A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
可能
Might
How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.
有多少事情是我们可以好好考虑的,我们是否应该更好地了解它们。
Never give meaning to a little act of sweetness. It might give you a wrong impression or expectation.
永远不要为小小的甜蜜举动赋予意义。它可能给你一个错误的印象或期望。
May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
那我可以吻你吗?在这张可怜的纸上?我不妨打开窗户,亲吻夜晚的空气。
I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.
我在聚光灯下不害羞。我可能看起来很严肃甚至傲慢,但事实远非如此,我实际上很害羞。
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things.
可以说,几乎所有的制度都是建立在迹象的基础上的,但这些迹象并不能直接唤起人们的情感。
Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.
自恋和自欺欺人是一种生存机制,如果没有它们,我们中的许多人可能就会从桥上跳下去。
You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.
你得觉得幸运才行。如果你掉进泥坑,检查一下你的后口袋——你可能钓到了一条鱼。
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
宽恕和被宽恕所带来的难以言喻的喜悦使人心醉神迷,很可能会引起众神的嫉妒。
A movie is so visually powerful, so overwhelming, that it tends to crowd out how you might have imagined things.
电影在视觉上是如此的强大,如此的势不可挡,以至于它往往会把你想象的东西挤出去。
In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it.
就我给一本科幻杂志买的故事来说,如果它们发生在未来,这可能会实现。
I never said i hated you. I just said that if you were on fire, I might consider roasting marshmallows. Big difference.
我从没说过我恨你。我只是说如果你着火了,我可以考虑烤棉花糖。很大的差别。
My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.
我的虚荣心根本不是生理上的,而是心理上的。不过,我想,自我意识可能是一种虚荣心。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
If you search far enough, you might just find what you're looking for.
如果你搜索的足够远,你可能会找到你要找的东西。
Believe it or not, we will actually be better and happier workers if we are allowed to be better parents. We might even rediscover our capacity for fun.
信不信由你,如果我们被允许成为更好的父母,我们实际上会成为更好、更快乐的员工。我们甚至可能重新发现我们的娱乐能力。
Your existence gives hope to a person. Your smile may be a pearl for someone. Your presence might be the desire of the one who loves you dearly. So value yourself, you exist for a reason.
你的存在给了一个人希望。你的微笑对某人来说可能是一颗珍珠。你的存在可能是深爱你的人的渴望。所以珍惜你自己,你的存在是有原因的。
I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics.
我可能经常说谎,但从不在我的歌词中。
Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.
永远不要播放任何听起来不对的东西。你可能赚不到钱,但至少你不会对自己有敌意。
You live but once; you might as well be amusing.
你只活一次;你还不如逗趣点。