It is better to be a giver than a taker.
施比受有福。
His music is purer poetry than a poem in words.
他的音乐比诗文更具诗意。
I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a bumblebee.
我并不比牧场上的一朵毛蕊花、一支蒲公英、一片豆叶、一束酢浆草、一只马蝇或一只大黄蜂更孤独。
Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a CubeSat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.
由于立方体卫星体积小、重量轻,将它们送入地球轨道的成本比传统通信或GPS卫星要低得多。
Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird.
想想那些转瞬即逝的瞬间,当你从飞机的窗户往外看并意识到自己正飞得比鸟还高的时候。
There's nothing better than a long soak in a hot bath.
没有什么比好好地泡个热水澡更舒服的了。
Nothing can be more fascinating than a smile, which can produce hope in even desperate situations.
没有什么比微笑更能吸引人的了,微笑甚至能在绝望的情况下给人带来希望。
He's more than a coach, he's a friend.
他不只是个教练,还是个朋友。
The victory was nothing less than a miracle.
这场胜利是个不折不扣的奇迹。
Clearly, intelligence encompasses more than a score on a test.
显然,智力包含的不仅仅是一次考试的分数。
When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.
当我们让青少年选择一位英雄时,他们通常会选择家里的一位长辈,而不是一个关系疏远的公众人物。
The function of a public library was once described as "less a reservoir than a fountain".
公共图书馆的功能曾被描述为“与其说是水库,不如说是喷泉”。
A near neighbour is better than a brother far off.
远亲不如近邻。
Its lens, no bigger than a small raindrop, magnified objects hundreds of times.
它的镜头大不过小雨滴,却能使物体放大数百倍。
In barely more than a decade, organic eggs went from being dismissed as a niche product in natural foods stores to being sold at Walmart.
在短短十几年的时间里,有机鸡蛋从天然食品店里无人问津的小众商品,变成沃尔玛大卖场的商品。
"In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago," Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined.
芭芭拉·哈格蒂在她的新书《重新设想生活》中写道:“事实上,除了几十年前进行的一些小规模试点研究外,几乎没有确凿证据证明中年危机的存在。”
The Chinese fan is more like an artwork than a tool for cooling.
中国的扇子与其说是降温的工具,不如说是一件艺术品。
Most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.
大多数人可能更愿意感受积极的情绪,而不是消极的情绪。
Still, most people would probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one.
不过,大多数人可能更愿意感受积极的情绪,而不是消极的情绪。
In the state of Iowa, Diane Ott Whealy wanted to protect historic plant varieties, like the seeds her great-grandfather brought to the U.S. from Germany more than a hundred years ago.
在爱荷华州,黛安·奥特·惠利希望保护具有历史意义的植物品种,比如她的曾祖父100多年前从德国带到美国的种子。
Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.
宁做聪明的傻子,不做愚蠢的聪明人。
Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Taishan or lighter than a feather.
人固有一死,或重于泰山, 或轻如鸿毛。
Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
人固有一死,或重于泰山,或轻于鸿毛。
It is a poem rather than a picture.
与其说那是一幅画,不如说那是一首诗。
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