世界各国名言英汉对照

 　　Do not, for one repulse¹, forgo² the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare )不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(莎士比亚)

　　The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible".( Napoleon )凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。(拿破仑)

　　Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ( C. Weizmann )奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。(魏茨曼)

　　There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. ( Muggeridge )没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。(马格里奇)

　　Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ( T. W. Robertson )时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。(罗伯逊)

　　If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison )如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。(爱迪生)

　　A day is a miniature of eternity³. ( Emerson )一天是永恒的缩影。(爱默生)

　　Morality may consist solely⁴ in the courage of making a choice. ( L. Blum )品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。(布鲁斯)

　　If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde )如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。(王尔德)

　　Don't waste life in doubts and fears. ( Emerson )不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。(爱默生)

　　The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ( J. Cocteau )对于诗人来说，最大的悲剧莫过于由于误解而受到钦佩。(科克托)

　　Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ( W. Durant )　教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。(杜兰特)

　　In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.( W. A. White )教育不是为了教会青年人谋生，而是教会他们创造生活。(怀特)

　　It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ( W. G. McAdoo )在争论中是无法击败无知者的。(麦卡杜)

　　A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. ( Voltaire )持久的争论意味着双方都是错的。(伏尔泰)

　　People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ( Chesterton )通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。(切斯特顿)

　　The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable⁵ one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ( Bernard Shaw )明白事理的人使自己适应世界；不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。(萧伯钠)

　　As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ( C. Darrow )只要世界还存在，就会有错误，如果没有人反叛，这些错误将永远存在下去。(达罗)

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 forgo   

v.放弃，抛弃

参考例句：

• Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够，他不得不放弃做准备工作。
• She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.只要她的父母停止争吵，她愿意放弃生日宴请。

3 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

4 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

5 unreasonable   

adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的

参考例句：

• I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
• They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。