A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
绅士
Gentleman
His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
他那上了锁、上了字的黄铜硬领，显出他是一位绅士和学者。
Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
完美的士兵，完美的绅士从不冒犯任何人，即使是敌人。
A true lady or gentleman remains at home with a grouch same as if they had pneumonia.
一个真正的淑女或绅士在家里发牢骚，就像他们得了肺炎一样。
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
在英格兰西部住着一位富有的绅士，他的名字叫默顿。
The hon. gentleman had better spare his interrogations if they are as senseless as that one.
如果他的问话和刚才的问话一样毫无意义的话，这位可敬的先生最好不要问了。
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
炫耀性地消费名贵商品，是绅士们休闲的一种手段。
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
一个流浪汉，一个绅士，一个诗人，一个梦想家，一个孤独的人，总是对浪漫和冒险充满希望。
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
这是对一个绅士的最后考验:他对那些对他毫无用处的人的尊重。
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
一个人，不管是绅士还是女士，如果对一本好的小说不感兴趣，那他一定是愚蠢得令人无法忍受。
An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.
道歉吗?呸!真恶心!懦弱!不管他有多错，都有失绅士的尊严。
I'm not confident with the ladies. I can't just ask someone out in a club. I'd like to say I'm a gentleman.
我对女士们没有信心。我不能随便约别人出去。我想说我是个绅士。
The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.
我们所知道的唯一可靠的规则是，老是说要做一个绅士的人从来就不是一个真正的绅士。
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A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.
当小偷因偷窃而变得富有时，他会被误认为是绅士。
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.
阅读使唐吉诃德成为一个绅士，但是相信他所读的使他发疯。
We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman.
我们有这些规则，“英雄规则”。比如，英雄不会无精打采。英雄昂首阔步。英雄带着目标前行。英雄永远是绅士。
He is every other inch a gentleman.
他完全是个绅士。
The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.
从你试图和他谈生意的那一刻起，他就采取了绅士和学者的态度，从你试图接近他的道德操守的那一刻起，他就开始谈生意了。