In 1755 British writer Samuel Johnson published an acerbic letter to Lord Chesterfield rebuffing his patron for neglecting and declining support.
1755年,英国作家塞缪尔·约翰逊发表了一封致切斯特菲尔德勋爵的讽刺信,斥责其赞助人忽视并且拒绝支持他。
In 1755 British writer Samuel Johnson published an acerbic letter to Lord Chesterfield rebuking his patron for neglect and declining further support.
1755年,英国作家塞缪尔·约翰逊发表了一封给切斯特菲尔德勋爵的尖刻的信,谴责他的赞助人的忽视和拒绝进一步的支持。
As that great commentator on human affairs, Dr. Samuel Johnson, once remarked, "Men have been wise in very different modes; but they have always laughed in the same way."
正如人类事务的伟大评论家塞缪尔·约翰逊博士曾经说过的那样:“人类智慧的展现方式各不相同,但笑的方式是相同的。”
And although they are not less likely to divorce, they are more likely to remarry - an act that is, as Samuel Johnson wrote, the triumph of hope over experience.
虽然他们并不是更少可能离婚,但他们更容易再婚——这种行为,塞缪尔·约翰逊曾写到,是希望在与经历的对抗中取得了胜利。
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life," Samuel Johnson said 80 years later.
“如果人厌倦了伦敦,他一定是厌倦了生活。”80年后,萨缪尔·约翰逊如是说。
Samuel Johnson once said that nothing concentrates the mind as much as the prospect of ones own destruction.
萨缪尔·约翰逊曾说过,没有什么能像预见到自己的毁灭一样让人精神集中。
Although Samuel Johnson was celebrated for his dictionary published in 1755, he didn't have a great reputation as an etymologist.
尽管塞缪尔约翰逊以他1755年出版的词典而出名,但他未获得作为一个语源学家而受到的尊敬。
Entire words and sentences now compose themselves with the ever-present "autofill" and spell-check features, which adolescents increasingly regard as a virtual Samuel Johnson or Konrad Duden.
全部的词汇和句子现在都由“自动补充”和拼写纠正功能完成,使得小屁孩们经常将自己当作虚拟的塞缪尔·约翰逊和康拉德•杜顿。
In 1746 Samuel Johnson wrote out a plan for how he was going to produce his dictionary.
1746年,塞缪尔·约翰逊撰写了一份字典编制计划。
Aristotle called courage the first virtue, and Samuel Johnson called it the greatest.
亚里斯多德曾把勇气称为第一种美德,塞缪尔·约翰逊则称之为最伟大的德行。
Samuel Johnson, writing about Shakespeare, said: "The delight of tragedy proceeds from our consciousness of fiction; if we thought murders and treasons real, they would please no more."
塞缪尔·约翰逊在评莎翁的时候说:“悲剧的乐趣是来自我们对其虚构性的意识;如果我们认为谋杀和背叛都是真的,那它们就再不会带来乐趣了。”
But when Samuel Johnson was asked to prove the material existence of reality, he just went up to a big stone and kicked it.
但是,当塞缪尔·杰克逊(Samuel Johnson)被要求证明现实的物质存在性时,他只是走到一块大石头跟前,踢了石头一脚。
Samuel Johnson expressed the negative in flattery with definitions included in his dictionary such as.
塞缪尔·约翰逊在词典中对flattery的定义就传达了这种负面含义。
Mr. Crystal points out that plural such as “informations” were once regarded as correct and were used by Samuel Johnson.
克里斯特尔指出,“informations”等复数形式曾被认为是正确的,赛缪尔?约翰逊(Samuel Johnson)就曾经这么用过。
The Samuel Johnson prize-winning historian Antony Beevor believes the Society of Authors is "absolutely right".
萨谬埃尔·约翰逊奖得主历史学家安东尼·比甫(Antony Be evor)认为,英国作家协会完全正确。
I refrained from pointing out that no less a literary light than Samuel Johnson had said, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.”
我不想指出至少文学之光塞缪尔约翰森曾说过,“只有傻瓜才不为金钱写作。”
The Latin word seemed to refer to a low shallow pan and even as recently as 250 years ago Samuel Johnson defines a kettle quite differently than I would have.
在拉丁语中和它相类似的那个词好像指的是一种较浅的平底锅,即使是生活在距今只有250年前的塞缪尔·约翰逊对于kettle的定义也与我们今天的定义方式不同。
“Life is not long,” Samuel Johnson said, “and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.”
“生命并不长,”Samuel Johnson说道,“切不可花费太多时间思考它应该如何度过。”
Samuel Johnson the famous dictionary maker was also into poetry and within a much longer poem included these lines.
与许多大学问家一样,著名的词典编纂者塞缪尔·约翰逊不仅对诗词韵文很着迷,而且还热衷于诗歌创作。
Terry Breverton selects some of literature's most memorable farewells, from Samuel Johnson to James Joyce.
Terry Breverton精选出十个文学史上最令人难以忘怀的告别,从塞缪尔·约翰逊(Samuel Johnson)到詹姆斯·乔伊斯(James Joyce)且一一道来。
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) thought it took even longer: "Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price."
萨缪尔·约翰逊(Samuel Johnson, 1709- 1784)认为还需更长时间:“卓越乃一生之追求,而非其他。”
Then, in 1755, Samuel Johnson published what many consider to be the first dictionary, which remained the standard text for 150 years.
到了1755年。塞缪尔·约翰森出版了通常所认为的第一部字典,这部字典将其权威性保持了150年。
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured. Samuel Johnson. British writer, critic.
健康当然比金钱更为重要,因为我们赖以获得金钱的就是健康。——英国作家、批评家约翰。s。
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness which this world affords. — Samuel Johnson.
希望本身就是一种幸福,而且或许是世间最重要的幸福。——塞缪尔·约翰逊。
In 1896, Dr. Samuel Johnson, a vet, offered his apple orchard to a bereaved friend as the burial place for his dog.
在1896年,塞缪尔·约翰逊兽医医生把它的苹果园给一位失去宠物的朋友作为埋葬他的小狗的墓地。
You may have seen the portrait of Samuel Johnson peering at a book in his hand. As the painting shows, he was quite nearsighted.
也许你你已经看过塞缪尔。约翰逊盯着他手中一本书的肖像。从画中可以看出,他非常近视。
"Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed" (Samuel Johnson).
“无论在何处,人类生活总是忍受的苦难多,享受的欢乐少”(塞缪尔·约翰逊)。
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. — Samuel Johnson.
一类是我们自己有一个主题,另一类是我们知道上哪儿找到信息。——塞缪尔·约翰逊。
Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (1709-84), was once taken to task by a woman for recording "improper" words in his dictionary.
英国作家、辞典编纂家约翰逊(1709- 84)曾经遭一个女人责难,说他的辞典收录了些“不正经”字。
Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (1709-84), was once taken to task by a woman for recording "improper" words in his dictionary.
英国作家、辞典编纂家约翰逊(1709- 84)曾经遭一个女人责难,说他的辞典收录了些“不正经”字。
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