A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
奢侈品
Luxury
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
许多棒球迷把裁判看作是奢侈棒球运动不可避免的祸害，就像汽车的气味一样。
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
历史上没有任何一个认为自己可以通过不冒犯敌人来保护自由的人幸存下来。
Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.
每当我与潮流同步时，总是一场意外。我仍然喜欢穿我已经穿了十年的衣服。我认为低调的奢华才是最时髦的。
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.
对于生活在文明社会的人来说，一种轻微的日常的无意识的奢侈几乎是永远不会缺少的;就像和煦的气候中温和的空气一样，它是一种永久的微小享受。
A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support.
种族社区不仅提供了一种身份认同感，一种奢侈的注视他人的脸，看到自己被反射回来的感觉，而且还提供了一种安全感和支持感。
I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
我知道我想做一些有创意的事情。我不认为我有机会做这样的事情，因为我不知道有谁追求过他们真正热爱的东西，但我有唱歌或写作的梦想。
Play is the best natural resource in a creative economy. Kids need more of it. It is the work of childhood. We hope to intrinsically change the opinion that play is not just a luxury but an absolute necessity for kids' lives.
在创造性经济中，游戏是最好的自然资源。孩子们需要更多。这是童年的作品。我们希望从本质上改变这样一种观念，即玩耍不仅是一种奢侈品，而且是孩子们生活的绝对必需品。
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep
你们若不善待穷人，就不能奢侈度日。不，你把钱花在奢侈品上，比给他们更多的好处;因为把钱花在奢侈品上，你使他们努力工作，而把钱给他们，你就能保住它
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
你们若不善待穷人，就不能奢侈度日。不，你把钱花在奢侈品上，比给他们更多的好处;因为你将银子花在奢侈品上，就叫他们劳苦，将银子给人，就叫他们闲了。
We do not have the luxury of two big oceans protecting us as we have had in the past, for we now have a new kind of enemy who deals with stealthiness. Our ability to protect ourselves is having the information ahead of time so we can thwart the attack.
我们不象过去那样有两个大洋保护我们，因为我们现在有了一种对付偷窃的新的敌人。我们保护自己的能力是提前获得信息，这样我们就能阻止攻击。
As far as luxury goes, about the only thing I do is... I go first class all the way. I live on the road, so when I'm out there, I'm getting the nice hotel suite, I'm getting the luxury car, I'm eating the good food, and I make sure I take care of myself on the road.
就奢侈品而言，我唯一能做的就是……我一直坐头等舱。我住在路上，所以当我在外面的时候，我得到了很好的酒店套房，我得到了豪华的汽车，我吃了很好的食物，我确保我在路上照顾好自己。
We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man.
我们已经进入了这样一个时代:教育不仅仅是一种奢侈品，它使一些人比其他人更有优势。在这个复杂的工业化社会里，没有它，一个人就没有了防御能力。我们真正进入了一个有知识的人的世纪。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond price.
在合理的范围内，我可以写我喜欢的东西，花多长时间做它是必要的。这是一种超越价格的奢侈。
My music is a luxury.
我的音乐是奢侈品。
It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
只有对幸福的人来说，眼泪才是奢侈品。
I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand.
我绝对讨厌奢侈。这是我唯一不能忍受的。
The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice.
财富最大的奢侈之处在于，它能让你逃避那么多好的建议。
Luxury is a state of mind.
奢侈是一种精神状态。