If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

如果一个男人能……做一个更好的捕鼠器,世界就会开辟一条通往自己家门口的路。

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We are trying to make up these other elements by gaining cost efficiencies through our reengineering process and through overt fund-raising activities to better support graduate education.

我们正在努力弥补这些其他因素,通过我们的重新设计过程和通过公开的筹款活动提高成本效率,以更好地支持研究生教育。

If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

如果一个人写的书比他的邻居好,讲道比他的邻居讲的好,捕鼠器比他的邻居做的好,即使他把房子盖在树林里,世界也会为他开辟一条平坦的道路。

A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true source of our actions.

一部小说必须展现真实的世界,人物的真实想法,事件的真实发生。一部小说应该以某种方式揭示我们行为的真实来源。

So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door.

那么,我对我女儿和她的朋友们友好吗?是的。我是他们的朋友吗?不。她关上门了吗?是的,我非常支持关着的门。

Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones

愿善人行善,热心像恶人行恶

As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

他是世界上最幸福的人,因为整个世界似乎都在向我微笑。

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

建立一个更好的捕鼠器,世界将会为你打开一条通往你家门口的路。

Sometimes it's better to be alone. No one can hurt you that way.

有时候一个人更好。没人能那样伤害你。

This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.

这个世界一定足够宽广,可以容纳你和我。

The mountains have brought forth a mouse.

群山生出了一只老鼠。

Weel kens the mouse when pussie's in.

当小猫咪在家的时候,韦尔肯斯会去抓老鼠。

Kind words will unlock an iron door.

善意的话语能打开一扇铁门。