A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
改进
Improvement
The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.
一个人学习如何利用自然的力量为自己的目的,通过完善科学和机器的发明和改进,他会生产更多。
I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways.
我认为,如果我们必须填埋垃圾,而且我认为我们基本上也必须填埋垃圾,那么我们不妨从好处入手,把好处用很多不同的方式来改善环境。
Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.
通过最广泛意义上的艺术和科学,有可能为改善和丰富人类生活作出永久的贡献,而我们学生从事的正是这些追求。
I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent.
我认为我进步的真正原因是因为我在休赛期有很长一段时间,在我所有的新动作上都尽我所能地努力;确保我做了很多重复来让它们保持一致。
I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race.
我很高兴听到这个决定,因为我讨厌堂兄弟姐妹结婚,讨厌任何可以追溯到最遥远关系的人结婚。我追求进步而不是我们种族的堕落。
Despite the painful changes we have had to make, we continue to believe in the St. Louis market. And we are hoping to add flights, in a careful way, as the economics of our business improve and the demands of the traveling public in St. Louis become clear.
尽管我们不得不做出痛苦的改变,但我们仍然相信圣路易斯市场。我们希望谨慎地增加航班,因为我们的业务在经济上有所改善,圣路易斯旅游公众的需求也变得清晰起来。
Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.
不要忘记一个人的生活的目的是改善人类自身,所以,他可能离开这个世界,在他伟大的球或小,做一些有利于他的生物和有点困难减少世界上的罪恶和悲伤。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
无论母亲多大年纪,她都会观察她的中年孩子是否有进步的迹象。
Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.
这个周末花点时间做些家装;改善你对家庭的态度。
To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.
值得称道的是,温布尔登在改变和改进这项运动方面一直处于领先地位。
Improvement begins with I.
改善始于我。
Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.
政治不是金钱或权力游戏;它是关于改善人们的生活。
It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
也有人说我时常自相矛盾。是的,随着时间的推移,我进步得很快。