A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
守时
Punctuality
Punctuality is the soul of business.
守时为立业之要素。
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
守时是无聊之人的美德。
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
宁早三小时，不迟一分钟。
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.
守时的问题在于没有人会欣赏它。
The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃，但只有第二只老鼠才会得到奶酪。
Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.
守时是最基本的商业美德之一:总是对你的下属坚持守时。
My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?
我的米妮姨妈总是很准时，从不耽误生产，但是谁会付钱给我看米妮姨妈呢?
Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.
在我们的约会中，没有什么比守时更容易疏远友谊的了。我曾多次违背吃饭或吃饭的诺言，与不止一个亲密的人分手。
When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.
当蒸汽第一次开始泵送时，轮子每分钟转那么多圈，所谓的商业习惯是为了使人们的生活与蒸汽机和谐地运行，而他的运动在准时性上可与火车相媲美。