經(jīng)典諺語:人生與哲理-I

Ideals are like the stars — we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them.
［注解］語出Carl Schurz，美國政治家舒爾茨。
［譯］理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我們猶如水手，可借它指引航向。
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.
［注解］語出Leo Tolstory，俄國作家托爾斯泰。
［譯］理想是指路明燈。沒有理想，就沒有堅定的方向；沒有方向，就沒有生活。
Idle folks lack no excuses.
［譯］懶漢辯解，何患無辭。
Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil.
［譯］懶惰是行乞的敲門磚，是萬惡的根源。
Idleness is the mother (root) of all evil. (or Idleness is the parent of all vice.)
［注解］斯邁爾斯還說：“It is the idleness that is the curse of men, not labour.”禍根不是勞動，而是懶惰。
［譯］懶惰是萬惡之源。
Idleness rusts the mind. (or Idleness makes the wit rust.)
［注解］rust生銹，使弱。比喻懶惰使人笨，讓人的頭腦遲鈍。
［譯］人不勤變笨；刀不磨變鈍。
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
［譯］初試不成功，努力勿懈怠。
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
［注解］指希望的重要性。在困難重重、日子難過之時，使我們不灰心喪志、放棄奮斗的，就是內(nèi)心抱有對事情否極泰來的希望。
［譯］人若無希望，心碎肝腸斷；人靠希望活著。
If we want light, we must conquer darkness.
［譯］我們要光明，就得征服黑暗。
If you don't aim high you will never hit high.
［譯］不立大志，難攀高峰。
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
［注解］語出Joshua Reynolds，美國女散文家雷諾茲。
［譯］如果你很有天賦，勤勉會使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉會補足其缺陷。
If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old.
［注解］指人如果年輕時躺在玫瑰上，老年時就會躺在荊棘上。
［譯］年輕圖享受，老來倍受苦。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
［注解］源自拉丁語。“run after two hares”意指做徒勞無益之事。比喻一心二用，將一事無成。
［譯］同時追兩兔，全都抓不住；腳踏兩只船，必定都落空。
If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.
［注解］語出Thomas Edison，美國發(fā)明家愛迪生。
［譯］如果你希望成功，當以恒心為良友，以經(jīng)驗為參謀，以謹慎為兄弟，以希望為哨兵。
I have nothing to offer but blood, boil, tears and sweat.
［注解］語出Winston Churchill，英國政治家丘吉爾。
［譯］我沒有什么能奉獻的，只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。
In all things, it is better to hope than to despair.
［譯］凡事抱希望為佳，不應悲觀失望。
In for a penny, in for a pound. (As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.)
［注解］意指一旦介入某事，不管出現(xiàn)多大的阻力或困難，都要堅持到底，決不半途而廢。同義諺語還有：“Over shoes, over boots.”
［譯］一個錢也干，十個錢也干，一旦開始就要干到底；一不做，二不休。
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
［譯］人生如下棋，多謀得勝利。
In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.
［譯］在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前進、不屈不撓的人才能獲勝。
In life's ocean, a man who fears difficulties can only reap the scum and rubbish floating on the surface of the ocean, but a man who can bear hardships reaps pearls and other treasures lying deep in the bottom of the ocean.
［注解］scum泡沫，浮渣。
［譯］在生活的海洋中，畏難的人收獲的總是水面上的泡沫和垃圾，而吃苦的人收獲的卻是海底深處的珍珠瑰寶。
In prosperity caution, in adversity patience.
［譯］成功之時應謹慎，憂患之時得忍耐。
Into each life some rain must fall. Some days must be dark and dreary.
［譯］每個人一生都會逢上陰雨，有些日子必然陰暗而沉悶。
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals, but there is seldom any money in them.
［注解］語出Mark Twain，美國作家馬克·吐溫。
［譯］就是在我們母親的膝上，我們獲得了我們最高尚、最真誠和最遠大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金錢。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
［譯］寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。
It is dogged that (as) does it.
［注解］dogged頑強的，堅持不懈的。
［譯］堅持就是勝利。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
［譯］創(chuàng)業(yè)容易守業(yè)難。
It is great to be great, but it is greater to be human.
［注解］語出W. Rogers，美國幽默家羅杰斯。
［譯］成為偉人是美好的，做一個真正的人更美好。
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.
［注解］語出G. Eliot，英國小說家艾略特。
［譯］天上不會掉下玫瑰來，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必須自己種植。