A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
字典
Dictionary
I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.
我给那本旧词典戴上了一顶弗里吉安式的帽子。
The word impossible is not in my dictionary.
我的字典里没有“不可能”这个词。
Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.
自然是一本字典;人们可以从中提取词语。
I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour.
我只是不害怕。我的行为字典里没有。
The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary.
只有在字典里，成功才会出现在工作之前。
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
“不可能”这个词只有在傻瓜的字典里才能找到。
Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant.
在词典中，共和主义排在爬行动物之后，排在令人讨厌的前面。
There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.
有一类时装模特体重不过是一本简编字典。
Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.
永远记住，奋斗和奋斗先于成功，即使是在字典里。
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
让一个学者携带地球上所有的书籍，他将只是一本活字典:仅仅是一个发音清晰的时钟。
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
字典就像手表，最坏的总比没有好，最好的也不能指望完全正确。
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.
字典就像手表;最坏的总比没有好，最好的也不一定是真的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact.
大多数诗人都是精英主义的渣滓，他们更关心用字典来证明自己的技巧，而不是用影响力来传达思想。
The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.
这个字典的问题是，你必须先知道一个字是怎么拼写的，然后才能去查这个字是怎么拼写的。
Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries.Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries.
希腊文在很大程度上是一种活的语言，一种仍然没有意识到语法的语言，不像我们的语言那样，由定义主导，并以词典为基础。希腊文在很大程度上是一种活的语言，一种仍然没有意识到语法的语言，不像我们的语言那样，由定义主导，并以词典为基础。
We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary.
我们正变得如此习惯于数以百万计的美元，以至于“数以千计”几乎从字典中消失。