A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
切割
Cutting
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
通过削减我们的欲望来满足我们的需求，这种坚忍的计划就像当我们想要鞋子的时候砍掉我们的脚一样。
It's so exciting to be doing radio on the cutting edge of technology. Being in on something new is the biggest thrill in the world.
在科技前沿做广播真是太令人兴奋了。世界上最激动人心的事莫过于发现新事物。
If you manage to stop the timber industry from cutting this forest, they'll cut that forest. If you stop oil drilling here, they'll go drill there.
如果你设法阻止木材工业砍伐这片森林，他们就会砍伐那片森林。如果你停止在这里开采石油，他们就会到那里去开采。
The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain.
我第一次当选时，被称为黑人社区的加略人犹大，因为我的立场与割谷的立场不一致。
In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them on cardboard, then cutting them out and creating whole stories around their lives.
在恶劣的天气里，我花了几个小时在纸上画人偶，给它们上色，把它们背在硬纸板上，然后把它们剪下来，围绕着它们的生活创造出完整的故事。
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。
When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.
当我上学的时候，你必须学习艺术，你必须演奏乐器。你必须演奏乐器。但从那时起，一切都退化了。我不知道我们是什么样的国家，把艺术、音乐和体育从公立学校的课程中剔除。