A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
能力
Ability
The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.
我们国家的未来取决于我们生产粮食和纤维来养活世界的能力。
Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn.
不确定性是谦逊的标志，而谦卑只是学习的能力或意愿。
Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.
永远不要低估你让别人生活得更好的能力——即使你自己都不知道。
It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.
人们常说，一个民族的大小是由他们知道如何取胜的能力来衡量的。
I believe the greatest asset a Head of State can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.
我相信，一个国家元首所能拥有的最大财富就是能够睡个好觉。
I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.
我没有其他女孩那样的健康和能力，所以我必须用我的头脑打败她们。
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
懦弱……几乎总是缺乏暂停想象功能的能力。
Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.
那些有能力感恩的人是那些有能力取得伟大成就的人。
The ultimate test of a finished account executive is his ability to write a sound marketing plan.
完成客户经理的终极考验是他能否写出一份完善的营销计划。
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
记忆力也许是一件好事，但是忘记的能力才是伟大的真正标志。
The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women.
能够融入如此多的国家和文化对男人和女人来说都是极其宝贵的。
I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.
我希望人们关注的是我作为歌手和艺人的能力，而不是我的私生活。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
对一流智力的测试是同时在头脑中持有两种相反观点的能力，同时仍能发挥作用。
At the Harvard Business School, I really felt I had gained the ability to resolve difficult issues. But I also felt that I wasn't in the mainstream with my fellow students. During job-hunting season, for example, everybody shaved their beards for interviews. I thought, 'This is crazy.' So I grew a beard.
在哈佛商学院，我真的觉得自己获得了解决难题的能力。但是我也觉得我和我的同学们并不是主流。例如，在求职季，每个人都要刮胡子去面试。我想，‘这太疯狂了。于是我留了胡子。
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
耐心是当你想要换档时让马达空转的能力。
Well you know, I think a lot of us in marriage know that you play different roles at different times. And Mitt can get very intense, and I can have the ability to kind of talk him off the rails sometimes and say, 'Hey let's look at what is really important and let's do that now.'
我想我们很多人在婚姻中都知道你在不同的时间扮演着不同的角色。米特有时会变得很紧张，而我有时会把他说得偏离轨道，然后说，‘嘿，让我们看看什么才是真正重要的，现在就开始做吧。’
Our only security is our ability to change.
我们唯一的安全是我们改变的能力。
What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.
我要写的是我要说的最后一句话。我想说，文学是我们唯一拥有的意识，它作为意识的角色必须告诉我们，我们有能力理解核能的可怕危险。