缺乏哲理的:
1. unphilosophical
2. unphilosophic
有哲理的:
1.philosophical
2.philosophic
有道理的:reasonable
Examples:
1. 我认为这是没有道理的。
I think that's not reasonable.
2. 依我看,他说的话是有道理的。
From where I stand, what he said is reasonable.
3. 就我个人而言,我认为贵方的还盘是有道理的。但我必须与总部联系一下,明天通知您。
Personally, I think your counter- offer is reasonable. But I must contact my headquarter first and I'll inform you tomorrow.
4. 把钱花在不需要的东西上是没有道理的。
There's no logic in spending money on things you don't need.
1.A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
2.Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。
3.A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。
4.A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做亏心事,夜半敲门心不惊。
5.A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入,祸从口出。
6.A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。
7.A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。
8.A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。
9.Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜於雄辩。
10.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
别人为食而生存,我为生存而食。—— Socrates 苏格拉底
Easy come, easy go.
易得者亦易失。 —— Hazlitt 赫斯特
We soon believe what we desire.
我们欲望中的东西,我们很快就信以为真。—— Chaucer乔叟
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒
The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。—— Howell 贺韦尔
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标,犹如航海之无指南针。—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。—— Heywood 希伍德
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.
一个人可以把马带到河边,但他不能令它饮水。 —— Heywood 希伍德
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 —— Davies 戴维斯
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林
Time and tide wait for no man.
时间不等人。—— Scott 斯科特
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。—— Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。—— Smedley 斯密莱
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。—— M. Moore 穆尔
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。—— T. Fuller 富勒
Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为什么样的人。—— Julius Erving欧文
All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope.
人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。—— Alexandre Dumas Pére大仲马
It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?
光勤劳是不够的,蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。—— H. D. Thoreau梭罗
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
人必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀。—— Charles Chaplin卓别林
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
我不缅怀过去的历史,而致力于未来的梦想。—— T. Jefferson 杰弗逊(美国第3任总统)
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.
我们要尽可能为生活增加一些东西,而不是从中索取什么。—— William Osler 奥斯勒
Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.
没有学院和大学的帮助,人生本身也正在变成一所高等学府。 —— Thomas Alva Edison 爱迪生
1. Waste not,want not.
俭以防匮.
2. From saving comes having.
富有来自节俭.
3. A penny saved is a penny gained.
省一文是一文.
4. Take care of the pence and the pound
will take care of themselves.
金钱积少便成多.
5. Frugality is an estate alone.
节俭本身就是一宗财产.
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.
小钱不知节省,大钱将滥花.
7. Small gains bring great wealth.
积小利,成巨富.
8. Many a little makes a mickle.
积少便成多.
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
试金之石可试金,正如黄金能试人.
10.Courage and resolution are the spirit
and soul of virtue.
勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂.
11.The path to glory is always rugged.
光荣之路常坎坷.
12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事,只要人肯试.
13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.
烈火试真金,困苦炼壮士.
14.Great hopes make great man.
远大的希望造就伟大的人物.
15.No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前无险路.
16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手.
17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员;要识好海员,须凭
坏天气.
18.The best hearts are always the bravest.
行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良.
19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.
求神不如求己.
20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起.
21.Rome was not built in a day.
罗马并非一日可建成;坚持必成.
22.Success belongs to the persevering.
胜利属于坚忍不拔的人.
23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.
我们要多次重申:不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路.
24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times
and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失败,到第二十次获得成功,这就叫坚持.
25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.
登梯需要逐级登.
26.Adversity leads to prosperity.
困苦通向昌盛.
27.Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关.
28.Fortune often rewards with interest those
that have patience to wait for her.
做事只要有耐心,到头总会有好运;耐心候好运,好
运常会来.
29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.
只要肯等待,一切都会按时来.
30.Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水不绝可穿石.
31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.
鸡蛋不打破,蛋卷做不成;不甘愿吃苦,则预期效果
达不到.
32.The world is a ladder for some to go up
and others to go down.
世界好似一把梯,有人上去有人下.
33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand
the mystery of the world's trade.
要知世事奥秘多,须要长期作学徒.
34.Life is sweet.
生活是可爱的;人无不好生(恶死).
35.Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息,希望长在.
36.Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并不全是吃喝玩乐.
37.Much water runs by the mill that
the miller knows not of.
眼前发生许多事,有些我们并不知.
38.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
人人都有走运的一天.
39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;
if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.
运气太好,见人不睬;运气太坏,无人理会.
40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师.
41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的.
42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
祸不单行.
43.Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教师.
44.Misfortunes come at night.
祸常生于不测.
45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
恶运临头后,才知幸运贵.
46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.
患难能使人聪明,但不能使人富有.
47.Live and learn.
活到老,学到老.
48.It is never too old to learn.
为学不怕年高.
49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要长学问,就得多问;多问则业精.
50.There is no royal road to learning.
学问无坦途.
51.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
畏问之人耻于学.
52.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
婴孩时期学到的东西,老死不会忘记.
