One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

英语简洁的一个优点是可以将同一个单词用作名词和动词。

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My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit.

我早期的创伤之一是英语学校体系。这不仅仅是纪律问题,这是男孩们获得所谓学校精神的方式。

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

宏伟与美丽是如此的对立,以至于你常常在增加美与减少美的同时,也在减少美。多样性与后者最为相似,简单性与前者最为相似。

If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it.

如果我们活着,我们就活着;如果我们死了,我们就死了;如果我们受苦,我们就受苦;如果我们害怕,我们就会害怕。这没有问题。

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

我看见天上的荣耀发光,信心也发光。

I read good. I was an English major.

我读好。我是英语专业的。