A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
赢得了
Won
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.
你竟想欺骗我。我不会起诉你,因为法律太慢了。我会毁了你。
That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it.
那是形而上学,我亲爱的朋友。这是我的医生禁止的,我的胃受不了。
The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
认识到我没有获得奖牌的人,也应该认识到我本可以赢得三枚奖牌。
But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain.
但说到调制,如果你为人们提供美味的食物,他们不会抱怨。
It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.
很讽刺的是我赢了,因为这不是我出去滑冰时想要达到的目标。
If you are bitter, that means they got the best of you. If they got the best of you, that means they won.
如果你很苦,那就意味着他们占了你的便宜。如果他们打败了你,那就意味着他们赢了。
I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance.
我获得了布里克斯顿建筑学院的奖学金。我搞砸了,没能按时出席。
Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.
奥运会奖牌是我唯一没有的奖牌;我参加过的几乎所有其他比赛我都赢过。
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
能够把战争打赢的人很少能缔造和平,能够缔造和平的人永远不会赢得战争。
Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。
I won't wear fur-never, ever. I'm an animal lover. I wouldn't even wear faux fur. I prefer to go the cheap route and not shave my legs.
我不会穿皮草——永远,永远。我是一个动物爱好者。我甚至不会穿人造皮草。我喜欢走便宜的路线,不刮腿毛。
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
你听说了吗,赢得今天是件好事?我还说,失败是件好事,因为在胜利的同时,战斗也以同样的精神失败了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
他不会,不会吗?然后把我的靴子拿来。
At least is was a victory and at least we won.
至少是一场胜利,至少我们赢了。
Do we feel lucky? No. Did they feel lucky when they won last night?
我们觉得幸运吗?不。他们昨晚获胜时感到幸运吗?
I won a Marshall scholarship to read philosophy at Oxford, and what I most wanted to do was strengthen public intellectual culture - I'd write books and essays to help us figure out who we wanted to be.
我获得了马歇尔奖学金,在牛津大学攻读哲学,我最想做的是加强公共知识文化——我要写书和论文,帮助我们弄清自己想成为什么样的人。
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
赢得权杖后,很少有人会如此慷慨地蔑视统治的乐趣。
I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.
我个人认为,在我们的经济起飞之前,我们不应该增加税收或削减开支,无论是哪一个。我会付更多的钱,但这解决不了问题。