經(jīng)典諺語(yǔ):人生與哲理-A

A candle lights others and consumes itself.
［譯］蠟燭燃燒自己，照亮別人。
A fair death honors the whole life.
［注解］此諺語(yǔ)指死得其所，流芳百世。
［譯］死得高尚，一生光榮。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
［譯］吃一塹，長(zhǎng)一智。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
［譯］萬(wàn)丈高樓平地起。
A lazy youth, a lousy age. (or A young idler, an old beggar.)
［譯］少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A man can only die once. (or A man can die but once.)
［譯］人生只有一回死。
A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.
［注解］指男人自己感覺(jué)多老就多老，外貌老沒(méi)關(guān)系；女人的外表多老就多老，因?yàn)槿藗儜{外貌判斷其年齡。
［譯］男人老不老，自己最知曉；女人老不老，只要看容貌。
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
［譯］只要一個(gè)人還有追求，他就沒(méi)有老。直到后悔取代了夢(mèng)想，一個(gè)人才算老。
A merry heart, maketh a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
［注解］語(yǔ)出《圣經(jīng)·箴言》第15章第13節(jié)。maketh=makes.
［譯］心中喜樂(lè)，面帶笑容；心里憂(yōu)愁，靈魂受損。
A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
［譯］身穿破衣衫，可能是忠厚漢；人窮志不窮。
A willful man must have his way.
［注解］意志堅(jiān)定頑強(qiáng)，定能如愿以?xún)敗?br /> ［譯］只要人有志，萬(wàn)事皆可成。
Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.
［譯］怨天尤人只是為自己開(kāi)脫。
Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.
［譯］業(yè)精于勤荒于嬉。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
［譯］窮則思變。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
［注解］逆境能磨煉人的意志，使人聰明有才干。
［譯］逆境增才干，并不增財(cái)富。
All healthy people like their dinner, but their dinner is not the main object of their life.
［譯］一切健康的人都吃得很香，但是吃飯并不是他們生活的主要目標(biāo)。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
［譯］不到黃河心不死。
As a man sows, so shall he reap.
［注解］語(yǔ)出《圣經(jīng)·加拉太書(shū)》第6章第7節(jié)。
［譯］種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。