A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
能力
Ability
The results of this survey are shocking and should be a wake-up call to men and women that drinking and smoking too much not only gives you a bad headache in the morning but can affect your ability to start a family.
这项调查的结果令人震惊，应该给男性和女性敲响警钟，过量饮酒和吸烟不仅会让你早上头疼，还会影响你成家的能力。
I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things - I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of.
我认为对大多数孩子来说，教育是最好的工具之一，不仅可以扩展他们的书本知识，还可以让他们体验新事物的能力——我认为它比我能想到的任何其他经历都能打开更多的门。
‘Form follows profit’ is the aesthetic principle of our times. Thus, design skill is measured today by the architect’s ability to build the largest possible enclosure for the smallest investment in the quickest time.
“形以利为本”是我们这个时代的审美原则。因此，今天的设计技巧是由建筑师在最短的时间内以最小的投资建造尽可能大的围护结构的能力来衡量的。
They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life.
他们有能力夺走一个人的自由。在某些情况下，他们有能力取得一个人的声誉。在某些情况下，他们有权取人性命。
I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.
我自称是一个能力不如一般人的普通人。我毫不怀疑，任何一个男人或女人，只要他或她付出同样的努力，培养同样的希望和信念，就能取得我所拥有的一切。
In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.
在这项工作中，我遭到了一些人的反对，他们只主张无法实现的东西，因为立即可能的东西超出了他们的道德勇气、行政能力和政治远见。
I always used to look at books and wonder how anybody could come up with so many words. But my divorce and then falling in love with somebody else has released in me an ability to write in other ways apart from songs.
我总是看着书，想知道怎么会有人想出这么多单词。但我的离婚以及后来爱上了别人，让我拥有了除写歌以外的其他写作能力。
People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.
那些相信自己有能力控制自己生活的人比那些不相信自己有能力改变生活的人更健康、更有效、更成功。
I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.
我尽量与细节保持联系。我也每天看产品。这并不意味着你要干预，但偶尔表现出参与其中的能力是很重要的。这表明你明白发生了什么。
The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.
经济机器的天才之处在于，它有能力将这些放纵转化为盈利。它将欲望转化为注意力，控制我们的眼球和耳膜，进而向广告商推销。
I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.
我也看到伟人往往是孤独的。这是可以理解的，因为他们为自己制定了如此高的标准，以至于他们常常感到孤独。但同样的孤独也是他们创造能力的一部分。
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
那些有能力不断获得新的、更好的知识，并将其应用于工作和生活的人，将在我们社会中对不确定的未来起推动和动摇作用。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.
我们国家和世界的希望在于我们创新和技术进步的能力。
I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.
我认为在我年轻的时候读莎士比亚的戏剧是非常重要的。他有能力让完全陌生的人活过来。
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
我所知道的最令人鼓舞的事实莫过于人类通过有意识的努力来提高自己的生活水平的无可置疑的能力。
My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world.
父亲的鼓励让我走到今天，因为当我长大后，我想成为像他一样的人，我知道我有能力成为一名运动员。成为一名奥运选手是最伟大的事情之一，而成为一名奥运金牌得主是世界上最负盛名的头衔之一。
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。
Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.
领导能力就是一个人为了实现共同目标而团结其他个人努力的能力。归根结底，就是要照顾好你的员工，确保从上到下，每个人都觉得自己是团队的一部分。