A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
数量
Number
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
不要寻求大众的喜爱;它很少是通过诚实合法的手段获得的。只寻求少数人的见证;不要给声音编号，而要给它们称重。
The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has.
明天的电影将会和制作它的人相似，观众的数量将会和导演的朋友的数量成比例。
Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?
为什么不像现在一样，一开始有那么多矮小的将军，而他们的种类又不相称呢?
I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.
我怀疑有一些阴谋从未被描述或泄露出去。但我不怀疑水门事件的规模和波及范围。
I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.
我去年四次排名第一，今年两次排名第一。还有什么比这更公平的呢?如果它们变得更相等，我不想要它。
I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book.
我会为句子而苦恼。主要是因为你想用句子创造特殊的效果，因为书中有很多不同的声音。
It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number.
可以说，在泰国，很多外国人来了又走，被认为是泰国人的人出国旅游的人数也很多。
In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
黄昏时分，在肯塔基河附近，当我们登上一座小山的山崖时，许多印第安人从一根茂密的树枝上冲了出来，把我们抓了起来。
Well there are two things: Number one is, make sure you always enjoy yourself, because when you enjoy yourself, you'll learn, you'll want more information, you'll push yourself.
有两件事:第一，确保你总是玩得开心，因为当你玩得开心的时候，你会学习，你会想要更多的信息，你会强迫自己。
Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate.
在我年轻的时候，我曾与工会的父母一起参加过坚果协会的年会。
Our record number of teenagers must become our record number of high school and college graduates and our record number of teachers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, and skilled professionals.
我们创纪录的青少年人数必须成为我们创纪录的高中和大学毕业生人数，成为我们创纪录的教师、科学家、医生、律师和熟练专业人员人数。
There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy literature and other media. I hope we're succeeding in some small way.
我们中有很多人非常非常努力地将神话和童话通过奇幻文学和其他媒体带入公众意识。我希望我们在一些小的方面取得了成功。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped with various mechanical devices.
生理学家如果能成功地把消化道越穿越深，就会相信它是由许多装有各种机械装置的化学实验室组成的。
At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.
起初，声学把不同的声音归为只有有限数量的特征特征。
Three thousand, it's just a number. It's just a game.
三千，只是个数字。这只是个游戏。
Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers.
有时候错误的数字就是正确的数字。
There is a number among us, young and old, of all sorts almost among us, that swarm up and down towns, and woods, and fields, whose care and work hitherto hath been like bees, only to get honey to their own hive.
在我们当中，有许多人，无论老少，几乎在我们之中，都成群结队地出没于城镇、树林和田野之间。他们迄今为止的操劳如同蜜蜂一样，只是为了把蜜拿到自己的蜂房中去。
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.
在我的家庭里，我有很多个性很强的人。我父亲是一名长笛演奏家，是托斯卡尼尼的独奏长笛手。