Word Collection

a-b-c-d

abate abhor abhorrent abiding abolition abortive abridge abrupt accord accredit accreditation accuracy accuse acoustic actuate additive adhesive adolescent adorn advantage advent adventitious adverse adversity advocate aerate aeration aerobic aesthetic affable affiliate affinity afflict afflicting affliction affluent aggravate agility akin albeit algebra alienate allege alleged allegory allocation allure almond aloof alpine altitude altruistic ambivalent amble amenable amend amnesia amorphous amphibian amphibious analogous analogy anarchism ancient anecdote anemia anesthesia animated annihilate anonymous antedate antibiotic anticipate antidote antiquated antique antiseptic appetite appraisal apprentice approach appropriation approval approve aptitude aquarium aqueduct aquifer arbitrarily arbitrary arboreal arch ardent aria aridity aristocrat arithmetic aroma aromatic arousal array arrogant ascertain ascetic asceticism assassinate assent assimilate assimilation assortment asthma astound astray asymmetrical asymmetry asynchronous athlete atrocity attire audacious audacity auger augment aurora autocratic autonomy avail avatar avenge averse aversion avert avid badminton baffle balmy barb barbaric barge barn barrage barren barrier barter bead belie benevolent benign bequest bereave besiege bestow beverage bewilder bibliography binoculars bizarre bland bleak blemish blunt bode boon boost booth bosom botanical botany boulder bounce bounty bouquet bovine brash brashness brawling breach brim brisk brochure brunt brutal brute bulge bulk bungalow burgeon burr burrow bust cactus cadence calcium caliber calibrate calibration cameral camouflage campaign canal candid candidly cannibalism canon canonical canopy canteen canyon captivity carbohydrate cardiac cardinal caret carnivore carnivorous carousel carrot carton carve casual casualty catalyst catastrophe cater catholic caustic cavity celestial cellist cello censure census ceramic cereal certitude cervical chagrin chant charcoal charisma charter chaste chateau cherish chimney chisel choir cholesterol chubby cipher circular circumscribe cite clamp clarity clash clergyman clientele cling clinical clog clumsy clutch clutter coalescence coalition coarse coastal cognition coherence coherent cohesion cohesive coil collateral colleague collective coma combination combust combustion cometary commend commodity communal commute compassion compatriot compel compendium compensatory competence comprehension compromise compulsive compulsory concave conceal concede conceit conceive concern concerto concise concur concurrent condemn condemnation condensation condense condiment condone cone confederacy confer confess confidant confide confident confine confluence conform conformity congenital congestion conglomerate congregate congress congruity congruous conifer conjecture connote conscience consecutive consent conservationist conservative consign consistency consonant conspicuous conspiracy constituent constitution construction contagious contaminate contamination contemplate contemporary contempt contented contention contiguous contour contraction contradict contrary contribute contributory contrived controversial converge conversant convex convict convicted conviction convivial coordinate cordial cornet corporal correlation correspond corrosion corrosive cosmopolitan cosmos counsel counteract courier courteous courtly crab crack cramp cranial crank crater crave credence credential credibility credulous creek crescent crest crevice crimson crisp criterion crook crooked cropland crowbar crucial crude crumble crumple cuisine cultivate cumber cumbersome curate curative curator curb curtail custodian cynic cypher daisy damp dean debate debris deceive deception deceptive decibel deciduous decline decree decrepit defeat defecate defer deferential defiance defiant deficiency deficient deficit deflect deft dehydrate dehydration deign deity deliberately delicate delinquent delirium delude deluge delve democracy denigrate denounce depict deplete depletion deplore depreciation depress deprivation deprive depth derivative despoil detergent deterrent detest detract detriment devastate deviance deviant deviate devise devotion devour diagonal diagonally dialect diesel dietary diffraction diffuse diffusion digestive dignify dignity digress digression dilate diligent dilute dim diminish dioxide diplomat diplomatic disambiguate disapprove disastrous discard discern discernible disconcert discontent discreet discriminate discrimination disdain dismay disparate disparity dispense disposed dispute disquiet disrepute disseminate dissenter dissertation dissipate distend distinctively distract disturbance diverge diversion divert divine doctrine domestic domesticate dormancy dormant dorsal dramatize drawback dread dreary dredge drought drowse drowsy drudgery dubious ductile dump duration dwarf dweller dwindle

