每日一句口语 494（在线收听）

今天的每日一句是

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

——James Russell Lowell, British poet and critic

一次痛苦的经验抵得上无数不痛不痒的告诫。(洛威尔 .J. R.，英国诗人、评论家)

Notes:

1.thorn

n. 刺；棘刺，荆棘；带刺的植物；刺痛

常见搭配：

a thorn in sb's flesh [side]

不断使某人伤脑筋的事情; 某人的眼中钉、肉中刺

be [sit, stand, walk] on [upon] thorns

如坐针毡, 焦虑不安, 坐卧不宁

2. experience

n. 经验，体验；经历，阅历

vt. 亲身参与，亲身经历；感受；发现

常见搭配：

as a matter of experience

根据经验

by experience

凭经验; 从经验中

from experience

凭经验; 从经验中

draw upon past experience to ...

凭借过去的经验去做...

extract experience from

从...中汲取经验

E-is the mother of wisdom.

[谚]经验乃智慧之母; 实践出真知。

E-keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

[谚]吃亏学乖代价高, 笨汉非此学不好。

E-keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly.

[谚]只有亲自取得的经验才是经验。

E-teaches.

经验给人教训[智慧]

E-does it.

经验给人教训[智慧]

3.wilderness

n. 荒野；（草木丛生的）荒地；不再当政（或掌权）；令人困惑的东西

eg.

a wilderness of waters(=a wilderness of sea=a watery wilderness)

茫茫大海

a wilderness of streets

杂乱无序的街道