25个写作品质话题=52句至理名言

6 承诺（commitment）

名人名言

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.

——Marcia Wieder

有承诺才会有行动，付诸行动才会离梦想更近。

——马西亚尔·维德尔（美国畅销书作家）

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lead to 导致；带来

例：The new policy carried out since last week does not necessarily lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods.

参考译文　上周开始执行的新政策并不一定会导致物价上涨。

例：We can sum up by saying that inflation distorts many of society’s institutional arrangements and these distortions lead to adjustment costs in addition to those discussed above.

参考译文　我们可以得出结论：通货膨胀扰乱了很多大型机构的配置，这不仅导致了上述讨论过的问题，还包括调整成本（的）增加的问题。

名人名言

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

——Harvey Fierstein

如果逃避责任，人生的意义何在？

——哈维·费斯特恩（美国演员）

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deny [dɪˈnaɪ]　v. 否认；拒绝给予

例：I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time，but nobody could deny we deserved this result.

参考译文　多数时候，我都坐立不安，但是谁也不能否认，这种结果是我们应得的。

7 友情、友谊（companionship/friendship）

名人名言

Companionship is based on a common interest, and the greater the interest the closer the companionship.

——Bernard Berenson

友谊的基础是共同兴趣。兴趣越浓，友谊越深。

——伯纳德·贝伦森（美国艺术史学家）

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based on 以……为依据

例：Because the question remains unanswered, much of the discussion that follows is based on hypothetical alternatives, some more plausible than others.

参考译文　因为这个问题至今都没有答案，所以之后关于此问题的大多数讨论都是基于假设的可能性而已，其中有些可能性貌似比其他的更为合理。

名人名言

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

——German proverb

君子之交淡如水。

——德国谚语

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hedge [hedʒ]　n. 树篱；防备手段；防范措施

[hedʒ]　v. 用树篱围起

例：He lay under the hedge in the sunshine eating crisps and feeding some to the foal.

参考译文　他躺在洒满阳光的篱笆下吃薯片，还喂一些给小马吃。

8 勇气（courage）

名人名言

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

——Anais Nin

生活的沉浮取决于个人的勇气。

——阿奈斯·宁（美国传奇女作家）

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shrink [ʃrɪŋk]　v. 收缩；（使）缩水

例：If stars could shrink to as small as ten or twenty miles across to become neutron stars, one might expect that other stars could shrink even further to become black holes.

参考译文　如果恒星缩小到直径只有10~20英里而成为中子星，我们便能想象，其他恒星可以缩到更小成为黑洞。

expand [ɪkˈspænd]　v. 使……变大；扩张；发展

例：When a competitor successfully enters the domestic market, the company may look to expand internationally; partly as a means of retaliation and partly in defense of its home market.

参考译文　当有竞争对手成功打入本国市场时，公司可以设法扩张国际市场，一方面作为对竞争对手的反击，另一方面是为了守住本国市场。

名人名言

Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.

——Eddie Rickenbacker

勇气就是去做你害怕做的事情。没有畏惧就没有勇气。

——埃迪·里肯巴克（美国战争英雄）

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unless [ənˈles]　conj. 除非；若不

例：Food taken straight from the refrigerator is anathema to the cat unless it is very hungry, in which case it will eat almost anything.

参考译文　猫咪只有饿到几乎什么都愿意吃的时候，才不会讨厌从冰箱里直接取出的食物，否则这些食物对它来说就是毒药。