53.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知识能使好人更好,坏人更坏.
54.Soon learnt,soon forgotten.
学得快,忘得快.
55.Learn young,learn fair.
为学趁年青,既学须学好.
56.A lazy youth,a lousy age.
少时懒惰老来苦.
57.He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.
无知即无疑.
58.A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光.
59.Fame is a magnifying glass.
名誉是放大镜.
60.A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜于美貌.
61.Fame like a river is narrowest at its
source and broadest afar off.
名誉如河流,发源处最狭,愈远愈宽广.
62.Take honour from me and my life is done.
没有名誉,就没有了生命.
63.Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
要谨防不重名誉的人.
64.It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
光荣的死胜于羞辱的生.
65.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困难是最大的光荣.
66.Reputation is often got without merit
and lost without fault.
无功得名是常事,无过失名也是常事.
67.Your father's honour is to you
but a second-hand honour.
对于你来说,父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉.
68.Never trust another what you should do yourself.
自己该做的事,决不要委托给旁人做.
69.It is an equal failing to trust everybody,
and to trust nobody.
信任一切与不信任任何人,同样是弱点.
70.Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.
在你信任一个人之前,先要深入了解他.
71.If you trust before you try,
you may repent before you die.
不经考验就依赖,不到瞑目便的悔.
72.Never trust to fine words.
切勿轻信漂亮话.
73.Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.
细线挂重物,终究不可靠.
74.Be just to all,but trust not all.
要对一切人都公正,但不要对一切人都信任.
75.Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.
只要信任你自己,旁人才不出卖你.
76.Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
自信为英雄品质之本.
77.Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
信任是一种生长缓慢的植物.
78.Truth is the daughter of time.
真理是时间的女儿.
79.Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.
真理面目善良;但衣衫褴褛.
80.Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰,身旁都有刺.
81.Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.
真理可能会被责难,但绝不会受羞辱.
82.Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.
恶意可以糟塌真理;但无法消灭真理.
83.Truth will prevail.
真理必胜.
84.Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰.
85.Facts are stubborn things.
事实是最顽强的东西.
86.Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.
真相迟早会大白.
87.The truths we least like to hear are those
which it is most to our advantage to know.
我们最不愿意听到的事实,往往是我们知道了会
大有好处的事实.
88.Falsehood like a nettle stings those
who meddle with it.
谎言似荨麻,玩弄会刺手.
89.There is many a fair thing full false.
有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误.
90.Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.
谎言装扮虽不错,到头总会被揭露.
91.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.
谎言生谎言,谎言世代传.
92.A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
假舌不会吐真言.
93.False with one can be false with two.
对一个人虚假,也会对两个人虚假.
94.He that will lie will steal.
会说谎的人也就会偷窃.
95.Gossiping and lying go together.
流言常和谎话并行.
96.Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其词是谎话的近亲.
97.A great talker is a great liar.
最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎.
98.The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者.
99.Lying rides upon debt's back.
负债的人谎话多.
100. Lying is the first step to the gallows.
说谎是上断头台的第一步.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel,not a destination. 记住幸福是行进中的旅程,而不是目的地。 Do not,for one repulse,give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. 不要只因一次失败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。 Life isn”t about waiting for the storm to pass.it”s about learning to dance in the rain. 生活并不是等待暴风雨的平息,而是学着怎样在风雨中起舞。 Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. 任何值得做的,就把它做好。 The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. 如果你明确自己的方向,世界也会为你让路。 Do not,for one repulse,give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. 不要只因一次失败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。 Sometimes you need to look back,otherwise you will never know what you have lost in the way of forever searching. 偶尔要回头看看,否则永远都在追寻,而不知道自己失去了什么。 The hard part isn”t making the decision.It”s living with it. 做出决定并不困难,困难的是接受决定。 Your happy passer-by all knows,my distressed there is no place hides. 你的幸福路人皆知,我的狼狈无处遁形。 You may be out of my sight,but never out of my mind. 你也许已走出我的视线,但从未走出我的思念。 Happiness is a way station between too much and too little. 幸福是太多和太少之间的一站。 Remember that happiness is a way of travel,not a destination. 记住幸福是行进中的旅程,而不是目的地。 Some road, just know hard work. On some mountain, just know hard. 走过一些路,才知辛苦。登过一些山,才知艰难。 In the face of any difficulties, don't forget to smile, someone might fall in love with your smile. 面对任何的困难都不要忘记微笑,说不定有人会因为你的微笑而爱上你。 The way to success is various, some of the way you think impossible may be one way to success. 成功的方式是多种多样的,有些你认为不可能的方式也许也是成功方式之一。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金,积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理,以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快,身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训,自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不动,叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背后说好话,才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.
诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后,谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高,摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟,不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
经常诉苦,没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误,就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望,做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上当一回头,再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺,马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧,有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船,必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知,就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老,学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机,后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已,一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木,百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通,样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相,海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂,百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下,莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着,为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好,坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走,再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生,方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友,虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷,旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王,败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往,一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.
爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