A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
发明
Inventions
I invented the cordless extension cord.
我发明了无绳延长线。
I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.
我对我所发现的比我所发明的更感兴趣。
To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.
对我来说，新鲜咖啡的味道是最伟大的发明之一。
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
发明创造早已达到极限，我看不出有进一步发展的希望。
Everything is possible! Your dreams! Your ideas! Your inventions! Your vision! Never let anyone tell you "You can't!"
一切皆有可能!你的梦想!你的想法!你的发明!你的视力!永远不要让别人告诉你“你不行!”
My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.
我的国家为我安排了一个最微不足道的职位，这个职位是人类的发明或想象力所构想出来的。
I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvements I see no further hope.
我将无视所有关于战争机器的新著作的想法，因为战争机器的发明已经到了极限，我对它的改进已不抱任何希望。
A major one which no one can overlook is technological and based on inventions and discoveries which have altered the whole basis of production and deeply affected social relations.
一个不容忽视的重要因素是技术，它是以改变整个生产基础和深刻影响社会关系的发明和发现为基础的。
Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.
动物能够适应问题并做出发明，但往往并不比自然选择发挥作用的速度快——在自然选择的例子中，世界充当着自己的模拟器。
The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors.
艺术家的艺术必须是他自己的艺术。它是……总是一连串的小发明，一个人自己的小技术发现，与工具，材料和颜色的关系。
I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas
我相信人的尊严是国家目标的源泉，人的自由是国家行动的源泉，人的心灵是国家同情的源泉，人的思想是我们发明和思想的源泉
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.
我不认为有任何一种激动能像发明家看到大脑的某些创造逐渐走向成功时那样穿过人类的心脏。这种情绪会使人忘记食物、睡眠、朋友、爱情以及一切。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
这些是风笛。我知道风笛的发明者看到一个人腋下夹着一头愤怒的、患有哮喘的猪时，受到了启发。不幸的是，人造声音永远无法与猪发出的声音相比。
I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in a very simple way. I then watch them, their inventions as actors, approving or not approving what they're doing.
我通常不导演那种经典意义上的演员。相反，我试着在拍摄前用一种非常简单的方式提醒角色们发生了什么。然后我看着他们，看着他们作为演员的发明，看他们是否认可自己的行为。
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.
伟大的发现和进步总是需要许多人的合作。我可能因为开辟了这条道路而受到赞扬，但当我看到后来的发展时，我觉得这是别人的功劳，而不是我自己的。