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英语谚语:Wisdom and Advice (3)
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  • Lookers-on see most of the game.

    Man cannot live by bread alone.

    Man's extremity1 is God's opportunity.

    Might is right.

    Might makes right.

    Money cannot buy happiness. It can, however, rent it.

    Money isn't everything.

    Never say never.

    Never speak ill of the dead.

    No man can serve two masters.

    No man is indispensable2.

    No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come.

    No news is good news.

    No one should be judge in his own cause.

    Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

    Old habits die hard.

    One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.

    One man's gravy3 is another man's poison.

    One man's loss is another man's gain.

    One picture is worth ten thousand words.

    One swallow does not make a summer.

    Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

    Paper can't wrap up a fire.

    Prevention is better than cure.

    Rats desert a sinking ship.

    Recognize and deal with reality, no matter how unpleasant it may be.

    Seeing is believing.

    Sharing and giving are the ways of God.

    Something is better than nothing.

    Spare the rod and spoil the child.

    Speak when you're spoken to.

    Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

    Still waters run deep.

    Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan4.

    The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

    The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

    The dawn does not come twice to awaken5 a man.

    The end justifies6 the means.

    The eyes are the mirror of the soul.

     6级    英语谚语 
     单词标签: extremity  indispensable  gravy  orphan  awaken  justifies 


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    1 extremity [ɪkˈstreməti] tlgxq   第9级
    n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度
    参考例句:
    • I hope you will help them in their extremity. 我希望你能帮助在穷途末路的他们。
    • What shall we do in this extremity? 在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢?
    2 indispensable [ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl] 9b5zo   第6级
    adj.必不可少的,绝对必要的
    参考例句:
    • He is indispensable to our work, we cannot do it without him. 对于我们的工作来说,他是不可缺少的,没有他我们就做不了。
    • This is an indispensable part of his creed. 这是他的信条中必不可少的一部分。
    3 gravy [ˈgreɪvi] Przzt1   第9级
    n.肉汁;轻易得来的钱,外快
    参考例句:
    • You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth. 你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
    • The meat was swimming in gravy. 肉泡在浓汁之中。
    4 orphan [ˈɔ:fn] QJExg   第7级
    n.孤儿;adj.无父母的
    参考例句:
    • He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine. 他把一个孤儿养大,并且把自己的医术传给了他。
    • The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters. 这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。
    5 awaken [əˈweɪkən] byMzdD   第8级
    vi.醒,觉醒;vt.唤醒,使觉醒,唤起,激起
    参考例句:
    • Old people awaken early in the morning. 老年人早晨醒得早。
    • Please awaken me at six. 请于六点叫醒我。
    6 justifies [ˈdʒʌstifaiz] a94dbe8858a25f287b5ae1b8ef4bf2d2   第7级
    证明…有理( justify的第三人称单数 ); 为…辩护; 对…作出解释; 为…辩解(或辩护)
    参考例句:
    • Their frequency of use both justifies and requires the memorization. 频繁的使用需要记忆,也促进了记忆。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
    • In my judgement the present end justifies the means. 照我的意见,只要目的正当,手段是可以不计较的。

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