e-f-g

earnest eccentric eclectic eclecticism ecliptic eddy edible edifice eke elaboration elasticity elate elated elegant eligible eliminate eloquent elucidate elusive emancipate embellish emblem embroidery embryonic emergence eminent emission emphasis empiricism encapsulate encompass encyclopedia endeavor endorse endotherm enforce engulf enlighten ensue entail entangle enthusiasm enthusiastic entice entrenched enzyme equilibrium equipment erase erect erode erosion erratic escalate escape estate esteem estrange eternal ether ethereal ethically ethics etiquette evict evident eviscerate evoke exacerbate exaggerate exalt exalted exceeding excess excitement exclusive excreta excrete excursion excuse exemplary exempt exhaustive exhilarate exhilarated exhilaration exhort exorbitant exotic expedient exponential exposition extensive extent exterior extinct extol extravagance extravagant extricate fable fabricate fabulous facial facilitate facsimile faction faculty fallow falter famine fanatic fanatical fanaticism fantastic fatal fathom fatigue fauna faunal feasible feast feeble feign feminism fend fermentation ferocious feud feudal fickle fidelity fin finesse flabby flagella flagellum flair flashy fleet flick flint flora floral flourish fluctuate fluctuation fluorescent flux foe folly foment foolproof forage forebear forestall forge forgery formidable fort forte fortuitous fortuitously foster found frail franchise frantic fraud fraught fray freight frisky frivolity frugality frustration fumigate fund fungus fuss futile gallant gallantry galvanization gauge gaunt gauze gaze generous genesis genial genre gentility germinate gibe glacial glamor glamorous gland gleam gliding glimpse glitch gnaw gorge gourmet gradient graft gravel gravitational gregarious grievance grieve grime grimy grind grit groom grope grumble gullible gush gust guzzle gymnastics gynecologist gyration

h-i-j-k

hail hamper handicap handily haphazard harsh hasten hasty haunt haven hazel heed heir helium hemp herald herbivore herculean hereditary heredity heritage heuristic heyday hiccup hinder hinterland holistic homage homestead homogenize horrify horticulture hospitality hostile hostility huddle humanitarian humid humidity hump hurricane husk hustle hydrate hydrogen hygiene hypnosis hypnotic hypothesis identity ideology idyllic igneous illegible illicit illiterate illuminate illustrate imbibe imitation immerse immune impartial impartially impasse impediment impending impermeable impersonal impersonate impetus implement implicit impose impoverish impoverished imprint improvise inalienable inanimate inaugurate incandescent incense incentive incessant incessantly incidence incidental incinerate incineration incise inclusive incognito incongruity incongruous incredulity incredulous incubate inculcate incur indemnify indemnity indie indigenous indiscriminate indiscriminately indolent induct induction inductive indulge inept inevitably infancy infatuate inference infest infiltrate infirm infirmary infirmity inflame inflammation inflation inflict influx infuriate infusion ingredient inherent inhibit initiate innate inquire insipid insolent instill instinct instinctive instruct insularity insulate insulation insulin intact intake intelligible intend intensive interim intermittent internee interrogate intervene intervening intervention intimate intoxicant intoxicate intoxication intricate intricately intrigue intriguing intrinsic introspect introspective intrusion inundate invasive inventory invert invigorate inviolable irrelevant irresistible irrevocable irritable irritate itch iterate jab jolt jostle jot journalism jubilant jumble jurisdiction juvenile juxtaposition keen kennel kernel kerosene kestrel kettle kibe kinetic knit

l-m-n

labyrinth lament landform languish larval larynx lash latent laud laudable laurels lavish ledge leeway leftover lenient lethal lethargic lettuce leukemia lexicographer lexicography liaise libel licit limb lineage lipid listless literate lizard locality lodge longevity loom looming lore lucrative luminosity lunge lurch lurk lush lust luster luxuriant lyric lyrically machinery magma magnesium magnitude maim majority malady malevolent malleable mallet mammal mammoth manacle mandate maneuver mangle mania mantle manual marble marbled marsh marshy marvelous mascot mason masonry maternal mattress maverick meager mechanism mediocre meditate meek melatonin melodious melodrama membrane memorandum menace mental mercantile merchandise mesmerize metabolism metaphor meteorite meteorology meticulous metropolitan microbe microscopic mighty migrate milieu mingle minority minuscule miserable mitigate moderate modest molecular molecule monarch monolithic monsoon moped moral morality moribund mortal mortality mortar mortify motif motley mourn muggy municipal murk mussel mutate myriad n negate neglect neuron neutron niche nickel niggle nipple nocturnal nomadic nominal nominee nonce norm nostalgia notch noted notify notorious nourish nouveau nucleus numerous nutrient nutritious

