A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
购买
Buying
Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
赡养费就像给一匹死马买干草。
Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.
赡养费就像给一匹死马买燕麦。
I'm not buying a boat because of writing skits.
我不是因为写小品才买船的。
Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
嫁给老光棍就像买二手家具。
A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.
预算告诉我们什么是我们负担不起的，但它不会阻止我们购买它。
I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.
我把大部分时间都花在考虑诸如洗衣服和买文具之类的事情上。
Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.
音乐是娱乐业的一部分，你不能欺骗任何人去买唱片。
I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.
我有一个很大的家庭和很多朋友，买礼物是我最喜欢做的事情之一。
Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds.
时尚不是一种投资。如果你穿了一件裙子，却没有得到很多赞美，你就不会再穿它了。这不像买债券。
Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.
我大学时的大多数朋友都成为了牙科保健师或者进入了零售业，很多人进入了销售行业。他们都结婚了，有了孩子，买了房子，而我仍然过着大学生的生活。
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment.
我们需要认识到，真正重要的不是购买越来越多的消费品，而是家人、朋友，以及知道我们在用生命做一些有价值的事情。帮助减少世界贫困的可怕后果应该是重新评估的一部分。