Admire
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.
英國人本能地贊美沒有才能并且十分謙虛的人。
注:在中國沒本事但謙虛的人也很吃香。
A tedious railway journey was made in a train that seemed to stop every few minutes to admire the scenery.
乏味的鐵路旅行好象火車每隔幾分就停下來欣賞風(fēng)景一樣。
注:換個角度看問題,慢車很乏味,但可以有更多的時間欣賞風(fēng)景。
I almost feel compelled to admire you. You always think twice before you say absolutely nothing!
我?guī)缀醪坏貌慌宸懔耍阍谑裁匆矝]說以前總是考慮再三。
注:諷刺有些人謹(jǐn)小慎微,思前想后,什么也不敢說。
Personally, I have never been conceited --- and I can’t tell you how much I admire myself for that.
我本人從不自負(fù)——我簡直不能告訴你們我是多么欽佩我這一點。
自己不自負(fù),希望別人認(rèn)識到自己不自負(fù);自己謙虛,希望別人認(rèn)識到自己謙虛;自己做好事,希望別人偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)自己做了好事。總之,人們都希望獲得別人的贊揚。(我就很謙虛,也不自負(fù),我希望別人也這么看我)。
A modest man is often admired --- if people ever hear of him.
謙虛的人總是被人羨慕——如果人們聽說過他的話。
注:謙虛的人大都默默無聞,所以在現(xiàn)在這個社會,不要吹噓,但也不要太謙虛,要表現(xiàn)出真實的自己。
We always like those who admire us but we do not always like those whom we admire.
我們總是喜歡羨慕我們的人,但不總喜歡我們羨慕的人。