The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits.

  • -- Martin Van Buren 马丁·范布伦

在西方,占据着这个国家的部落非常繁荣,这鼓励了他们早期文明的希望。在很大程度上,他们放弃了狩猎的状态,把注意力转向了农业。

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If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit.

如果他们希望减轻被剥削阶级的痛苦,就让他们不辜负自己的虚荣心,让他们放弃学业,到外面去,在政治、经济和人道主义精神下工作。

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.

我认为,通过说“不”并解释我的理由,我的雇主就会放弃他的社交建议。然而,令我遗憾的是,在接下来的几个星期里,他继续几次约我出去。

My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home.

我母亲一生中拯救了数百只动物。无论她在哪里遇到受伤的、需要帮助的或被遗弃的动物,她都会把它带回家。

We have been abandoned by our own country.

我们被自己的国家抛弃了。