A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
情况下
Circumstance
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
人不是环境的创造物,环境是人的创造物。我们是自由的个体,人比物质更强大。
As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.
十几岁的时候,我不知道自己有可能赢得奥运会金牌,我的体育生涯只是在幸运的环境下发展起来的。
Traveling out here was uncalled for. Try not to patronize us next time and tell us it's a home game. But those were the circumstances and we lost.
到这里来旅游是不必要的。下次尽量不要光顾我们,告诉我们这是一场主场比赛。但这就是当时的情况,我们输了。
The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten.
环境,包括我的身体和我的父母,我可能会诅咒他们,是我的灵魂自己的选择,我不明白这一点,因为我已经忘记了。
We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances.
我们应该受到人们的启发……他们展示了人类可以善良、勇敢、慷慨、美丽、坚强——即使在最困难的情况下。
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.
是的,我不是第一个被选中的。我被选中指挥那次飞行。环境把我置于那个特殊的角色。这不是任何人的计划。
One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country.
人们必须正确看待事情——我被赋予了一种环境,没有多少时间来恢复状态,并努力为这个国家争取奥运配额。
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
慈善事业是值得赞扬的,但绝不能让慈善家忽视经济不公平的环境,而正是这种环境使得慈善事业成为必要。
It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.
动机的影响是否由自然规律所决定,使它们在同样的情况下总是具有同样的效果,这是一个事实问题。
This is really high on the priority list of tribal concerns. This is a cash cow in many circumstances, and tribes are concerned about protection of tribal assets.
这是部落优先考虑的问题。在许多情况下,这是一棵摇钱树,部落关心的是部落资产的保护。
There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.
很少有比冷静地回答他认为不应该严厉的批评更能使哲学家与众不同的了。
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.
环境使我们这样做。在评判别人的行为之前,我们应该永远记住这一点。我从第二次世界大战开始就意识到了这一点。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance
与其说人是环境的产物,不如说人是环境的建筑师
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
当人们在他们的环境中变得容易时,他们自然是创新的敌人。
We're always attracted to characters who are people we could identify with and yet are put through incredibly tortured or difficult circumstances - the idea being that you don't really know who you are until you've been tested or suffered in some way.
我们总是被一些角色所吸引,这些角色是我们能够认同的人,但却经历了难以置信的折磨或艰难的环境——这种想法是,你不知道自己是谁,直到你经历了某种考验或遭受某种痛苦。
When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering the bad circumstances under which I had left the team and that I had been away for four years.
轮到我的时候,我滑了出去,听到了巨大的欢呼声。考虑到我离开球队时所处的糟糕环境,以及我离开球队四年的经历,我感到非常感动。
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
任何环境的改变都无法弥补性格上的缺陷。
McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
在任何情况下,我都会投麦凯恩的反对票。