o-p-q

oasis obligated obligatory obliterate oblivion obscene obscure obscurity obsess obsessed obstacle obtrude obtrusive occasion octopus odor offbeat olfactory onslaught ontology opaque optimism optimistic optimum optometrist opulence oratorio orbital orchestrate orchid organism outrageously outright oval ovation overrun overt painstaking palatable pamphlet parachute paradox paralysis parasite parasitic parliament parliamentary parlor participant pathetic pathogen pathology pathos patriarch patriarchal patron patronage pauper pebble peck peculiar peculiarity pedagogy pedestrian pedigree peel peerless penal penalize penalty penchant penetrate penetration peninsula pensive perceive perception perceptive percuss percussion perennial perimeter peripheral permanent permeate permeated perpendicular perpetrate perpetual perpetuate perplex persecute persecution perseverance persevere persistent perspire pertinent perturb perverse pester pesticide petal phobia phosphorus photosynthesis pierce pitch pivot pivotal plank platitudinous plausible pledge pliable plight plough plumage plumb plummet plump pneumonia pneumonic poliomyelitis pollen pollinate polygonal popularity popularize porcelain pore porous portrait portraiture portray posit positive possession posthumous postulate pounce poverty precarious precede precedent precipitate precipitation precipitous precise precursor predator predecessor predict prediction predispose preeminent preliterate preoccupation preponderance prescribe preservationist pretension pretentious pretext prevail prevailing prevalence prevalent primate principal pristine proactive probate probation probe procrastinate prod prodigious prodigy profitable profound prohibitive proletarian proliferation prolific prominence prominent promoter proofread propagate propensity prorate prosecute prospect prospective prosper prosperous protrude provenance provision provocation provocative provoke proximity prudent prurient psycho psychoanalysis psychology puddle puff pulverize punctual puncture pupation puritanical purport purview quadrilateral quaint quantify quantum quarry quench quilt quiver quota

r-s-t

radical ramification rampant ratify ration rattle ravage ravel ravine rawhide rayon raze readily realm reap rebuke recalcitrant receptacle receptive recession recipe reciprocate reckless reckon recourse rectangular rectify redundant reef reel referee refraction refrain refundable refurbish refusal regress regurgitate rehabilitate reimburse rein reinvigorate reiterate relent reliable reliant relic relict relieve religious rely remedy remnant remuneration render renewal renovate repatriate repel replenish replete replica replicate repress reptile repulse repute resemblance resent reserved resident residual residue resilient resit resolute resolver resonance respiration retentive reticent reticular retrench retrenchment retro retrospective revenue revere reverently revise revival revolt rhythm ridicule ridiculous righteous rigid rigor rigorous ripen ripple rite rival rogue rough rubble rudiment rudimentary rupture rustic sacred sacrifice saddle salient saline sanatorium sanction sanctuary sanitary sanitation sapphire sarcastic sardonic satire satiric saturate saturated saucer savor scamper scarce scatter scavenge scavenger scent scold scorn scour scramble scrap scruple scrupulous scrutiny scuba scuffle scum seamy seasoning secede secession seclude secrete sedentary sedimentary seduce segregate seism seismic semester seminar sensational sentiment septic serene shabby shatter shear sheath sheer shilling shimmer shin shoal shorthand shrank shrivel shrub shuffle siege silica silicate simultaneous simultaneously sincere sinew sinuous skeptical sketch skew skimp skyrocket slack slat slate slime sloop slouch sluggish slum slump slurry smear smog snide snoop snug solder solemn solicit solidarity solidary solidity solitary soloist sophisticate sophisticated souvenir sovereignty spanking sparse sparsely spasm spasmodic spawn specialty specimen speck speckle spectacle spectator spectrum spiffy spinach spinal spine spined spiral splint spoil spoilage sponge spontaneously spook sprawl sprinkle sprint squander squarely squeeze stagger stagnant stagnate stain stalk stamina stammer stampede stanza starch stark stash stellar stern stiff stimulant stimulate stimulation stimuli stingy stink stipulate stipulation stoop stout strain strand stratigraphy strenuous strenuously stride stringent stubborn studious stun stunt sturdy stylized subdue subordinate subsidize subsist substance substantiate substantive subtle successive succinct succumb sunlit superstitious supple supplementary suppress surgeon surmount surreptitious survey suspect suspend suspicion sustain sustenance swear sweep swelling swoop syllabus symbiosis symbiotic symbology symmetrical symmetry sympathize sympathy symphony synonym synthetic syrup tableland tackle tactile taint tally tamper tangle taper tapestry tardy tariff tart tavern tedious tedium tempest tenable tenacious tenacity tendency tensile tentacle terminus termite terrace terrain terrestrial territory theist thorny thrifty thrill thrive thrust tickle tight timid timidity tinge tint toil tolerate tome topography topple torment torque tortuous tournament tout toxic toxin tract tragedy tramp tranquility transcend transcribe transient translucent treacherous treadmill treatise trench trespass trial tribe tributary tribute trickle trinket triumph trivia trivial troposphere tropospheric trumpet tug tumble turbine turf turmoil twilight twinkle tyrant

u-v-w-x-y-z

ubiquity unadorned unanimity unbridled uncanny underling unprecedented unravel unsubstantiated uppish uppity upscale usurp utensil utopian utter vacant vague vain valet vanish vanity vanquish variation vault vaulted vaunt vegetation veil vein veining venerate venom vent venture verdict verge vernacular verse versed vest vested vestige veteran veto vibe vibrant vicinal vicinity vicious vie vigilance vigor vigorous vine viral viscosity vital vitality vivify volatile voracious vow voyage vulnerable wade wail waive wallow walnut wane warrant weary weep whelm whiff whirl whittle wholesome wicked wield willful willow wither wrench wring wrinkle yelp yield

