马克吐温英语名言:远离试图贬低你抱负的人
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
— Mark Twain, Writer
「远离试图贬低你抱负的人,格局小的人总是那么做,但真正伟大的人将让你觉得,你,也能够变得伟大。」– 马克‧吐温 (作家)
keep / stay away from… 是「远离」,如:Stay away from trouble. (不要惹事生非。) belittle (v.) 是「矮化,贬低」,如:We should never belittle others’ efforts. (我们绝不应贬低别人的努力。) ambition (n.) 是「野心,抱负」。
马克‧吐温 (1835-1910) 为美国作家及幽默家,其最有名的著作是 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (汤姆历险记) 及它的续集 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (顽童历险记),后者因完美的描述美国文化而被列为 “the Great American Novel”。