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人生旅途,是否也会被外界左右
思考如何才是真正的成功
沮丧一次又一次的失败
然而,许多人早就写下了答案
就像丘吉尔说的:
Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
没有最终的成功,也没有致命的失败,最可贵的是继续前进的勇气。
重点解析:
1.Success is not final, failure is not fatal.
没有最终的成功,也没有致命的失败。
final/ˈfaɪ.nəl/
作形容词
① 最后的
a final warning最后一次警告
a final offer 最后一次出价
作名词
① 决赛
Last year we got through to the finals.
去年我们进入了决赛。
② 期末考试
When is your Chinese final?
你语文期末考试是什么时候?
failure/ˈfeɪ.ljər/
作名词
① 失败
I feel like such a failure.
我觉得自己太失败了。
② 没做到
His failure to return her phone call made her realize that something was wrong.
他没给她回电话,这使她觉得有什么事情不对头。
③ 故障,衰竭
He died of heart failure.
他死于心脏衰竭。
fatal/ˈfeɪ.təl/
作形容词
① 致命的
This illness is fatal in almost all cases.
这种病几乎是不治之症。
② 灾难性的
He made the fatal mistake of believing what they told him.
他听信了他们的话,犯了致命的错误。
2.It is the courage to continue that counts.
最可贵的是继续前进的勇气。
强调语句
It is 某事物/某人,起强调作用,可以翻译成:正是
It's him that robbed the money!
就是他抢了我的钱!
count/kaʊnt/
作动词
① 重要
My opinion doesn't count for anything.
我的看法无关紧要。
② 计数
Let's count how many apples we bought together.
让我们数数咱们一起买了几个苹果。
③ 看作
I've always counted Sophia among my closest friends.
我一直把索非亚当作我最知心的朋友之一。
作名词
总数
We had 450 members at the last count .
根据最近统计,我们有450位成员。