A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所,流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑,长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改,本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难,失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书,相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解,自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时,人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好,就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡,事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘,差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果,不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智,不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主,治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补,大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相,露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出,驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门,坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷,言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢,单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚,人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.
血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友,应求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实,交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目,不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染,身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做你的吧,天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿,绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯,事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲,勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上,不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.
机不可失,时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事,今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容易,做得难。
Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆,去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着,但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响,满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑,必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟,明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责,等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世,唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔,集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己,天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤,人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜,各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好,朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍,不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父,记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑,长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲,暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见,心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.
先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面,印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术,智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金,积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理,以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快,身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训,自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不动,叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背后说好话,才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
1不要只因一次失败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain, American writer)
2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 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)
3 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。 Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.( Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer)
4 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 If winter comes, can spring be far behind
5 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 )
6 如果你怀疑自己,那么你的立足点确实不稳固了 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)
7 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。 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 )
8 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)
9 生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 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)
10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。 The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet and dramatist)
11人生重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的目标,并决心实现它 The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. (Mark Twain, American writer)
12 具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。 The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. (Franklin Roosevelt, American president)
13 实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑 When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory. (Abraham Lincoln, American statesman)
14 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
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.
你必须相信自己,这是成功的关键。
-Charles Chaplin(美国演员卓别林)
No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术,智者不耻下问。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金,积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望,做最坏的打算。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知,就得吃苦。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老,学到老。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着,为了学习。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往,一去不回。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人,成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Money isn't everything.
钱不是万能的。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢,为时未晚。
No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事,只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事,只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。
Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。
Activity is the only road to knowledge . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)
行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
All things are difficult before they are easy.
(凡事必先难后易。)[放弃投机取巧的幻想。]
Great hopes make great man. (伟大的理想造就伟大的人。)
God helps those who help themselves.(天助自助者。)
Constant dropping wears the stone.(滴水穿石。)
Better late than never.(迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来好。)
It's never too late to mend.(过而能改,善莫大焉;亡羊补牢,犹未晚也。)
A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。)
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.)
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Easier said than done.说得容易,做得难。
Fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Studies pass into and influence manners.
读史使人明智,读诗使人灵秀,数学使人周密,科学使人深刻,伦理学使人庄重,逻辑修辞之学使人善辩;凡有所学,皆成性格。
差不多够了吧。
1 A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
J. Burroughs. Averican naturalist
一个人可以失败多次,但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人,他还不是一个失败者。
美国博物学家巴勒斯. J.
2 All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.
R. H. Stoddard, American poet
做一切事都应尽力而为,半途而废永远不行。美国诗人斯大林拖达德. R. H .
3 Genius only means hard-working all one's life.
Mendeleyev, Russian chemist
天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。
俄国化学家门捷列耶夫
4 Adversity often leads to prosperity. 逆境往往通向成功之路。
5 The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep.
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。
6 The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart. -- H.Black
生活的地平线是随着心灵的开阔而变得宽广的。 -- 布莱克
7 If you should put even a little on a little, and should do this often, soon this too would become big. -- Hesiod
伟大的事业是通过不懈努力,一砖一瓦堆起来的。 -- 赫西奥德
8 The drop of rain makes a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by of falling. -- Latimer
雨滴穿石,不是靠蛮力,而是靠持之以恒。 -- 拉蒂默
9 Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters, adversity is not without comforts and hopes. -- Bacon
幸运中并非不搀杂各种担心与烦恼,而厄运中也并非不存在欣慰与期望。 -- 培根
10 On life’s earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.
生活在顽强战斗中,只有每天不屈不挠奋勇向前的人才能取得胜利。
11 All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right. -- R.H.Sloddard
做一切事情都应尽力而为,不可半途而废。 -- 斯托达德
12 A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
只要一个人还有追求,他就没有老。知道后悔取代了梦想,一个人才算老。
13 For all pain helps to make us rise, however much we may hate it at the time.
一切痛苦都有助于我们奋发向上,不论我们当时是多么憎恨它。
14 Life is a test and this world a place of trial. Always the problems - or it may be the same problem will be presented to every generation in different forms.
