[每日一译]in line with / on the face of it

in line with something

similar to something The company’s profits were in line with what was expected.

on the face of it

乍看上去,从表面上看
from appearances alone

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As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. (by Audrey Hepburn, born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993)

随着年龄的成长，你会发现你的双手一只是为了帮助自己，一只是为了帮助他人。

[每日一译]write off

write off [raɪt ɔf]

1. 1. 及物动词 [+debt] [ money] 注销

2. 2. 及物动词 [+person] 把…看作不存在

3. 3. 及物动词 [+plan] [ project] 取消

4. 4. 及物动词 [BRIT] [+vehicle] (wreck) 报废

5. 5. 不及物动词 [+information] to write off for sth 写信索要某物

6. 6. 不及物动词 [+goods] 函购某物

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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." (Clive James, born 7 October 1939)


常识和幽默其实是不同频率的同种事物。幽默是舞动的常识。

[每日一译]suffice it to say

suffice it to say

只要说...就够了.


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Who says nothing is impossible. I've been doing nothing for years. 

谁说无事是不可能的。我就无事好多年了。

[每日一译]veer toward

veer toward someone or something：

to turn sharply or swerve toward someone or something.

The car suddenly veered toward me. The horse veered toward the side of the bridle path.

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Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.

别担心今天世界末日要来，人家澳洲都已经是明天啦。

[每日一译]A game

A game：

a)A player's(or his lesser counterparts) best game, one usually brings his A game when the women are more attractive and therefore a greater challenge. Derived from the letter grade in school, "A"

b)The term can also be used for other definitions of game

a)"didn't get her number?"
"She just didn't see my A game"
"She didn't see your B or C game either."

b)"better bring your A game for the halo tournament"

To be on top of your A game means to be prepared for a hook up. To be shaven, clean, and ready to go.

Liz my A game is amazing tonight! I cant wait to get it in!

good luck charm： is an object which is supposed to bring good luck to its carrier. 


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A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

名人这一辈子，一开始苦干是为了出名，出名了却又戴着墨镜生怕被认出来。

[每日一译]in large measure

 in large measure, dating from the same period, means “to a considerable extent,” 


 In large measure the two sides agree. 


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A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind.

有的人瞎了，但是他能看见，好过有的人没瞎，但是他看不见。

[每日一译]make terms with

make terms with：与……谈判


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A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. (Robert Penn Warren, April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989)

年轻人的远大理想是与世界和平共处，并且给自己找一个容身之处——在45或50岁之前人生都是这么过的。如果你够幸运的话，与人生谈判，就可以得释放了。

[每日一译]cry one's heart out

cry one's heart out and sing one's heart out; play one's heart out; sob one's heart out
Fig. to do something with vigor or intensity. 

She suffered such grief—alone and sobbing her heart out. The bird sang its little heart out each morning.

drum into:

drum something into someone and drum something into someone's head; drumsomething in
Fig. to teach someone something intensely.

Her mother had drummed good manners into her. She drummed in good manners day after day.

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When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since." (by Shirley Temple, born April 23, 1928)

我14岁是我最老的时候。从那以后我都在变小。

[每日一译]make it plain

make it plain ：明确说明

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Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other. (by Kevin Kelly)

用完美性能模块搭建的作品，其复杂度，是一层层的叠加。
未解决

I'm not stunned, or even much scared, really; definitely not sickened, repulsed.

[每日一译]means and ends

means and ends：手段和目的

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Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.(Kevin Kelly) 

什么都稳定的时候颠倒一下会很有效。

[每日一译]throw together

throw something together also throw together something ：

to create something quickly without preparation 

We came home late and I just threw something together for us to eat. 

It was one of those low-cost movies that studios often throw together.

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I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host. (by Dorothy Parker [1893-1967])

想要来杯马丁尼，不能超过两杯。三杯倒下，四杯上床。

[每日一译]embark on

embark on 

v.
开始，从事，着手…

同：
[v.] commence, start, start up

英英解释

动词解释：-get off the ground

We embarked on an exciting enterprise

[同] commence, embark on, start, start up

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All imaginable futures are not equally possible. (by Kevin Kelly)

可以想象的未来不见得都能触碰得到。

[未解决问题]
He was viewed as eccentric and had more than his share of personal and familial sorrow.

[每日一译] step up a gear

move/step up a gear ：to start to work or play more effectively or quickly than before 


With just five lengths to go, the German swimmer stepped up a gear and edged ahead to win the race.




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"By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life.”(by Robert Bly)
一个男人到了35就知道，他高中认为的大男人形象，硬汉形象，和真男人形象，在现实生活中，全都行不通。


未解决问题


To widespread criticism Günter Grass, a German Nobel literature laureate, published a portentous poem attacking Israel for its aggressive posture towards Iran. The Israeli government promptly banned Mr Grass from visiting the country.

portentous 在此处不知道如何翻，各位客官看过来~~~

[每日一译]be bound to

be bound to ：

1.肯定，注定；一定要，决心
2.一定会…，必然
3.注定，必定

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The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.”(by Robert Bly) 图为Robert Bly夫妇。

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爱之初，乃是对空虚之惧。

[每日一译]delve into

delve into something：深入调查，研究
to examine or study something carefully; to enter into the examination or study of something.
He delved into the solution of the problem facing him. I am just now delving into a study of the Trojan War.


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Some men hope for revolution but when you revolt and set up your new government you find your new government is still the same old Papa, he has only put on a cardboard mask. (CHARLES BUKOWSKI, Notes of a Dirty Old Man)

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有些人渴望革命，但是，当他们最终建立起新政权的时候却发现，到头来什么都没有变，只是多了一层新的面具而已。

[今日问题]

Nor was this a question of buying off the lazy.

[每日一译]down the line

down the line ：十足的，彻底的
1. All the way; throughout: Errors are to be found down the line.
2. At a point or an end in the future.


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I admire him. He was his own man, in search of himself." (by Mike Wallace)

我羡慕他。来去自由，寻索自己。

未解决：Decide in haste, repent in leisure.


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