A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
严重
Serious
We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing.
我们必须非常严肃地看待我们所做的是对还是错，因为我们一直在输。
I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys.
我研究严肃的话题，我喜欢好人赢，父母也在好人中间。
The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'?
最难的部分是让人们相信我是认真的。人们说:“你想再来一次?”
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
我决心停止积累，开始一项艰巨得多的任务，那就是明智分配。
Anyone who relies exclusively on television for his or her knowledge of the world is making a serious mistake.
任何完全依靠电视了解世界的人都在犯一个严重的错误。
You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.
你不能说成为一个球迷更重要，因为球员们都在努力做得更好，以获得更好的报酬。
I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
我不是这个意思，但我还是要说。我并不认为波普艺术和严肃艺术有那么大的区别。
They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
他们总是那么严肃，管弦乐队，你知道吗?这首歌和音乐类型总是形成有趣的对比。和我。
Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.
被动的不活动，因为你没有得到具体的指示去做这个或那个，是一个严重的缺陷。
I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.
我喜欢情景喜剧，当人们非常严肃的时候，你会发现一些非常有趣的事情，而不是笑话。
Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.
政治太严肃，不能太严肃;同样，它也有许多可笑之处，令人惋惜。
If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.
如果男人习惯在任何地方玩脏话，我们还能指望他们在酒吧或教堂里严肃、严格地说脏话吗?
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability.
我们是一个幸运的国家，受到两个大洋的保护，在我们历史上的大部分时间里，我们的领土没有遭受过严重的袭击。不幸的是，我们被以一种毁灭性的方式提醒着我们的脆弱。
The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.
事实上，人们认为当你卖了很多书，你不是一个严肃的作家，这是对读者的极大侮辱。当人们试图说这样的话时，我有点生气。
God is serious about how we worship him, and we must be serious about it, too.
神对我们如何敬拜他是严肃的，我们也必须严肃对待。
More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two sides to Steve Jobs: the romantic, poetic, countercultural rebel on one side, and the serious businessperson on the other.
更普遍地说，我努力剔除与这本书的主要叙事主题无关的东西，即史蒂夫•乔布斯有两个方面:一方面是浪漫的、诗意的、反主流文化的叛逆，另一方面是严肃的商人。
I guess I strike people as very serious, or very intense.
我想我给人的印象是非常严肃，或者非常紧张。
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
认真对待重要的事情比认真对待重要的事情更重要。猴子脸上带着严肃的表情，这对任何大学生来说都是一种荣誉，但是猴子很严肃，因为他发痒。