Everyday English

April 2020

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
直到我们不再害怕时,我们才真正开始生活。
– Dorothy Thompson, Journalist

Never turn down a job because you think it’s too small. You don’t know where it can lead.
绝不要因为一个工作微不足道而拒绝它,你不会知道它可以引领你去哪里。
– Julia Morgan, Architect

I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
我不觉得当你到达某一个层次后,你就可以休息放松。你必须持续进步。
– Larry Bird, NBA Player

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.
从一个人如何对待那些对他没有帮助及影响的人,你可以轻易的判断出一个人的品格。
– Malcolm Forbes, Publisher

Character is built daily by the way one thinks and acts - thought by thought, action by action.
你每天的思考及行为将会决定你的性格 - 经由你一个个的思想,你一个个的行为。
– Helen Douglas, Legislator

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
如果你想要征服恐惧,不要只是坐在家里空想你的恐惧,走出去让自己忙起来。
– Dale Carnegie, Motivational Expert

Life is the sum of all your choices.
你的生命是你所有选择的结果。
– Albert Camus, Author

Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.
我们的思维将会影响一件事的发展,因为我们是依据我们的预期来做事。
– Federico Fellini, Director

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
体贴的话语或许很短且容易说,但是它们的回响真的是无穷无尽。
– Mother Teresa, Charity Worker

The best is yet to be.
最好的日子还在后头。

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.
只有经过黑夜,才能到达黎明。

Think carefully before you act.
三思而后行。

We cannot change anything unless we accept it.
对一件事情我们必须先接受它,才能改变它。

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
困难是用来激励人心,而不是使人气馁。人的心灵将因挫折而成长茁壮。
– William Channing, Theologian

Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.
没有勇气,所有的其它美德都失去意义。
– Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
过去的没法改变,但未来还在你的掌握之中。
– Hugh White, Senator

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
今日成功领导的关键是影响力,而不是权力。
– Kenneth Blanchard, Writer

Life just doesn’t hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. That’s the exciting part.
人生不会直接给你东西,你必须走出去使事情发生,而这正是令人兴奋的部分。
– Emeril Lagasse, Chef

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not an act, but a habit.
我们重复的行为造就了我们,卓越因此不是一个行为,而是一个习惯。
– Aristotle, Philosopher

All men who deliberate on controversial matters should do it free of hate, friendship, anger and pity.
在商讨具有争议性话题时,所有人都应在没有仇恨、友谊、气愤及怜悯的情况下进行。
– Sallust, Historian

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
最有智慧的人都还有要学习的。
– George Santayana, Philosopher

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
我们必须时常改进、挑战及增加我们的知识,否则它将不复存在。
– Peter Drucker, Management Expert

No matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.
不管这个想法听起来有多好,先测试一下。
– Henry Bloch, H&R Block co-founder

Wisdom is knowing what to do; virtue is doing it.
智慧是知道要做什么;实地执行才是美德。
– David Starr Jordan, Scientist

You are not beaten until you admit it.
在你承认以前你都还未被击倒。
– George Patton, General

Don’t ever be afraid to admit you were wrong. It’s like saying you’re wiser today than you were yesterday.
绝不要害怕承认错误,这就像是在说你今天比昨天更加的明智。
– Robert Newell, Humorist

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
麻烦只是由工作衣包装的机会。
– Henry Kaiser, Industrialist

The only safe thing is to take a chance.
唯一安全的事是冒险一试。
– Mike Nichols, Director

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
好的想法不会自动被执行,须以勇敢的耐性来实地贯彻他们。
– Hyman Rickover, Admiral

To know yourself is the first and most important step in pursuing your dreams and goals.
了解自己是追求梦想及目标的第一步也是最重要的一步。
– Stedman Graham, Educator

Everyday English

March 2020

You will love again the stranger who was your self.
你将会再次爱上这个陌生人–从前的自己。

Everybody who walks a day on this planet is a survivor.
每个还能在这个星球上呼吸的人都是幸存者。

Freedom is all I want, but to hope for it I feel ashamed.
我只要自由,为希望自由我却觉得羞愧。

One smile passed from stranger to stranger will lighten the whole world.
人人都以微笑示人,那么这一道光芒就能照亮全世界。

Consider this thought when next you feel tempted to nurse a grievance: that life is too short to be little!
下次你心生怨言时,想想这一点:人生苦短休斤斤计较。

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man.
优于别人并非高尚。

Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples.
快乐好似扔入池子里的一颗石头,会激起不断扩散的阵阵涟漪。

The main purpose of history is to create a better world.
历史的主要目的是创造一个更加美好的世界。

Self-control is essential to happiness and usefulness.
自制是快乐及有为不可或缺的部分。

To regret one’s errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance.
懊悔过错而至不再重犯的地步方是真正的后悔。

The best is yet to be.
最好的日子还在后头。

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.
只有经过黑夜,才能到达黎明。

Think carefully before you act.
三思而后行。

We cannot change anything unless we accept it.
对一件事情我们必须先接受它,才能改变它。

We are gaining something or losing something every day.
我们每日皆有得有失。

To decline is to accept the other alternative.
拒绝其实就是接受另一种选择。

She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies.
她在美中徜徉,仿佛夜晚皎洁乌云,繁星漫天。

