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。
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。
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。
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。