A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
更大
Greater
If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have.
亲爱的海顿，只要你纯洁的心灵能感动我，就没有人比我更崇敬你了。
The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.
越是荒谬，就越是强烈地表明，他们所根据的那个假设是错误的。
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
一个人的智力越高，他在人身上发现的独创性就越多。普通人看不出人与人之间有什么不同。
If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.
如果我们注定要死，我们就足以使我们的国家蒙受损失;活着的人越少，获得的荣誉就越多。
To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
还有什么比在这个宝库中找到永恒的真理——圣经——更能给我们以启示和忠告呢?
There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.
任何两个人之间的差别，都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。
My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.
我个人的观点是，我总是赞成给予议会更大发言权的任何事情。这毕竟是我们当选的原因。
It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.
在婚姻中，男人回家太晚是有风险的，但如果他回家太早，有时会带来更大的风险。
Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.
也许所有对诗歌的关注都带来了某种价值，尽管这种关注更多的是指向较小的价值，而不是较大的价值。
I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was far greater than my ability.
我对自己的钢琴演奏一向很挑剔。小时候，我想成为一名爵士音乐家，但我的品味远远超过了我的能力。
No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
无论在科学上还是在实际生活中，没有什么比认为方法和勤奋可以弥补缺乏天赋的观念更大的错觉了。
The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.
可用作结论依据的数据越少，为了使数据具有真实性，应该引用的精确度就越大。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
没有什么比声音更能反映性格的了。
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
但是友谊是宝贵的，不仅在阴影中，而且在生活的阳光下，由于一个仁慈的安排，生活的大部分是阳光。
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
没有比成为恐惧的囚犯更大的地狱了。
Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.
写小说就是编织一系列谎言以达到更大的真理。
And ruin'd love when it is built anew, Grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater.
当被摧毁的爱重新建立起来，变得比最初更美丽，更坚强，更伟大。
It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.
如果我们更强大，环境对我们的不利就会减弱，这一点始终是正确的。