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1381. Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is. 赢不是一切,但为赢而拼却是一切。也有人这么说:Winning is not everything, it is the only thing! 赢不是一切,却是唯一。
1382. Competing, excelling, winningthese words are constantly all around us from our childhood. It makes me sick. 竞赛,优异成绩,得头名,这些词汇打从孩儿开始就一直伴随着我们,我都厌恶了。The important thing is playing a good game rather than winning and losing. 重要的是要玩得公平,而不是输赢。
1383. This student consistently made the honor roll. 这位学生一直是优秀生。the honor roll, 上了荣誉榜的学生。staff honor roll 职工光荣榜。
1384. makeup 和makeover 都有“化妆”的意思,makeover是全面化妆,从头化到尾,面容、发式、衣着等等都要化。引申意是“全面改革”。The entire system in China needs the makeover, not just some small patch-ups here or there. 中国的整个制度都得来次变革,不是东一榔头西一棒的小打小闹。patch-up 打补丁。
1385. facelift 化妆,不过这是大动作,去美容院做整容手术;面部拉皮手术,也指建筑物、房间、翻新,整修。也可以用作比喻。Give your home a
facelift.把家装修一下。Israel has hired British public image consultants to give the conflict-battered nation a political facelift for its 60th birthday this year.为了庆祝今年的六十周年国庆,以色列雇用了英国一家公关公司来为饱受战乱的形象做次改头换面的设计。[FONT=宋体]还一个类似的表达法:[/FONT]
to remake its national image, China is trying to remake its national image as a dictatorship. [FONT=宋体]中国正试图改变独裁者的形象。[/FONT]
1386. Many young college graduates have pie-in-the-sky ideas when they are looking for jobs. 许多大学毕业生在找工作时都会异想天开。Mr. Wang is pie-in-the-sky rather than down-to-earth. 老王喜欢想入非非,而不是脚踏实地。
1387. Pocket money, petty cash, small change 这三个词意思差不多,都是“零花钱”“备用金”的意思。
1388. Our product is the best.
Nothing comes close. 我们的产品一流,其他产品都差得太远。如果要强调可说:Nothing else even comes close.
1389. The commercial is the ultimate dumping ground for the washed-out actors and actresses. 拍商业广告是那些过气了的男女影星的必然归宿。the dumping ground 垃圾场,washed-out 过气了的。"An old washed-out politician" aptly describes Jiang, who really is far removed from today's younger generations. 用“过气政客”来描绘江是再恰当不过了,他与当今年轻一代完全脱节。
1390 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 林前10:13 你们所遇见的试探,无非是人所能受的。神是信实的,必不叫你们受试探过于所能受的。在受试探的时候,总要给你们开一条出路,叫你们能忍受得住。