And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.

  • -- George Chapman 乔治·查普曼

让一个学者携带地球上所有的书籍,他将只是一本活字典:仅仅是一个发音清晰的时钟。

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I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

我看见他们高贵的额上有耶和华的印记,因为他们生来就是世上的君王,比那些买了地就得为业的人真实得多。

For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.

因为我们必须是这样或那样的东西,一种资产或一种负债,是帮助你飞翔的翅膀上的腱,还是把你束缚在地球上的锁链。

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.

有一类时装模特体重不过是一本简编字典。

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.

自然是一本字典;人们可以从中提取词语。