I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.

  • -- Wilbur Wright 威尔伯·莱特

我是一个狂热的爱好者,但并不是一个怪人,因为我有一些关于如何正确建造飞行器的理论。我希望利用我自己已经知道的一切,然后,如果可能的话,加上我的一点,以帮助未来的工人谁将获得最终的成功。

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An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.

一个狂热者对一个民族的压迫念念不忘,直到他幻想自己受上天的委托去解放他们。他冒险尝试,结果除了自己的处决,几乎没有别的结果。

I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don't see him very often I cherish the time I have with him.

我希望我能多见见我的小弟弟。我们过去经常吵架,但现在我不常见到他了,我很珍惜和他在一起的时间。

I didn't hang any pictures in my office for a year because I thought that I would be jinxing myself and have to take them down the next day.

我有一年没有在办公室里挂任何照片了,因为我想我要倒霉了,明天就得把它们取下来。

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape.

就子孙后代而言,人生的成败似乎或多或少取决于能否把握住逃跑的正确时机。

In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.

在我自己的写作中,我认为自己是一个有点夸张的现实主义者。

It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.

这是我们的天性:人类喜欢成功,但他们讨厌成功人士。

I'm a crazy car guy. I've got an airplane hangar full of cars.

我是个疯狂的汽车迷。我有一个装满汽车的机库。

I'm not a chick-flick enthusiast.

我不是一个爱情片爱好者。