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规则
Rules
I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?
我的食谱上写着做这个,做那个。谁制定了这些规则?
Obeying the rules might be smart, but it's not as nearly as much fun.
遵守规则可能是明智的,但没有那么有趣。
The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.
头脑从不支配心灵,而只是成为它的犯罪伙伴。
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
文明对我来说有太多的规则,所以我尽我最大的努力重写它们。
As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.
至于纪律和规矩,我承认,我从来都不擅长。
I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.
我不太在意规则,我喜欢打破规则,也不喜欢制定规则。
It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.
做一些没有规则和限制的事情是一件勇敢的事情。
Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
亲爱的,别跟我谈规则。无论我呆在哪里,我都要制定该死的规则。
I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules.
作为一个母亲,我有无数的失败,但我总是遵守规则。
Knowing the rules and remembering the rules are two completely different things.
知道规则和记住规则是两码事。
Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.
如果我们能用规则来教授品味或天才,他们将不再是品味和天才。
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
环境是弱者的主宰;他们不过是聪明人的工具。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
There are no rules to writing a song.
写一首歌没有规则。
Don't go blaming Dumbledore for Potter's determination to break rules. He has been crossing lines ever since he arrived here.
不要把波特打破校规的决心归咎于邓布利多。自从他来到这里以来,他一直在越界。
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
你不能通过遵守规则来学会走路。你从实践中学习,从跌倒中学习。
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
人生如一首乐曲,要用乐感,感情和直觉去谱写,不能只按乐律行事。不过,人们最好了解这些规则,因为在可疑的情况下,这些规则有时会起到指导作用,虽然不是经常如此。
I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step.
我喜欢所有关于所有怪物的神话和规则,但我喜欢走额外的一步。
It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
在你知道如何遵守规则之前,违反规则是不明智的。