人生是一种考验,而这个世界就是考场。每一代都要面对一些问题 -- 可能是相同的问题 -- 只不过问题的形式不同。
15 Wish you an endless view to cheer your eyes, then one more story mount and higher rise.
欲穷千里目,更上一层楼。
16 The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明之前最黑暗。
17 No road of flowers lead to glory.
没有一条通往光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。
18 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind on it.
世上无难事,只怕有心人。
19 Good courage breaks bad luck.
勇气可以改变厄运。
20 Fortune shows her power when there is no wise preparation for resisting her.
没有向命运抗争的明智准备,命运便会显示其威力。
21 Do nor for one repulse, for go the purpose that you resolved to effort. -- Shakespeare
不要因为一次挫折就放弃你原来决心要达到的目标。 -- 莎士比亚
22 Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
大业成于百折不挠,不论力量大小。
23 Perseverance is falling nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. -- J. Anderson
只要坚韧不拔,失败十九次之后,第二十次就会成功。 -- 安德森
24 Today’s opportunity erase yesterday’s failures. -- Gene Brown
今日的机遇可抹去昨日的失败。 -- 吉恩 • 布朗
25 You have to pay the price but if you do you can only win. -- Frank Leahy
为了成功,你必须付出代价。如果你付出了代价,你就会成功。 -- 莱希
26 It’s better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all. -- A.H.Clough
奋战过而失败,强于根本未战。 -- 克拉夫
27 Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even. -- Lincoln
记住,当人生之路陡峭之时,要保持沉着。 -- 林肯
28 Meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a man. --Fredrich Edwin Smith Birkenhead
优雅地迎接成功,勇敢地面对挫折。 -- 伯肯黑德
29 A man can succeed at almost anything for which he was unlimited enthusiasm. -- C. M. Schwal
只要有无限的热情,一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。-- 施瓦希
30 Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore. -- A. Gide
人只有鼓起勇气,告别海岸,才能发现新的海洋。 -- 纪德
31 The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. -- Goethe
人生最重要的是树立一个远大的目标,并下定决心去实现它。 -- 歌德
关于学习
Knowledge is a city to the building of which every human being brought
a stone. -- Emerson
知识是一座城堡,每个人都应为它增砖添瓦。-- 爱默生
Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily,
it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be
prayed for. -- Thomas Arnold
真知如同珍宝,不是轻易获得的,必须学习、钻研、思考,最重要的是必须有强烈的求知欲。
-- 托马斯 • 阿诺德
Knowledge comes from experience alone.
知识来自实践。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
知识使人谦虚,无知使人骄傲。
Knowledge is power. -- Bacon
知识就是力量。 -- 培根
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知识是宝库,而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。
Knowledge is the food of the soul. -- Plato
知识是心灵的食粮。 -- 柏拉图
Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams. -- Daniel Webster
知识的确是天空中硕大无比的太阳。它的光辉撒下生命和力量。 -- 韦伯斯特
Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
有知识而无实践,只算半个能人。
Learning is the eye of the mind.
学问是心灵的眼睛。
Learn young, learn fair.
学习趁年少,而且要学好。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
孩提时代学到的东西,至死也不会忘却。
Learn from the mistakes of others and prevent your own.
前人犯错,后人戒。
Learn to creep before you leap.
先学爬,后学跳。(循序渐进)
there is no royal road to learning.
学问之道无捷径。
Without learning, without eyes.
没有学识就是盲人。
He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
Learning is a bitter root, but it bears sweet fruit.
学习根苦果甜。
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to dropback.
学习如逆水行舟,不进则退。
Learning without thought is useless; thought without learning is dangerous.
学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。
There is no end to learning.
学无止境。
Ignorance is the course of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. -- William
Shakespeare
无知乃是罪恶,知识乃是我们借以飞向天堂的翅膀。 -- 莎士比亚
It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
掩盖无知要比学到知识更难。
Not ignorance, but the ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
不是无知本身,而是对无知的无知,才是知识的死亡。
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
最可怕的事莫过于无知而行动。
Wisdom is more precious than wealth.
智慧比财富更宝贵。
The wise man is always a good listener.
智者善听人言。
Wise men are silent; fools talk.
蠢人多话,智者寡言。
Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
-- Bacon
读书使人充实,讨论使人机敏,写作使人严谨。 --培根
Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
He that can read an meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious.
