I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.

  • -- William Safire 威廉·萨菲尔

我欢迎新单词,或以新方式使用的旧单词,只要结果更精确、更有色彩或更有表现力。

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But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.

但是工作的质量只能通过个人的满足、奉献和享受来实现。在我们的职业中,精确和完美不是可有可无的奢侈品,而是简单的必需品。

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

如果有什么事情困扰我,它会困扰我很长一段时间,直到我找到解决问题的方法。音乐为我提供了解决问题的方法。

I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness.

我过去认为我是波希米亚人,但现在我知道我不是。我喜欢整齐和精确,而不喜欢凌乱和松散。