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
己所不欲,勿施于人。

Life is colorful because it is full of change.
生活是多彩的,因为它充满了变化。

As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.
一般来说,人们担忧看不到的大于看得到的。
– Julius Caesar, Roman Leader

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.
如果你不喜欢某件事,去改变它。如果你不能改变它,改变你的态度。不要抱怨。

When I thought I couldn’t go on, I forced myself to keep going. My success is based on persistence, not luck.
当我觉得我没有办法再继续时,我逼我自己继续走下去。我的成功是基于坚持,而非运气。
– Estee Lauder, Entrepreneur

I believe you can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough people get what they want.
我相信你可以得到生命中你所想要的一切,如果你帮助足够的人得到他们所想要的。
– Zig Ziglar, Motivational speaker

I might have been born in a hovel, but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.
我可能是之前是出生于一个肮脏简陋的地方,但我已下定决心要与风及星星一起旅行。
– Jacqueline Cochran, Aviator

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
商讨审议是众人的事;行动,却是一个人的事。
– Charles de Gaulle, Statesman

If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.
假若你没有犯错,你就是不够努力。
– Vince Lombardi, American football Coach

Never forget that it is the spirit with which you endow your work that makes it useful or futile.
绝不要忘记你工作的精神会决定你的工作是有效或徒劳。
– Adelaide Hasse, Librarian

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
高等的人怪自己,次等的人怪别人。
– Don Shula, Football Coach

Luck is not chance, it’s toil. Fortune’s expensive smile is earned.
幸运不是偶然,而是靠苦力,命运昂贵的微笑是赚来的。
– Emily Dickinson, Poet

Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
我们最大的敌人,我们最常遇到的敌人,就i在我们的心里。
– Thomas Paine, Statesman

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
一个好的目标就像是一种费力的运动,它会拓展你的潜能。
– Mary Kay Ash, Cosmetics Pioneer

Everyday English

February 2020

The mist is refracted by daylight to produce rainbows.
水雾被日光折射,形成了彩虹。

To anticipate, not the sunrise and the dawn merely, but, if possible, Nature herself!
不仅期盼日出和黎明的到来,而是,如果可能,还能盼着整个大自然。

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
世界上对勇气的最大考验就是承受失败却不灰心气馁。

The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.
曲调可时断时续,但琴弦却永世长存。

It’s true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.
是的,心中有目标,风雨不折腰。

I may have difficulties and frustrations in future, but I am ready for it.
我的未来会有困难和挫折,可是我已为此做好了准备。

Each of us has our own unique flaws. We are all cracked pots.
我们每个人都有独特的缺点,我们都是有裂缝的水罐。

I think that we’re growing up all the time, and we always will be.
我认为我们一直在成长,而我们会永远如此。

The joy of living comes from what we put into living, not from what we seek to get from it.
生活的乐趣来自我们对生活所做的投入,而非所求。

Friendship is no one-sided affair.
友谊不是单方面的事。

The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
真正可贵的是要超越以前的你。

No arguments will give courage to the coward.
没有什么话语可以鼓励懦弱的人。

A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.
一个掌握在手中的小事比期待中的大事还要有价值。

The priceless days must be spent meaningfully, joyfully.
宝贵的时光必须过得有意义且快乐。

Let widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let us live!
让我们扩大和加强我们的关系。只要一天我们活着,就要一天是在活着。

A mind at peace with all below, a heart whose love is innocent!
心态平和,与世无争,爱心永远纯真。

To decline is to accept the other alternative.
拒绝其实就是接受另一种选择。

When we love someone, it’s a reflection of loving ourselves.
我们爱某个人,也正是我们爱自己的表现。

The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.
爱美是整个健全人性不可或缺的一部分。

Everyone who fears failure should work harder and harder with a faithful heart as long as he lasts.
凡是害怕失败的人应该在有生之年,一心一意地更加努力奋发才是。

We men are imperfect beings, so confilicts among us are unavoidable.
我们人类皆是不完美的造物,所以彼此之间必然会起争执。

Youth is not just a stage of life; it is a state of mind.
青春不只是人生的一个阶段;它是一种心境。

All of us hope for success, but it is illusive and hard to keep.
我们都希望成功,但成功却是虚幻且难以维持的。

And multitudes have perished spiritually for the lack of another’s belief in them.
而许多人以为无法获得别人的信任而在精神上形同死亡。

Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons.
快乐的人可以因种种理由而快乐。

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
为好的结果而转换立场是明智的决定。

Belief is a happier state of mind than doubt and suspicion.
相信乃是一种比怀疑与猜忌更快乐的心态。

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
我爱独处,我发现没有比独处更好的伴侣了。

at some point something must have come from nothing.
在某个时刻事物必然从无到有。

Everyday English

January 2020

The key to everything is patience.
耐心是一切事情成败的关键。

The bitter must come before the sweet; and that also makes the sweet the sweeter.
苦应先于甜,会使甜更甜。

