A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
晚餐
Dinner
A short mass and a long dinner.
简短的弥撒和丰盛的晚餐。
Better a good dinner than a fine coat.
一顿好饭胜过一件好外套。
The most essential part of my day is a proper dinner.
我一天中最重要的部分是一顿丰盛的晚餐。
I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed.
我不参加晚宴，我在床上吃晚餐。
Pheasants are fools if they invite the hawk to dinner.
如果野鸡邀请老鹰来吃饭，那它们就是傻瓜。
For a good dinner and a gentle wife you can afford to wait.
为了一顿丰盛的晚餐和一个温柔的妻子，你可以等待。
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
真奇怪，一顿丰盛的晚餐和丰盛的宴会竟能使大家心平气和。
No one knows what the dinner was after the plates have been washed.
没有人知道盘子洗完后晚餐是什么。
I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick.
当我在家的时候，我和我的家人一起吃晚饭。我想这就是诀窍。
I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to.
我只是没有被邀请参加我以前喜欢参加的那些晚宴。
Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.
给我找个有趣的人一起吃饭，我会很开心的。
I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.
我宁愿去白宫记者晚宴也不愿去任何颁奖典礼。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Sometimes, when my wife and I were going out to dinner, I would take my laptop with me and work in the car, so as to take advantage of the half hour going and coming.
有时候，当我和我的妻子出去吃饭的时候，我会带上我的笔记本电脑，在车里工作，这样就可以利用这半个小时来来回回。
I always think if you have to cook once, it should feed you twice. If you're going to make a big chicken and vegetable soup for lunch on Monday, you stick it in the refrigerator and it's also for Wednesday's dinner.
我总是认为，如果你必须煮一次，它应该养活你两次。如果你想在周一午餐时做一份大鸡汤和蔬菜汤，你可以把它放在冰箱里，周三的晚餐也是如此。
Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
三十年前，晚餐剧院比现在更受欢迎。
I'm quite old-fashioned. I like going out to dinner. You have the chance to talk to somebody and get to know them better.
我很传统。我喜欢出去吃饭。你有机会和别人交谈，更好地了解他们。
The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.
我父亲第一次看到我的身体是在舞台上，这有点奇怪。我们一起出去吃饭，他很迷人，很可爱，但所有的谈话都是我说的。
And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.
我不是一个不关心政治的人，我的政治观点非常具体。但是很多时候这不关任何人的事，除非你来我家吃晚饭。