A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
熟人
Acquaintance
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。
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
只要对历史稍有了解，就会发现，强大的共和国是最好战、最肆无忌惮的国家。
Acquaintance many, and conquaintance few, But for inquaintance I know only two - The friend I've wept and the maid I woo
相识的人很多，征服的人却很少，但出于好奇，我只认识两个——我哭泣的朋友和我追求的姑娘
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?
Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
培养孤独，安静和几个真诚的朋友，而不是乌合之众的欢乐，噪音和成千上万点头之交。
Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.
早睡早起对任何想结识我们最有影响力的人物的人来说都不是一个好习惯。
The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.
使用书籍最成功的方法是像某些人做领主一样为他们服务;学习他们的头衔，然后吹嘘他们的熟人。
You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.
作为一名政治家，你可以从对世界的广泛了解和拥有一些外部利益所带来的一定程度的独立性中提高自己的效率。
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.
一个有意挥霍财富的人的一生往往成为一种商业投机;他的朋友、他的乐趣、赞助人和熟人都是他的资本。
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。
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。
A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science.
因此，对促进一项研究和对最完全占用时间的其他工作的职责的促进存在着一种强大的吸引力，而这比任何科学知识对其他工作的促进作用都要小。
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The more acquaintance, the more danger.
相识越多，危险越大。
A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one, everybody.
智者无所不知;每个人都很精明。
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 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。
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。
The more acquaintances, the more danger.
熟人越多，危险就越大。