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I with you.
我爱你,不是因为你是谁,而是因为在你面前我可以是谁。

Life is a flower of which love is the honey.
人生是花朵,爱情是花蜜。

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
要私下告诫朋友,但是要公开夸奖朋友。

Love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it.
爱情好比镜子,一旦打破就难重圆。

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
忠实的朋友是人生的良药。

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
友谊可能而且经常发展成爱情,但是爱情却永远不会下降为友谊。

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
教育是忘记了在学校学到的一切之后剩下的。
– Albert Einstein

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
读书使人充实,谈话使人敏捷,写作使人准确。
– Francis Bacon

On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing but mind.
地球上人最伟大,人类中心灵最伟大。
– Alexander Hamilton

Only he can judge of matter’s great and high whose soul is likewise.
只有心灵伟大而崇高的人,才能评价伟大而崇高的事物。
– Michel de Montaigne

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
谦虚不仅可以增添光彩,而且可以维护美德。
– Joseph Addison

The principal thing in this world is to keep one’s soul aloft.
人生在世首要的大事是要保持灵魂的高洁。
– Gustave Flaubert

Nature is kind of a loving mother, but also a butcher in cold blood.
自然不仅是慈爱的母亲,也是冷血的屠夫。
– Victor Hugo

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books.
经验是思想之子,思想是行动之子,了解他人不可以书本为据。
– Victor Hugo

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
实用的知识只有通过亲身体验才能学到。
– Samuel Smiles

To most men, experience is like the stern light of a ship which illuminates only the track it has passed.
对于大多数人,经验像是一艘船上的尾灯,只照亮船驶过的航道。
– Samuel Coleridge

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
教育之于心灵,犹如雕刻之于大理石。
– Joseph Addison

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.
一个人年轻时学识多少无关紧要;重要的是懂得如何去学习。
– Joseph Addison

Honesty is the best policy.
诚实是最好的策略。
– Aesop

Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.
人品之于人,犹如芳香之于话。
– C.C.Schwab

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
信念是黎明之前,天还没亮时就能感觉到光明的鸟。
– Tagore

Character is the first and last word in success.
品德是成功的决定因素。
– Orison Marden

He conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself.
在获得胜利之后而能克制自己的人,获得了双重的胜利。
– Francis Bacon

Who partakes in another’s joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.
能分享他人的欢乐,比能分担他人的忧愁更为高尚。
– Johann Lavater

Love lives deep in the mind instead of residing in the lips.
爱情埋在心灵深处,并不居住在双唇之间。

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
二十岁是起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。

The bitter must come before the sweet; and that also makes the sweet the sweeter.
苦应先于甜,会使甜更甜。

To realise the value of one hour, ask two lovers who are waiting to meet.
要体会到一个小时的价值,就去问一对等待见面的恋人。

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
比起我们对自己的私人评价,公众的看法不过是一个软弱的暴君。

Everyday English

December 2020

He conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself.
在获胜之后而能克制自己的人,获得了双重的胜利。
– Francis Bacon

Character is the first and last word in success.
品德是成功的决定因素。
– Orison Marden

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
信念是黎明前、天还没亮时就能感觉到光明的鸟。
– Tagore

Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.
人品之于人,犹如芳香之于花。
– C.C.Schwab

Honesty is the best policy.
诚实是最好的策略。
– Aesop

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.
一个人年轻时学识多少无关紧要,重要的是懂得如何去学习。
– Joseph Addison

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
教育之于心灵,犹如雕刻之于大理石。
– Joseph Addison

To most men, experience is like the stern light of a ship which illuminates only the track it has passed.
对于大多数人,经验像是一般船上的尾灯,只照亮船驶过的航道。
– Semuel Coleridge

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
实用的只是只有通过亲身体验才能学到。
– Samuel Smiles

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books.
经验是思想之子,思想是行动之子,了解他人不可以书本为据。
– Victor Hugo

Nature is kind of a loving mother, but also a butcher in cold blood.
自然不仅是慈爱的母亲,也是冷血的屠夫。
– Victor Hugo

The principal thing in this world is to keep one’s soul aloft.
人生在世首要的大事是要保持灵魂的高洁。
– Gustave Flaubert

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
谦虚不仅可以增添光彩,而且可以维持美德。
– Joseph Addison

Only he can judge of matter’s great and high whose soul is likewise.
只有心灵伟大而崇高的人,才能评价伟大而崇高的事物。
– Michel de Montaigne

On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing but mind.
地球上人最伟大,人类中心灵最伟大。
– Alexander Hamilton

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
读书使人充实,谈话使人敏捷,写作使人准确。
– Francis Bacon

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
教育是忘记了在学校学到的一切之后所剩下的。
– Albert Einstein

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
友谊可能而且经常发展为爱情,但是爱情却永远不会下降为友谊。

