人讥笑，变得羞怯而压抑。
• By reason of his lameness the boy could not play games. 这男孩因脚跛不能做游戏。