A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
熟人
Acquaintance
Acquaintance lessens fame.
熟人减少名声。
A poor man has few acquaintances.
穷人几乎没有熟人。
Short acquaintance brings repentance.
短暂的相识会带来后悔。
Sudden acquaintance brings repentance.
一认识就后悔。
The more acquaintance, the more danger.
相识越多,危险越大。
The more acquaintances, the more danger.
熟人越多,危险就越大。
A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one, everybody.
智者无所不知;每个人都很精明。
If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well.
如果一个人值得你去了解,他就值得你去了解。
I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
我认为每一天都是迷途的,在这一天里我没有结识一个新朋友。
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms
动物是极易相处的朋友,它们从不提问,也从不会批评
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man
一个不能原谅别人的女人永远只能和一个男人点头之交
The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
仅仅是一起变老的过程就会使最轻微的相识也会成为知心朋友。
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne?
难道要忘记旧日的相识,永远不去想它吗?难道旧日的相识和昔日的恩怨都要被忘却吗?
Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.
就像我们长大后不再穿裤子一样,我们也不再穿熟人、图书馆、原则等等,有时裤子还没穿坏,有时——这是最糟糕的——还没有新裤子。
Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, enabled me to gain much important information as to the position and designs of the enemy.
与此同时,我住在联邦军的驻地,又认识许多军官,我前面已经提到过这些军官的出身,使我获得了许多关于敌人的阵地和计划的重要情报。
The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.
无论是对人还是对事,认识的第一步就是对自己的无知有一个明确的轮廓。
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to friends; and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it
对世界稍作了解就会使每个人相信,衡量一个人对朋友的感情的真正标准是行动,而不是语言;而且,最慷慨的善意表白远非最可靠的标志
There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.
人性中有很多美好的东西,人们越了解彼此就越喜欢对方,这为我们提供了另一种途径,我们可以努力促进世界的和平。