A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
滥用
Abuse
Faint praise is akin to abuse.
微弱的表扬类似于辱骂。
Pity is a benign form of abuse.
怜悯是一种善意的虐待。
Abuse is like a god that destroys his master.
虐待就像上帝毁灭了他的主人。
The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.
滥用地球是生态危机。
There was mental and physical abuse in my family.
在我的家庭里有精神和身体上的虐待。
Fair words please the fool, and sometimes the wise.
甜言蜜语让傻瓜高兴,有时也让智者高兴。
Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.
同情那些滥用自然的人;决不是那些滥用自然的人。
He who abuses others must not be particular about the answer he gets.
虐待他人的人不应该对自己得到的答案过于挑剔。
It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one.
从活着的敌人面前逃跑,或者虐待死去的敌人,都是可耻的。
What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.
我最害怕的是不受惩罚的权力。我害怕滥用权力,也害怕滥用权力。
No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
没有女人必须成为身体虐待的受害者。女性必须感觉到她们并不孤单。
The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated.
地主不是农学家;这是对长期以来被容忍的条款的滥用。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
If it looks like shit, smells like shit, and feels like shit, you don't have to actually eat it to know it's shit.
如果它看起来像大便,闻起来像大便,摸起来像大便,你不需要吃它就知道它是大便。
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
一只苍蝇,先生,可能叮了一匹威风凛凛的马,使它畏缩;但是一只只是昆虫,另一只仍然是马。