A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
事实
Fact
Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages.
也许吧,虽然我不认为我在语言方面有什么特别的天赋。事实上,奇怪的是,这可能与我在语言方面的迟钝有关。
For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
因为,如果一个优秀的演说家,从来没有像他这样能言善辩,不了解事实,不说出事实的真相——在创造中还有比这更可怕的东西吗?
We know for a fact that the body is able to process colloidal silver quite well if it is made correctly and the dosage levels and concentrations are not too high.
我们知道一个事实,身体能够很好地处理胶体银,如果它是正确地制造和剂量水平和浓度不太高。
In fact, a large majority of those have died and of those expected to die of AIDS, as well as of those who are infected with the virus, are in sub-Saharan Africa.
事实上,绝大多数人已经死亡,预计死于艾滋病的人以及感染艾滋病毒的人都在撒哈拉以南非洲。
You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.
你们心里因真理受苦,就可以大大安慰自己,这就充分证明,人是爱真理的,并且显明自己是蒙拣选的。
The fact that we're catching more fish per person than we've ever done before doesn't mean that there are not particular places where we've managed fisheries badly.
事实上,我们现在的人均捕鱼量比以往任何时候都要多,但这并不意味着我们没有在某些特定的地方对渔业管理不善。
When you are attracted to someone, it's because of the details. Their kindness, their eyes, their smile. The fact that they can get you laugh when you need it most.
当你被某人吸引时,那是因为细节。他们的善良,他们的眼睛,他们的微笑。他们能在你最需要的时候让你开怀大笑。
Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve.
不要被你自由和相对自由的事实所误导;就目前而言,你还没有被锁起来:你只是得到了缓刑。
You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself.
你要检查事实是否正确,但如果我读了所有关于我的文章,我最终会对自己感到完全没有安全感。
In fact, I think when we carry out a complete analysis of time, I think what we're going to discover is that like matter, time is composed of elemental, discrete types.
事实上,我认为当我们对时间进行完整的分析时,我们会发现,就像物质一样,时间是由基本的离散类型组成的。
Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves.
众所周知,女人从来不会感到恶心。可悲的事实是,他们经常这样,但不是和男人在一起;跟随男人的脚步,他们往往对自己感到厌恶。
Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible.
诗人需要的是鼓励吗?悬而未决的问题。也许他需要泄气。事实上,相当多的人需要更多的沮丧,尽可能的沮丧。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.
是时候认识到生活中一个简单的事实了。与我的一些同事似乎认为的相反,减税本身并不划算。
Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.
比喻比事实要顽强得多。
The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
妇女现在在我国制造业和商业中占雇员的五分之一左右,这一事实本身就开辟了一个广泛的工业立法领域,直接影响到作为工薪阶层的妇女。
My wife and I have mellowed out as we've gone along. With the first baby, when she cried, we'd think, Oh my God, what do we do now? But with Finley, our fourth - he's the easiest baby ever, and I think that has a lot to do with the fact that we're much more relaxed these days.
我和我妻子相处得很融洽。当第一个孩子哭的时候,我们会想,天哪,我们现在该怎么办?但是有了芬利,我们的第四个孩子,他是有史以来最容易的孩子,我认为这和我们这些天更放松有很大关系。
The facts will speak for themselves. Credit them or not, but read!
事实会证明一切。信不信由你,读吧!
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
科学是有组织的常识,许多美好的理论都被丑陋的事实扼杀了。