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
忠实的朋友是人生的良药。

Love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it.
爱情好比镜子,一旦打破就难重圆。

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
要私下告诫朋友,但要公开夸奖朋友。

Life is a flower of which love is the honey.
人生是花朵,爱情是花蜜。

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
我爱你,不是因为你是谁,而是因为在你面前我可以是谁。

The bitter must come before the sweet; and that alse makes the sweet the sweeter.
苦应先于甜,会使甜更甜。

The key to everything is patience.
耐心是一切事情成败的关键。

No road of flowers leads to glory.
没有一条通往荣誉的道路是铺满鲜花的。

Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
行为发展成习惯,习惯发展为性格,性格伴随人的一生。

The world has changed, and we must change with it.
世界已经改变了,我们必须同时改变。

We cannot change anything unless we accept it.
对一件事情我们必先接受它,才能改变它。

Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
幸福就是时时刻刻都以仁爱、善良和感恩来生活的精神体验。

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
人生的伟大目的不在于知而在于行。

Everyday English

November 2020

Weep no more, no sigh, nor groan. Sorrow calls no time that’s gone.
别哭泣,别叹息,别呻吟;悲伤唤不回流逝的时光。

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent.
无论你秉性如何,保持你的本色;永远不要抛弃你的天赋。

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them.
生命的价值不在于活了多少天,而在于我们如何使用这些日子。

Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long.
人可以爬到最高峰,但却不能在那儿久住。

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.
只有经过黑夜,才能到达黎明。

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
错误是发现的大门。

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
世界上对勇气的最大考验就是承受失败却不灰心气馁。

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
从不犯错的人,也从不尝试新事物。

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
如果你热爱自己所做的事,那么你将会成功。

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
成功不是幸福的秘诀,幸福是成功的秘诀。

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
人生成功的秘诀是当机遇来临时要及时地抓住它。

Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish.
机会迟早会光顾那些努力工作又怀有志向的人。

All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves, are never right.
凡事须尽力而为,半途而废者永无成就。

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
性格不可能在安逸和宁静中得以塑造。

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
乐观是通往成功的信念。没有希望和信心将一事无成。

Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于坚持到最后的人。

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

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
没有激情,任何伟大的事业都不能成功。

On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing but mind.
地球上人最伟大,人类中心灵最伟大。
– Alexander Hamilton

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
成功最大的障碍就是害怕失败。

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
成功是一种心境,如果你想要获得成功,就先开始把自己看做成功的人。

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.
永远记住:你获取成功的决心比任何事情都重要。

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
不让挫败感把你吞噬,你就一定会成功。

Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.
当做必做,持之以恒。

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。

Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
不要害怕你的生活将要结束,应该担心你的生活永远不曾真正开始。

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
不要为成功而努力,要为做一个有价值的人而努力。

Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为,不是时间。

Everyday English

October 2020

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦,而在于人们错过了什么。

We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our stars wisely and well, the world will be blessed.
我们必须找到我们的海星,如果我们明智而恰当地把我们的海星扔进了海里,那么这个世界就得到了祝福。

Though the heart be still as loving, and the moon be still as bright.
尽管这颗心仍旧迷恋,尽管月光还那么灿烂。

Her gesture, motion, and her smells, her wit, her voice, my heart beguiles, beguiles my heart.
她的姿态,她的微笑,她的聪慧,她的声音俘获了我的心,俘获了我的心。

We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have these because we have acted rightly.
我们行事公允,不是因为我们有德或优秀,而是因为我们行事公允,才有了这些特质。
– Will Durant

In a relationship you want to treat people the way you want to be treated.
在关系里,你想怎么被对待,就这样待人。
– Bradley Cooper

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
每座山都有道路,虽然从山谷不一定看得到。
– Theodore Roethke

Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.
领导的资格不是从天而降,它是挣来的。
– Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Life is to be enjoyed, not endured.
人生是用来享受的,不是忍受的。
– Gordon B. Hinckley

I can not and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions.
我不能也不会为了顺应今年的风气,而违背自己的良知。
– Lillian Hellman

The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.
一座山的顶峰,永远是另一座的山底。
– Marianne Willianmson

As long as you know that you’re doing the right thing, do not care about what other people think about you.
只要你知道你做的事是对的,不用在意别人怎么看你。
– Whitney Wolfe Herd

Procrastination is the thief of time.
拖延是时间的小偷。
– Edward Young

The suppression of liberty is always likely to be irrational.
压抑他人的自由应该都不会是合理的。
– John Rawls

There is no man so bad, but he secretly respects the good.
再坏的人都会暗自敬重好人。
– Benjamin Franklin

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
让自己安静地被你真正喜爱的事所拉去。
– Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
每一次相爱,就深爱到仿佛能到永远。
– Audre Lorde

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
蠢人会纳闷,智者会提问。
– Benjamin Disraeli

