A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
尝试
Attempt
The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.
气球只有一次生命,要想知道它们是否有效,唯一的方法就是尝试环游世界。
I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.
我总是会发现,即使是最差的画,也比最好的画更能表现某种东西。
I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know.
我喜欢看人类徒劳地试图理解未知,而他们甚至不理解他们所知道的。
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.
试图看到真理而不知道谬误。它是试图在不了解黑暗的情况下看到光明。它不能。
Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.
炒作是一种尴尬而绝望的尝试,它试图让记者相信,你所做的一切值得他们痛苦地去回顾。
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
不可忘记的是,我们所谓的信仰的理性基础,往往是为我们的本能辩护的极度非理性的尝试。
I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about.
我写的东西五花八门。我从不试图写任何特别的东西。我没有一个小的主题列表可以写。
The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time.
把家庭重新定义为一种纯粹自愿的安排的企图,源于现代的一种错觉,即人们可以随时保留所有的选择。
In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent.
在我最近的弦乐三重奏中,我试图将两套截然不同的形式策略叠加在一起,最终,这两套策略都可以追溯到历史先例。
We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.
我们收集了所有能找到的存货,试图搬走。我们把许多马和牛留在瓦洛瓦。我们在过河时损失了几百人。
I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
我可以尝试写一本小说。我认为无论你写什么,都需要对自己诚实,你必须把自己从日常生活的漩涡中拉出来。
The theme for me is love and the lack of it. We all want that and we don't know how to get it, and everything we do is some kind of attempt to capture it for ourselves.
我的主题是爱和爱的缺乏。我们都想要它,但我们不知道如何得到它,我们所做的一切都是试图为自己捕捉它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.
我确实认为提高意识的尝试已经成功。人们现在非常关注性别问题。
You're only as good or bad as your latest attempt to make some connection with the world.
你的好与坏,取决于你最近一次与世界建立联系的尝试。
For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
因为什么是诗歌,但却是一种危险的自我理解的尝试:它是自传中最深刻的部分。
From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance.
从这些微不足道的尝试中,我可能会得出这样的结论:如果命运给我一个机会,我将获得怎样的成功?
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
如果必须首先克服所有可能的反对意见,就不会有任何尝试。
I do not attempt to orchestrate my career. I let God do that.
我不试图安排我的职业生涯。我让上帝这么做。