Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect .(William Shakespeare , British dramatist)
不要只因一次失败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚.W.)
Don’t part with your illusions . When they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain , American writer)
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后,你还可以生存,但是你虽生犹死。(美国作家 马克?吐温)
I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man . I don"t know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world .(Thomas Edison , American inventor)
我想揭示大自然的秘密,用来造福人类。我认为,在我们的短暂一生中,最好的贡献莫过于此了。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal , there is no secure direction ; without direction , there is no life .( Leo Tolstoy , Russian writer)
理想是指路明灯。没有理想,就没有坚定的方向;没有方向,就没有生活。(俄国作家 托尔斯泰. L .)
If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?( P. B. Shelley , British poet )
冬天来了,春天还会远吗?( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.)
If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky ground .(Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist )
如果你怀疑自己,那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 (挪威剧作家 易卜生)
If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads . (F. W . Nietzsche , German Philosopher)
如果你想走到高处,就要使用自己的两条腿!不要让别人把你抬到高处;不要坐在别人的背上和头上。(德国哲学家 尼采. F. W.)
It is at our mother’s knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.( Mark Twain , American writer )
就是在我们母亲的膝上,我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想,但是里面很少有任何金钱。(美国作家 马克?吐温)
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer)
生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 (法国作家 大仲马. A.)
The ideals which have lighted my way , and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness , beauty and truth .(Albert Einstein , American scientist)
有些理想曾为我们引过道路,并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生,那些理想就是--真、善、美。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦 . A .)
The important thing in life is to have a great aim , and the determination to attain it. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German Poet and dramatist)
人生重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的目标,并决心实现它。(德国诗人、戏剧家 歌德 . J . M .)
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds .(Mark Twain , American writer)
具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。 (美国作家 马克?吐温)
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。 (美国总统 罗斯福. F .)
When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory .(Abraham Lincoln , American statesman)
如果一个目的是正当而必须做的,则达到这个目的的必要手段也是正当而必须采取的。(美国政治家 林肯. A.)
第二篇:英语作文常用谚语精选
cross your heart 你发誓
gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客;
take it easy 凡事看开些, 不要太冲动, 不要看得那么重
make yourself comfortable 不用约束 (招待客人时说的话)
you are all wet 你完全误会了
she is hangover 她昨夜喝醉了
it’s a matter of time 这是迟早的问题
I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限
don’t brush me off 不要敷衍我
let’s get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧
what you call this 你这算什么
how about a bite 随便吃些什么吧
you can count on me 你可以信得过我
he see things not people他论事不论人
we sang the same songs 我们志同道合
I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能来
let’s go Dutch 我们各付各的吧
speak of the devil 说曹操, 曹操就到
keep in touch 保持联络
don’t turn me down 不要拒绝我
don’t let me down 别叫我失望
man proposes and god disposes 谋事在人成事在天 .
the weakest goes to the wall.优胜劣败
to look one way and row another声东击西 .
in everyone’s mouth.脍炙人口
to kick against the pricks 螳臂挡车 .
to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬尽瘁 .
to suffer for one’s wisdom. 聪明反被聪明误
to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹
what’s done cannot be undone 覆水难收 .
to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜
beyond one’s grasp. 鞭长莫及
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others.严以责己宽以待人
a heart of steel. 铁石心肠
to be guided by destiny.听天由命
pride goes before a fall 骄者必败
the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without 不战而屈人之兵
what is bugging you 什么事使你心烦
sworn brother 干兄弟, 盟兄弟
it’s dying art 这是已失传的手艺
gentlemen agreement 君子协定
I‘m trying to make ends meet 我尽力要使收支平衡
prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.富贵结朋友, 患难见真情
if you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter.吃得苦中苦, 方为人上人
it is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.宁为善而斗, 毋屈服于恶
he who has hope has everything.怀有希望者, 便拥有一切
self-trust is the first secret of success.自信心是成功的首要关键
the secret of success is constancy of purpose.成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒
success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.成功源于努力去克服困难
experience is the extract of suffering.经验是受苦的结晶