A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
材料
Material
I knew I had the right material and I knew what I was going after.
我知道我有合适的材料，我知道我在追求什么。
Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material?
难道所有的经历最终不是都变成了文学材料吗?
Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.
艺术永远不会进步，但是……艺术的材料从来都不一样。
I began to see that the short texts I was writing were poster material.
我开始意识到我正在写的短文章是海报材料。
I am accusing him of stealing my best material, he was a very funny man.
我指控他偷了我最好的材料，他是个很有趣的人。
If I ever wrote a script myself, it would be strongly emotional material.
如果我曾经自己写过剧本，那一定是非常感人的。
Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.
我们生活在物质世界，而我是个物质女孩……或男孩。
There has to be policies about that, about what materials we use and so on.
必须有相关的政策，关于我们使用什么材料等等。
It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.
材料来自哪里并不重要，只要质量好就行。
Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.
在有限的世界里，物质消费的无限增长是不可能的。
Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me.
每一个故事，每一个事件，每一次谈话对我来说都是原材料。
I don't write any of my material down. I like to improvise and be spontaneous.
我不把我的材料写下来。我喜欢即兴发挥，很自然。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Leaking of classified material is a concern.
机密材料的泄露令人担忧。
Costs of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labour.
制成品的成本在很大程度上取决于原材料和劳动力的成本。
Everything is in the way the material is composed.
一切都是材料组成的方式。
I don't like to attach myself to material things.
我不喜欢把自己依附于物质上。
As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe.
当我们克服了肤浅的物质需求和即时的满足，我们就会与自己的深层联系起来，也会与他人和宇宙联系起来。
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
在我看来，艺术作品是物质世界中唯一具有内在秩序的对象，这就是为什么，虽然我不认为只有艺术才重要，但我相信艺术是为了艺术而艺术。