会读书思索的人不会感到长夜无聊或生活乏味。
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of
past centuries. -- Descartes
所有的好书,读起来就如同和过去世界上最杰出的人谈话。 -- 笛卡尔
There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the
fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its
luminous summits.
在科学上没有平坦大道,只有不畏劳苦沿着陡峭山路攀登的人,才有希望达到光辉的顶点。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
书籍和朋友,在好不在多。
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. --L.W.Akott
好书使人开卷有所求,闭卷有所获。 -- 奥尔科特
There is no such thing as genius; it is nothing but labour and diligence.
世间无所谓天才,它仅是刻苦加勤奋。
Knowledge is a city to the building of which every human being brought
a stone. -- Emerson
知识是一座城堡,每个人都应为它增砖添瓦。-- 爱默生
Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily,
it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be
prayed for. -- Thomas Arnold
真知如同珍宝,不是轻易获得的,必须学习、钻研、思考,最重要的是必须有强烈的求知欲。
-- 托马斯 • 阿诺德
Knowledge comes from experience alone.
知识来自实践。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
知识使人谦虚,无知使人骄傲。
Knowledge is power. -- Bacon
知识就是力量。 -- 培根
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知识是宝库,而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。
Knowledge is the food of the soul. -- Plato
知识是心灵的食粮。 -- 柏拉图
Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams. -- Daniel Webster
知识的确是天空中硕大无比的太阳。它的光辉撒下生命和力量。 -- 韦伯斯特
Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
有知识而无时间,只算半个能人。
Learning is the eye of the mind.
学问是心灵的眼睛。
Learn young, learn fair.
学习趁年少,而且要学好。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
孩提时代学到的东西,至死也不会忘却。
Learn from the mistakes of others and prevent your own.
前人犯错,后人戒。
Learn to creep before you leap.
先学爬,后学跳。(循序渐进)
there is no royal road to learning.
学问之道无捷径。
Without learning, without eyes.
没有学识就是盲人。
He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
Learning is a bitter root, but it bears sweet fruit.
学习根苦果甜。
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to dropback.
学习如逆水行舟,不进则退。
Learning without thought is useless; thought without learning is dangerous.
学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。
There is no end to learning.
学无止境。
Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. -- William
Shakespeare
无知乃是罪恶,知识乃是我们借以飞向天堂的翅膀。 -- 莎士比亚
It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
掩盖无知要比学到知识更难。
Not ignorance, but the ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
不是无知本身,而是对无知的无知,才是知识的死亡。
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
最可怕的事莫过于无知而行动。
Wisdom is more precious than wealth.
智慧比财富更宝贵。
The wise man is always a good listener.
智者善听人言。
Wise men are silent; fools talk.
蠢人多话,智者寡言。
Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
-- Bacon
读书使人充实,讨论使人机敏,写作使人严谨。 --培根
Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
He that can read an meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious.
会读书思索的人不会感到长夜无聊或生活乏味。
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of
past centuries. -- Descartes
所有的好书,读起来就如同和过去世界上最杰出的人谈话。 -- 笛卡尔
There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the
fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its
luminous summits.
在科学上没有平坦大道,只有不畏劳苦沿着陡峭山路攀登的人,才有希望达到光辉的顶点。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
书籍和朋友,在好不在多。
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. --L.W.Akott
好书使人开卷有所求,闭卷有所获。 -- 奥尔科特
There is no such thing as genius; it is nothing but labour and diligence.
世间无所谓天才,它仅是刻苦加勤奋。
The end justifies the means.
只要目的正当,可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.
死亡面前,人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢,不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
烈火验真金,艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰难的。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明,反误了卿卿性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.
这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高,摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚,越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.
太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.
问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.
人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.
没有长生不老药。
There is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.
字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清,浊者自浊。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯,有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.
海内存知己,天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.
三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.
否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
Time cures all things.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.
光阴似箭。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.
时光流逝,不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.
时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.
路遥知马力,日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。
To err is human.
人非圣贤,孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.
什么都知道,一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日,万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任,一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖,反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.
福无双至,祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面,改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.
一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了,不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.
团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.
小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康,钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西,失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.
好的开始,是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事别去提,别人的恩惠要铭记。
Wet behind the ears.
乳臭未干。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
不管做什么,都要一心一意。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
儿时所学,终生难忘。
What's done cannot be undone.
