精選王爾德語錄:雙語經(jīng)典版王爾德語錄賞析
雙語經(jīng)典版王爾德語錄賞析,精選30句王爾德語錄,前十五句大概講述的是關(guān)于男女之間,關(guān)于愛情,關(guān)于婚姻,關(guān)于生活。王爾德語錄闡述了人的弱點(diǎn),愚蠢,虛偽假裝與悲慘。關(guān)于寬恕是最明智的選擇。
王爾德經(jīng)典語錄(上):
1、Between men and women there is no friendship possible.
There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
男女之間不可能存在友誼,
有的只是愛恨情仇。
friendship :
n.友情,友誼; 友善的關(guān)系; 友善,好意;
[例句]
After seven years of friendship, she still couldn't tell when he was kidding.
他們已有7年的交情,但她還是搞不清他什么時(shí)候是在開玩笑。
2、“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
擺脫誘惑的唯一方法就是臣服于它。
yield
vt.屈服,投降; 生產(chǎn); 獲利; 不再反對(duì);
Will she yield to growing pressure for her to retire?
面對(duì)要求其隱退的壓力越來越大,她會(huì)屈服嗎?
3、“All great ideas are dangerous.”
所有偉大的想法都是危險(xiǎn)的。
4、“If you pretend to be good,
the world takes you very seriously.
If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t.
Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.”
如果你裝好人,
全世界都對(duì)你當(dāng)真,
要是你裝壞人,
那就沒人把你當(dāng)回事。
這就是樂觀主義驚人的愚蠢。
pretend
vt.假裝,偽裝;
I had no option but to pretend ignorance.
我別無他法,只能假裝不知道。
astounding
adj.使人震驚的;
The results are quite astounding.
結(jié)果令人無比震驚。
stupidity
n.愚蠢;
She silently cursed her own stupidity.
她在心里默默地罵自己愚蠢。
5、“We are all in the gutter,
but some of us are looking at the stars.”
我們都在陰溝中,
但仍有人仰望星空。
gutter
n.貧民窟; (路邊)排水溝
That's what life is, a gutter.
這就是你的生活貧民窟。
6、“If you want to tell people the truth,
make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.”
如果你想告訴人們真相,
請(qǐng)先讓他們開懷大笑,
否則他們會(huì)報(bào)復(fù)你。
7、 “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
愛自己是終身浪漫的開始。
8、“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death.
One or the other of us has to go.”
墻紙?jiān)絹碓狡?,而我越來越老?/p>
兩者之間,總有一個(gè)要先消失。
wallpaper
n.壁紙,墻紙;
9、There are only two tragedies in life:
one is not getting what one wants,
and the other is getting it.
生活中只有兩個(gè)悲?。?/p>
一個(gè)是沒有得到你想要的,
另外一個(gè)是得到了你想要的。
tragedies
n.悲劇; 慘事,災(zāi)難( tragedy的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );
Very often tragedies or near tragedies occurred.
悲劇或近乎悲劇的事經(jīng)常發(fā)生。
10、Always forgive your enemies
nothing annoys them so much.
永遠(yuǎn)寬恕你的敵人,
沒有什么能比這個(gè)更讓他們惱怒的了。
enemies
n.仇敵( enemy的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );
They are our mortal enemies.
他們是我們不共戴天的仇敵。
11、Everyone is born king,
and most people die in exile.
每個(gè)人生來都是君王,
但大多數(shù)在流亡中死去。
exile
vt.放逐,流放; 使背井離鄉(xiāng)
After nearly six years of exile
在將近6年的流亡生活之后
12、Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live,
it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
過自己想要的生活不是自私,
要求別人按自己的意愿生活才是。
selfishness
n.自私; 自我中心; 利己主義; 任性;
The source of nearly all the evil and unhappiness of this world is selfishness.
自私是世上幾乎所有罪惡與不幸的源頭。
13、When gods wish to punish us,
they answer our prayer.
若諸神要懲罰我等,
必先讓我等如愿以償。
punish
v.處罰; 嚴(yán)厲對(duì)付; 貪婪地吃喝;
Don't punish your child for being honest.
不要因?yàn)槟愕暮⒆诱f了實(shí)話而處罰他。
prayer
n.祈禱;
It is real prayer, and not mechanical repetition.
這是真正的祈禱,不是機(jī)械的重復(fù)。
14、 It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.
只有膚淺的人才不會(huì)以貌取人
shallow
adj.淺的,膚淺的
I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.
