“不过，吉尔斯，在我一生中还不曾发生过我不知道到哪里去找到我所需要的两、三个字的，”他说道， “因此，我不像有些人那样爱讲废话。”

'But I never wanted two or three words in my life that I didn't know where to lay my hand upon 'em, Gills, ' he observed.

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所以爱一个人不仅仅是与对方在一起度过一段有意义的时间，而且还是希望能够结婚并在一起度过一生。

So the feeling of love is usually effective not only in drawing people together for significant amounts of time, but also in encouraging them to spend their entire lives together in marriage.

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也许是以你年轻的风流为代价，但换来的却是对一个人长久而深厚的、持续一生的爱。

Sure, you sacrifice some of your sweet single years, but in exchange you get to make a long-term investment in one person, building a deep, abiding love that has the potential to last a lifetime.

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