Personality begins where comparison ends.
个性是在没有比较时开始出现的。
– Kari Lagerfeld

Throughout history, people have never before expected to be as comfortable as people do today.
在整个历史里,人类从没想过可以像今天的人这般舒服。
– Jens Risom

Ideas don’t come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.
好的构想不是一开始就成型,它是在你实现的过程中变得更加清晰,你只需要开始。
– Mark Zuckerberg

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
在人生的路上,你会发现如果不靠自己,你不会前进。
– Katharine Hepburn

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
无法改变想法的人,无法改变任何事。
– George Bernard Shaw

I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
我的智力使我成为悲观者,但意志力使我成为乐观者。
– Antonio Gramsci

Telling someone they’re wrong is not the same as leading and inspiring them to do what’s right.
指出一个人的错,有别于引导并激发他去做对的事。
– Andy Stanley

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
没有行动的代价,远超过犯错的代价。
– Meister Eckhart

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
愚者在未来寻找快乐,智者在自己的脚下种植快乐。
– J. Robert Oppenheimer

Learning to fly is not pretty but fling is.
学习如何飞翔不怎么好看,但飞翔很好看。
– Satya Nadella

Leadership is inspiring extraordinary people to step up and serve their country.
领导是激励杰出的人站出来为他们的国家服务。
– Justin Trudeau

I think it’s important that we don’t all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything’s fine.
我觉得很重要的是,我们不必总是头抬得高高的,然后说一切都很好。
– Nicole Kidman

It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.
我花了17年114天的时间才在一夕间成功。
– Lionel Messi

Everyday English

September 2020

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.
正直是做对的事,即使你知道没有人会知道你做了什么。
– Oprah Winfrey

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
新颖不是说别人没有说过的话,而是完全说出自己的想法。
– James Stephens

Even the wolf has its moments of weakness, in which it sides with the lamb and thinks: I hope it runs away.
即使狼也有它软弱的时候,它和羊站在同一边并心想:我希望它跑掉。
– Adolfo Bioy Cassares

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.
为了征服,我们需要的是勇气,依然是勇气,永远是勇气。
– Georges Danton

You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
你不用看到整个楼梯,你只需跨出第一步。
– Martin Luther King

Be strong but not rude. Be kind but not weak. Be humble but not timid. Be proud but not arrogant.
坚强但不要无礼,善良但不要软弱,谦虚但不要胆小,自豪但不要傲慢。
– Zig Ziglar

The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.
最大的沟通问题是,我们聆听不是为了了解,我们聆听是为了回答。
– Stephen Covey, Author

Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.
勇敢就是知道即便你失败,你也不是永远失败。
– Lana Del Rey, Singer

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.
坚持不懈可以保证:得到结果是无可避免的。
– Paramahansa Yogananda

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.
不是你控制一天的时间怎么过,就是由那一天来控制你。
– Jim Rohn

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
要问的不是谁会允许我,而是谁能阻止我。
– Andy Rand, Novelist

He who fixes his mistakes and constantly moves forward will reach his goals.
能改正自己的错误并持续前进的人,将可以打倒他的目标。
– Ernst Thalmann

Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.
你的想象是你即将吸引到你的人生的预览。
– Albert Einstein

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
勇气是会传染的,当一个勇敢的人站出立场,其他人的背脊通常也会硬起来。
– Billy Graham

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
生命所能提供的最好犒赏,就是努力于值得做的工作。
– Theodore Roosevelt

You can disagree without being disagreeable.
你可以反对,但又不给人带来反感。
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anyting done.
如果你在确定前把每件事都延后,你将不会完成任何事。
– Norman Vincent Peale

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
传统观点让我们省下痛苦的思考工作。
– John Kenneth Galbraith

You have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.
你有一个选择:追求你的梦想,或受雇于他人并帮助他完成梦想。
– Jay Samit

Being a winner is never an accident; winning comes about by design, determination and positive action.
成为赢者从来不是意外,赢来自规划、决心和正面行动。
– Bob Proctor

Purpose drives the process by which we become what we are capable of being.
目的会引发一个过程,使我们成为我们能够成为的人。
– Lolly Daskal

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
正是在最黑暗的时候,我们必须聚焦在光亮之处。
– Aristotle Onassis

Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.
逆境不会塑造性格,而是揭发性格。
– James Lane Allen

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
绝不要混淆知识与智慧,其中之一帮你维持生计,另一个给你有意义的人生。
– Eleanor Roosevelt

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
让自己能力最大化的方法,是把心中可能性的微弱火花,煸风为达成目标的火焰。
– Golda Meir

Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.
软弱的人透过无礼来模仿力量。
– Eric Hoffer

Stop holding your truth; speak your truth. Be yourself. It’s the healthiest way to be.
不要保留你的真相,说出你的真相,做你自己,这是最健康的生活方式。
– Tiffany Haddish

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
唯一真正的错误,是我们没有从中学到教训的那一个。
– John Powell

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
你不是靠规则来学走路,你是靠去做和跌倒来学习。
– Richard Branson

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
正确的态度能将负面压力转换为正面压力。
– Hans Selye