A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
可怜
Poor
It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
更重要的是试着为我们国家成千上万的穷人做点什么。
I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship.
如果我到这里来谈友谊,我就是这些可怜的烧焦的尸体的叛徒。
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.
穷人受别人的约束而不能思考,富人受自己的约束而不能思考。
The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.
黑人人口现在由两个截然不同的阶层组成——中产阶级和穷人。
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里,也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。
One year's poor form remains a blip but if it happens next year, you can say it's a trend.
一年的糟糕表现仍然只是昙花一现,但如果明年出现这种情况,你可以说这是一种趋势。
I don't know how the poor farmers deal with such situations in real life. It's really sad.
我不知道贫穷的农民在现实生活中是如何处理这种情况的。真的很难过。
It's not hard to tell we was poor - when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline.
不难看出我们很穷——当你看到厕纸挂在晾衣绳上时。
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
没有钱的人是穷人。除了钱一无所有的人更穷。
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
他太穷,不能贿赂,又太骄傲,不能强求,因此他没有发财的办法。
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。
The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam.
身体是灵魂可怜的家,它的肋骨是板条,它的肉是壤土。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Poor relations have little honour.
穷亲戚没有什么名誉。
I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.
我是新奥尔良一个非常贫穷的年轻黑人男孩,只是一张没有名字的脸,在贫困的大海中挣扎着求生。
I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.
我宁愿为穷人的教育,甚至是为穷人的娱乐而写作,也不愿为富人的娱乐而写作。
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
富人因骄傲而膨胀,穷人因饥饿而膨胀。
That is poor help that helps you from the feather-bed to the straw.
帮助你从有羽毛的床到稻草都是无益的。
If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.
如果你很穷,你不可能活得很长。