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今天的每日一句是:
I am careful not to confuse excellence1 with perfection.
Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.--Michael J. Fox
我十分谨慎地把优秀和完美区分开来。优秀是我可以达到的,而完美则需要上帝的垂爱。
--迈克尔-J-福克斯(加拿大裔美国作家、演员)
Notes:
1.confuse
vt.使困窘;使混乱;使困惑;使更难于理解
vi.使糊涂
eg.
confuse accounts
搞乱帐目
be confused in mind
心烦意乱
be [become, get] confused with one's blunder
因做错事而发慌[窘], 不知所措
Don't confuse Austria with [and] Australia.
不要把奥地利与澳大利亚弄混淆了。
They asked me so many questions that I got confused.
他们问了我许许多多的问题, 把我弄糊涂了。
2.excellence
n.优秀,卓越;优点;美德
3.business
n.商业,交易;生意;事务,业务;职业,行业
常见搭配:
a bad/terrible business
麻烦事, 不幸的事
A pretty business!
[口]好麻烦的事情!真糟!
be/get above one's business
自以为不屑于干某种工作
be doing good business with
和...关系不错
come to business (=get down to business)
开始认真工作; 开始干正事; 言归正传
dark business
诡秘勾当, 暧昧勾当
do the business
[口]解决问题;达到目的
enter on/upon business
开业
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责, 等于无人负责; 三个和尚没水吃。
funny business
滑稽的行为, 胡闹骗人的[可疑的]勾当
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n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德 | |
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