A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
可怜
Poor
Better poor on land that rich at sea.
陆上穷不如海上富。
I think I'm a very poor piano player.
我想我钢琴弹得很差。
The poor man's corm always grows thin.
穷人的球茎总是变薄。
No one has ever become poor by giving.
没有人因为给予而变得贫穷。
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.
忘记一个拙劣的笑话是件好事。
Great birth is a very poor dish at table.
出身高贵是餐桌上一道很差劲的菜。
A poor joke must invent its own laughter.
拙劣的笑话必须自创笑料。
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
科学家是一个可怜的哲学家。
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.
穷而知足者富，富而知足者足。
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
我一直自称是一个可怜的滑头。
He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.
什么也不能答应的人，才是真正的穷人。
The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated.
穷人不会被打败。我们家养的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
一个只赚钱的企业是一个糟糕的企业。
You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.
你不知道我对自己的评价有多差，我不配得到这么多。
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.
预言，无论多么诚实，通常是经验的拙劣替代品。
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
每个人的富有或贫穷取决于他的欲望和他的快乐之间的比例。
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
我在街上遇见一个非常贫穷的年轻人，他正在谈恋爱。他的帽子是旧的，他的外套是旧的，他的披风的肘部已经露出来了，水从他的鞋子里流过，星星也从他的灵魂里流过。
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.
如果做事情就像知道该做什么一样容易，那么小教堂就是教堂，穷人的小屋就是王子的宫殿。