Marriage is an alliance between two people.
婚姻是兩個人的結(jié)合。
alliance n. 結(jié)合,聯(lián)合
Marriage may be compared to a cage; the birds outside despair to get in and those within despair to get out.
婚姻好比鳥籠:外面的鳥兒想進進不去,里面的鳥兒想出出不來。
marriage n. 婚姻
cage n. 鳥籠
despair v. 絕望
be compared to“被比作…”
Marriage makes or breaks a man.
= Marriage makes or mars a man.
婚姻決定一個男人的成敗。
mar v. 毀損,玷污
Don't let a little dispute break up a great marriage.
不要讓小小的爭論毀掉了美滿的婚姻。
dispute v. 爭論,爭吵
break up“打破,結(jié)束”
Marriage is great for the right people.
婚姻對于合適的人來說都是美滿的。
right a. 恰當?shù)模m合的
He is the happiest, be the King or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
無論國王還是農(nóng)夫,家庭和睦是最幸福的。
peasant n. 農(nóng)夫,鄉(xiāng)下人
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
草率成婚,后悔莫及。
haste n. 急忙,慌忙 repent v. 后悔,懊悔
leisure n. 悠閑,安逸
in haste“匆忙地,慌張地,草率地” at leisure“空閑著,閑著無事”
To make a lasting marriage, we have to overcome self-centeredness.
要使婚姻長久,就要克服以自我為中心的意識。
self-centeredness n. 自我中心,自私自利
The great secret of successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents, and none of incidents as disasters.
成功婚姻的秘訣在于:把大災難看成小事故,而不要把小事故看成大災難。
disaster n. 災難,災禍 incident n. 事件,小事情
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good manage must be created.
嬉姻中的幸福不是自然而然就有的。幸福的婚姻是需要努力創(chuàng)造的。
happen v. 發(fā)生,出現(xiàn)