A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
休闲
Leisure
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
劳动的目的在于获得闲暇。
He hath no leisure who useth it not.
不劳而获者无闲暇。
Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.
闲暇是魔鬼的侍女。
The busier we are the more leisure we have.
我们越忙,就越有空。
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
如果你想获得闲暇,就好好利用你的时间。
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure.
欺骗来得快,诚实能等到适当的时候。
Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night.
闲暇时间就是你晚上睡觉的五、六个小时。
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.
友谊是一种非常费力和艰巨的休闲活动。
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
越来越多的手段和越来越多的闲暇是人类的两大文明。
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.
如何利用你的业余时间是一个球员最大的问题。
I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
我从不比闲暇时更不自在,也从不比独处时更不寂寞。
Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
不爱休闲。不要浪费一分钟。是大胆的。此时此地,要认识到真相!
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
闲暇是做有用之事的时间。这种闲暇,勤奋的人能够获得,懒惰的人却永远得不到。
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
在任何高度组织化的工业社会中,良好的声誉最终建立在经济实力的基础上;休闲和炫耀性的商品消费是显示经济实力、获得或保持好名声的手段。
People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
人们变得越来越浅薄。他们把消费、娱乐、休闲和享受作为生活的主要目标。
We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.
我们离蚂蚁比蝴蝶更近。很少人能忍受太多的闲暇。
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
我们做的越多,我们能做的就越多;我们越忙,就越有空。
Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
修院-妇女的退休的地方,谁希望有闲暇沉思的罪恶的懒惰。