1.慣用口語句子:
Marriage is an alliance between two people.
婚姻是兩個人的結(jié)合。
alliance n. 結(jié)合,聯(lián)合
Marriage may be compared to a cage; the birds outside despair to get in and those within despair to get out.
婚姻好比鳥籠:外面的鳥兒想進進不去,里面的鳥兒想出出不來。
marriage n. 婚姻
cage n. 鳥籠
despair v. 絕望
be compared to“被比作…”
Marriage makes or breaks a man.
= Marriage makes or mars a man.
婚姻決定一個男人的成敗。
mar v. 毀損,玷污
Don't let a little dispute break up a great marriage.
不要讓小小的爭論毀掉了美滿的婚姻。
dispute v. 爭論,爭吵
break up“打破,結(jié)束”
Marriage is great for the right people.
婚姻對于合適的人來說都是美滿的。
right a. 恰當?shù)模m合的
He is the happiest, be the King or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
無論國王還是農(nóng)夫,家庭和睦是最幸福的。
peasant n. 農(nóng)夫,鄉(xiāng)下人
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
草率成婚,后悔莫及。
haste n. 急忙,慌忙 repent v. 后悔,懊悔
leisure n. 悠閑,安逸
in haste“匆忙地,慌張地,草率地” at leisure“空閑著,閑著無事”