每日一句口语 3581

 

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

知足是天赋的财富，奢侈是人为的贫穷。

 

【知识点讲解】

luxury n. 奢侈品；奢侈；豪华

例句：

In old society, the gentry¹ lived in luxury.

在旧社会，贵族们生活奢侈。

1 gentry   

n.绅士阶级，上层阶级

参考例句：

• Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。
• Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.宁做自由民之首，不居贵族之末。