A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
非凡
Extraordinary
What seems extraordinary is that the richest countries in the world, in terms of economic output, are the ones where we work hardest.
从经济产出来看,世界上最富有的国家似乎是我们工作最努力的国家,这一点似乎非同寻常。
It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.
令人惊讶的是,整个人口对未来没有任何计划,根本没有。这当然是不寻常的,但却是千真万确的。
I think I usually play the woman that, after the person tries to go for some extraordinary feat of romantic accomplishment, they happily wind up with me.
我想我通常扮演的是这样一个女人,当一个人试图追求一些非凡的浪漫成就时,他们会很高兴地和我在一起。
I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.
我总是渴望在平凡的事物中寻找不平凡的东西;建议,而不是强加,在我的画中总是留下一丝神秘。
I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences.
我对自然和人类世界的所有学科,以及自然科学和社会科学之间的相互作用,都有着异乎寻常的好奇心。
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles.
我想为我成长过程中认识的许多人发声,而这些人大多是穷人,他们有非凡的梦想,但也有惊人的障碍。
Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe.
我们十年的变革释放了世界上最非凡的人民的聪明才智、创造力和个性,他们来自世界各地,来自这个国家。
The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur.
真正的艺术不是想出特别聪明的词,而是让平凡的简单的词做特别的事。使用我们所有人都在使用的语言,让神奇的事情发生。
It seems extraordinary to have waited so long into one's life to have found the part that actually uses your basic rhythm. And I think that's always sort of what actors connect up with - their own sort of world.
在一个人的生命中等了这么久才找到真正使用你的基本节奏的部分,这似乎很不寻常。我认为这就是演员与他们自己的世界相联系的地方。
The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear.
大炮轰鸣所产生的道德效果是最不寻常的,我们许多人都认为,我们从来没有听到过比从我们后方传来的轰鸣和撞击声更令人高兴的声音。
I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature from dawn 'til dusk, unless it's a pigeon, which isn't really wild, which might come and settle near them.
我的意思是,这是一件不同寻常的事,你的国家和我的国家的大部分公民,从来没有见过野生动物从早到晚,除非它是一只鸽子,这不是真的野生,它可能会来附近定居。
I'm trying to buy a house and set some sense of roots because otherwise you're constantly chasing one job after another, and you look back and you've had all these very extraordinary experiences with extraordinary people, but there's not a line of continuity to it.
我想买一栋房子,让自己有一些归属感,否则你就会不停地追求一份又一份工作,当你回首往事时,你会发现你和不同寻常的人有过不同寻常的经历,但却没有一条连贯的主线。
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I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
我是一个平凡的人,有着不平凡的工作。
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
简单的事情也是最非凡的事情,只有智者才能看到它们。
God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so.
神和我们一样,也有野心要使我们的命运比我们想象的更不平凡。是的,神和我一样,只是更像我。
You can be special without being extraordinary.
你可以是特别的,而不是不平凡的。
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
对人类来说,最危险的不是恶魔或虐待狂,而是拥有非凡力量的普通人。
I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.
在上个月参加巴宝莉时装秀之前,我从未参加过时装秀。这是一个非凡的场面。我非常环保,不知道这是什么事业。我对模特也有了新的敬意,因为她们离前排太近了,一定很有自我意识。