A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
外观
Appearance
A mirror doesn't know how to lie.
镜子不会说谎。
Beauty's muck when honour's tint.
荣誉褪了色,美貌也就褪了色。
One swallow does not make spring.
一燕不成春。
An inch is a great deal on a nose.
鼻子上的一英寸是很大的。
Better be deid than oot o' fashion.
与其赶时髦,不如从命。
Keep up appearances whatever you do.
无论你做什么,都要保持外表。
A god-given beauty needs no beautician.
天赐之美不需要美容师。
Many a white collar covers a dirty neck.
许多白领都是脏脖子。
An ilka-day braw maks a Sabbath-day daw.
一日之计在于三日之计。
An excellent appearance, an empty pocket.
漂亮的外表,空空如也的口袋。
A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.
一根头发抵得过两根头发。
If you're beautiful, whatever you do is fine.
如果你很漂亮,你做什么都可以。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The appearance of the bones of quadrupeds, especially those of complete bodies in the strata, tells us either that the layer itself which carries them was in earlier times dry land or that dry land was at least formed in the immediate area.
四足动物骨骼的出现,特别是地层中完整躯体骨骼的出现,告诉我们,携带它们的地层本身是在早期的陆地上,或者陆地至少是在附近地区形成的。
What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.
表象的背后通常是另一种表象。
Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them.
在我们刚才谈到的那些新荷兰人中,有一个人,从他的外貌和他的马车看来,就象是他们的首领,在他们中间有一个王子或上尉。
When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance.
当我还是个小男孩的时候,我当然不怎么在意自己的外表。
If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.
如果我能改变我的外貌,我就能把门牙的间隙补上。
A beautiful ornament looks best on a beautiful woman.
漂亮的装饰品最适合漂亮的女人。