每日一句口语 475

今天的每日一句是

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle,

and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

Happiness never decreases by being shared.--Sakyamuni

一根蜡烛能点燃成千上万根蜡烛，但它的寿命并不会因此而缩短。

分享幸福也不会使幸福减少。--释迦牟尼(佛教创始人)

Notes:

1.candle

n. 蜡烛；烛光；蜡烛状物

vt. 对光检查

常见搭配：

a lighted candle

招待会, 盛大的宴会, 晚会

burn the candle at both ends

过分浪费精力[财产等]

can not hold a candle to

远不如; 不能与...相比

be not fit to hold a candle to

远不如; 不能与...相比

can not show a candle to

远不如; 不能与...相比

be not fit to show a candle to

远不如; 不能与...相比

corpse¹ candle

墓地鬼火；点在尸体旁的蜡烛

go off like a candle in a snuff (=go off like the snuff of a candle)

突然死掉

hide one's candle under a bushel

不露锋芒

hold a candle to another

为别人尽力

hold a candle to the devil

助纣为虐, 为虎作伥; 离开正路

hold a candle to the sun

太阳底下点蜡烛, 多此一举; 作徒劳无益的事

not worth the candle

不值得, 不上算, 得不偿失

rush candle

微光; 微不足道的人; 孤陋寡闻

smell of the candle tallow candle

脂烛; 蜡烛

2.shorten

vt.& vi. 缩短，变短

eg.

have a coat shortened

把上衣改短

shorten the arm of

限制...的力量

shorten a child

给孩子改穿短衣

1 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。