我認(rèn)為他膚淺、自負(fù)、不可靠。
15、When one is in love,
one always begins by deceiveing ones self,
and one always ends by deceiving others.
That is what would calls a romance.
愛,始于自我欺騙,
終于欺騙他人。
這就是所謂的浪漫。
王爾德經(jīng)典語錄(下):描述了愛情世界里相互追逐,人們不斷的成長(zhǎng)與救贖。真誠的生活與社會(huì)的真實(shí),一種理想注意與憤世嫉俗的感嘆。所以明智的選擇與良好的教養(yǎng),不是無知愚昧,要相互來愛。
16、Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.
人生就是一件蠢事追著另一件蠢事而來,
而愛情則是兩個(gè)蠢東西追來追去。
whereas
conj.然而; 鑒于; 反之;
Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.
有些人贊揚(yáng)他,而有些人譴責(zé)他.
17、We teach people how to remember,
we never teach them how to grow.
我們教給人們?nèi)绾斡洃洠?/p>
卻從來不教他們?nèi)绾纬砷L(zhǎng)。
18、Nothing can cure the soul but the senses,
just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
只有感官才能解救靈魂,
正如只有靈魂才能解救感官。
cure
vt.治愈; 矯正; 解決; 消除;
He went to a clinic to cure his drinking and overeating.
他去診所戒酒并控制飲食。
19、And beauty is a form of genius it is higher,
indeed, than genius as it needs no explanation.
美是一種天賦,
實(shí)際上,
美超過了天賦,
因?yàn)樗恍枰忉尅?/p>
genius n.天才; 天賦;
This is the mark of her real genius as a designer.
這展現(xiàn)了她作為設(shè)計(jì)師的真正天賦。
20、“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing,
and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”
不夠真誠是危險(xiǎn)的,
太真誠則絕對(duì)是致命的。
fatal
adj.致命的,攸關(guān)的; 毀滅性的,
He made the fatal mistake of compromising early.
他犯了過早妥協(xié)的致命錯(cuò)誤。
21、Society exists only as a mental concept;
in the real world there are only individuals.
社會(huì)僅僅以一種精神概念而存在,
真實(shí)世界中只有個(gè)體存在。
concept
n.觀念,概念; 觀點(diǎn)
This idealistic concept is at variance with reality.
這種理想主義的觀念和現(xiàn)實(shí)相矛盾。
22、What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
一個(gè)憤世嫉俗的人知道所有東西的價(jià)格,
卻不知道任何東西的價(jià)值。
cynic
n.憤世嫉俗者,諷世者;
I have come to be very much of a cynic in these matters.
在這些事上我變得相當(dāng)憤世嫉俗。
23、All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled.
It is the secret of their attraction
我想所有迷人的人都是被寵愛著的,
這是他們吸引力來源的秘密。
charming
adj.迷人的,可愛的;
He found her as smart and beautiful as she is charming.
他感覺她聰明漂亮,又討人喜歡。
spoiled
adj.被寵壞的;
24、To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world,
the most difficult and the most intellectual
什么也不做是世上最難的事情,
最困難并且最智慧。
intellectual
adj.智力的; 有才智的
He has written seven thrillers, and clearly enjoys intellectual pursuits.
他已經(jīng)寫了7本驚悚小說,顯然很喜歡這樣的智力活動(dòng)。
25、The well bred contradict other people.
The wise contradict themselves.
教養(yǎng)良好的人處處和他人過不去,
頭腦聰明的人處處和自己過不去。
26、Ignorance is like a delicate flower:
touch it and the bloom is gone.
無知就像是一朵精致的花朵:
摸一下,它就消失了。
delicate
adj.微妙的; 熟練的; 纖弱的; 易損的;
bloom
n.(常指供觀賞的)花; 開花期;
27、I dont want to go to heaven.
None of my friends are there.
我不想去天堂,
我的朋友都不在那里。
28、The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.
It is never of any use to oneself.
對(duì)于建議,你所能做的,
就是把它轉(zhuǎn)送給別人,
建議從來就不是給自己準(zhǔn)備的。
29、Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
女人是用來被愛的,
不是用來被理解的。
30、Men marry because they are tired;
women because they are curious;
both are disappointed.
男人因疲倦而結(jié)婚,
女人因好奇而結(jié)婚;
最終他們都會(huì)失望。
curious
adj.好奇的;
Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from.
史蒂夫非常想了解我以前生活的那個(gè)世界。