生米煮成熟饭了。
What's lost is lost.
失者不可复得。
What we do willingly is easy.
愿者不难。
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入国问禁,入乡随俗。
When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.
人人都伟大,世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇旧恨,齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.
酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
道高一尺,魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.
搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.
好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心里,愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点,精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.
鱼与熊掌,不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
强扭的瓜不甜。
You may know by a handful the whole sack.
由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.
是驴子是马,拉出来遛遛。
Any day will do? 哪一天都可以?
Any messages for me? 有我的留言吗?
Are you by yourself? 你一个人来吗?
All right with you? 你没有问题吧?
Are you free tomorrow? 明天有空吗?
Are you kidding me? 你在跟我开玩笑吧?
As soon as possible! 尽可能快!
Back in a moment! 马上回来!
Believe it or not! 信不信由你!
Better luck next time! 下次会更好!
Boy will be boys 本性难移!
Come to the point! 有话直说!
Do you accept plastic? 收不收行用卡?
Does it keep long? 可以保存吗?
Dont be so fussy! 别挑剔了!
Dont count to me! 别指望我!
Dont fall for it! 不要上当!
Dont get me wrong! 你搞错了!
Dont give me that! 少来这套!
Dont let me down! 别让我失望!
Dont lose your head! 别乐昏了头!
Dont over do it! 别做过头了!
Dont sit there daydreaming! 别闲着做白日梦!
Dont stand on ceremony! 别太拘束!
Drop me a line! 要写信给我!
Easy come easy go! 来得容易去得也快!
First come first served! 先到先得!
Get a move on! 快点吧!
Get off my back! 不要嘲笑我!
Give him the works! 给他点教训!
Give me a break! 饶了我吧!
Give me a hand! 帮我一个忙!
Great minds think alike! 英雄所见略同!
Ill treat you to lunch. 午餐我请你!
In one ear, out the other ear. 一耳进,一耳出!
Im spaced-out! 我开小差了!
I beg your pardon! 请你再说一遍!
I cant afford that! 我付不起!
I cant follow you! 我不懂你说的!
I cant help it! 我情不自禁!
I couldnt reach him! 我联络不上他!
I cross my heart! 我发誓是真的!
I dont mean it! 我不是故意的!
I feel very miserable! 我好沮丧!
I have no choice! 我别无选择了!
I watch my money! 视财如命!
Ill be in touch! 保持联络!
Ill check it out! 我去看看!
Ill show you around! 我带你四处逛逛!
Ill see to it! 我会留意的!
Im crazy for you! 我为你疯狂!
You make me jump! 你吓了我一跳!
Make up your mind. 作个决定吧!
Make yourself at home! 就当在家一样!
My mouth is watering! 我要流口水了!
Never heard of it! 没听说过!
Nice talking to you! 很高兴和你聊天!
No doubt about it! 勿庸置疑!
No pain no gain! 不经一事,不长一智!
None of your business! 要你管?
There is nothing on your business! 这没你的事!
Now you are really talking! 说得对!
Please dont rush me! 请不要吹促我!
Please keep me informed! 请一定要通知我
She looks blue today. 她今天很忧郁!
She is under the weather. 她心情不好!
So far, so good. 过得去。
Speaking of the devil! 一说曹操,曹操就到!
Stay away from me! 离我远一点!
Stay on the ball! 集中注意力!
That makes no difference. 不都一样吗?
Thats a touchy issue! 这是个辣手得问题!
Thats always the case! 习以为常!
Thats going too far! 这太离谱了!
Thats more like that! 这才象话嘛!
The answer is zero! 白忙了!
The dice is cast! 已成定局了!
The same as usual! 一如既往!
The walls have ears! 隔墙有耳!
There you go again! 你又来了!
Time is running out! 没有时间了!
We better get going! 最好马上就走!
Well discuss it later! 回头再说吧!
Well find out shortly! 我们很快就知道了!
We are all for it! 我们全都赞成!
Weve been expecting you! 我们正等着你呢!
What a good deal! 真便宜!
What a let down! 真令人失望!
What do you figure? 你有什么想法?
What happened to you? 你怎么了?
What should I do? 我应该怎样做?
Whats would you recommend? 你有何意见?