A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
能力
Ability
I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training.
我希望帮助吸引有性格和能力的年轻人进入这个行业，也希望帮助那些已经从事这个行业的人获得最高的道德和智力培训。
With so many amazing artists on one bill, we expect this concert to be incredibly powerful in its ability to raise both money and awareness for the long-term rebuilding effort we must all support.
有这么多杰出的艺术家在一张账单上，我们希望这场音乐会在筹集资金和提高我们都必须支持的长期重建工作的意识方面具有令人难以置信的强大能力。
Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed.
记住，虽然作品有时对观众来说似乎很简单，但在压力和需求下，熟练、一致、精确、反复地表演才是我们所需要的。
When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears come to your eyes; to inspire you to the point where you have to catch your breath, then nothing else matters.
当物体被制造出来的时候，摄影图像有能力让你流泪;为了激励你，让你喘口气，其他的都不重要了。
Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind.
嗯，我会说我有一种不可思议的幻想能力——我真的有。我不需要有看得见摸得着的东西，所以我喜欢很多东西，因为它们就在我的脑海里。
The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.
在我看来，我们面临的最大挑战是继续前进的能力，使该机构只有一项使命:即提供体面、安全和负担得起的住房。
The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique.
石头是一种不同的群体。当我加入他们时，我意识到这一点。这并不是因为他们的音乐能力，而是因为他们有一种独特的风格和态度。
Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out.
讲故事是我的财富。这是我唯一的价值。我生命中唯一有价值的东西就是我讲故事的能力，不管是写在纸上，演讲，写下来，还是让别人表演出来。
Prime Minister, I see you've already mastered the essential craft of the European politician, namely, the ability to say one thing in this chamber and a very different thing to your home electorate.
首相先生，我看到你已经掌握了欧洲政治家的基本技巧，也就是说，你有能力在这个会议厅说一件事，而对你的家乡选民说一件截然不同的事。
Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted.
节约是根据雇主的能力和所选择的情况适当和适当地运用所提供的手段;我们正在小心谨慎地进行这笔开支。
Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.
资本就是金钱，资本就是商品。由于它的价值，它获得了神秘的能力，增加自己的价值。它会生出活的后代，或者至少会产下金蛋。
The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.
有一件事我似乎已经被赋予了，记住我有能力变得非常、非常分散、非常懒惰，那就是专注于我选择花时间去做的事情的能力。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you - always.
不管你是谁，来自哪里。胜利的能力总是从你开始。
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。’
Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
生活得好是一门可以发展的艺术:热爱生活，能够从微小的奉献中获得巨大的快乐，确信这个世界不欠你任何东西，而每一件礼物都确实是一件礼物。
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
衡量智力的标准是改变的能力。
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
你必须对自己的能力有信心，然后足够坚强地坚持到底。
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
教育是一种能力，能够倾听任何事情而不发脾气或失去自信。