Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.
[譯]歷史巨輪飛轉(zhuǎn),分分秒秒的時(shí)間都十分寶貴,也獨(dú)具意義。
Easy come, easy go. (or Light come, light go.)
[注解]指得來(lái)的不義之財(cái),沒(méi)有理由久享。同類(lèi)諺語(yǔ)還有:“Ill (or Evil) gotten, ill (or evil) spent. Soon got, soon spent.”源自拉丁語(yǔ),指胡亂弄來(lái)的錢(qián)被胡亂花掉。
[譯]來(lái)得容易去得快。
Economy is the poor man's mint; and extravagance the rich man's pitfall.
[注解]economy節(jié)約。mint造幣廠。extravagance奢侈、浪費(fèi)。
[譯]節(jié)約是窮人的造幣廠,浪費(fèi)是富翁的陷阱。
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.
[譯]生命中的一天就是你歷史上的一頁(yè)。
Every little helps. (or Little and often fills the purse. Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.)
[注解]指積少成多,點(diǎn)滴之物都能派上用場(chǎng)。
[譯]小錢(qián)積成萬(wàn),粒糧堆成山。
Every minute counts.
[注解]count動(dòng)詞,很重要。
[譯]每分鐘都很重要;分秒必爭(zhēng)。
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune.
[譯]人對(duì)自己的命運(yùn)總不感到滿足。
Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
[譯]任何事情都有好的時(shí)機(jī),定要把握時(shí)機(jī)。
Everything is good in its season.
[注解]只要合時(shí)令,樣樣是佳品。也就是“There is a time for everything”。
[譯]萬(wàn)物逢時(shí)皆美好。
Experience proves that most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over.
[譯]經(jīng)驗(yàn)證明,大部分時(shí)間都是被一分鐘一分鐘地而不是一小時(shí)一小時(shí)地浪費(fèi)掉的。一只底部有個(gè)小洞的桶和一只故意踢翻的桶同樣會(huì)流空。