A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
灵活
Flexible
It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
有原则固然好,但在钱的问题上你必须灵活。
I've tried to be flexible in my career by doing a little bit of everything and that's worked for me.
我试着在我的职业生涯中灵活处理每一件事,这对我很有效。
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
如果我们要接受答案,大胆地提出深奥的问题可能需要意想不到的灵活性。
Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.
通常,当我跳伞的时候,即使是在冬天,我也会戴很薄的手套。我想要灵活,反应快。
Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making.
虽然我很灵活,随时准备接受建议,但我不能把那些会分散我注意力、影响我音乐创作的想法像伞一样罩在头上。
It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.
适度的卑贱是最安全的——在羞愧中保持灵活,随时准备好接受慷慨、善良和公正的东西,而任何东西都可以从美德中获得。
In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
在性格上,黑人是快乐的,灵活的,懒惰的;虽然构成这个种族的许多国家具有独特的智力特征,其中最极端的是人类的最低等级。
But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected.
但这还不够:要维持能源安全,就需要一个供应体系,为冲击提供缓冲。它需要庞大而灵活的市场。承认整个能源供应链需要保护这一事实是很重要的。