In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

  • -- Robert Fitzgerald 罗伯特·菲茨杰拉德

事实上,英语中的雄辩将不可避免地使用我们词汇中的拉丁元素。

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You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age you're kind of embarrassed to go look up a word if you don't know what it means.

在成年人的世界里,你经常会看到失败的词汇,这通常是因为一旦你到了一定的年龄,如果你不知道一个单词的意思,你就会有点不好意思去查它。

Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages.

也许吧,虽然我不认为我在语言方面有什么特别的天赋。事实上,奇怪的是,这可能与我在语言方面的迟钝有关。

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

我们不只是借用词语;有时,英语在小巷里追逐其他语言,把它们打得不省力气,搜刮口袋里的新词汇。

When I first came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English.

当我第一次来到这个国家时,我不知道如何说英语。

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

理论不像事实,正如照片不像人一样。

Tired is not a word in my vocabulary.

我的字典里没有“累”这个词。