A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
建
Built
I have built my organization upon fear.
我的组织是建立在恐惧之上的。
Omaha, like Rome, is built on seven hills.
奥马哈就像罗马一样，建在七座山上。
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.
他们说罗马不是一天建成的，但我不是做那个特别的工作的。
They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.
他们为布鲁克和我搭了这些小小的晒黑棚，我们什么也不做，只是躺下来，把全身晒得黝黑。
You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
你不能只问顾客要什么，然后想法子给他们做什么。当你把它建好时，他们会想要一些新的东西。
Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this great national road, then the only avenue of traffic between the South and the North.
我们的村庄建在俄亥俄河上，在这条伟大的国道上是一个停顿的地方，当时这条国道是南北交通的唯一通道。
I've just built a studio in my mama's old bedroom, which I thought was fitting; she died last year. We've recorded nine songs recorded in there already; we're sort of just chipping away.
我刚刚在妈妈的旧卧室里建了一个工作室，我觉得很合适;她去年去世了。我们已经录制了九首歌;我们只是在一点点减少。
A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
要使房子经久耐用，就必须把它建在坚实的地基上。同样的道理也适用于人，否则他也会陷回松软的土地里，被幻想的世界吞没。
When museums are built these days, architects, directors, and trustees seem most concerned about social space: places to have parties, eat dinner, wine-and-dine donors. Sure, these are important these days - museums have to bring in money - but they gobble up space and push the art itself far away from the entrance.
如今，当博物馆建成时，建筑师、董事和受托人似乎最关心的是社交空间:聚会、吃饭、吃喝的场所。当然，如今这些都很重要——博物馆必须赚钱——但它们吞噬了空间，把艺术品本身推到了远离入口的地方。