1
Of Studies
(英汉对照)
Francis Bacon
王佐良先生译?/p>
?/p>
Studies serve for delight
1
, for ornament
2
, and for ability
3
.
读书足以怡情,足以博彩,足以长才?/p>
Their chief
4
use for delight, is in privateness
5
and retiring
6
;
其怡情也,最见于独处幽居之时?/p>
for ornament, is in discourse;
其傅彩也,最见于高谈阔论之中?/p>
and for ability, is in the judgment
7
, and disposition
8
of business.
其长才也,最见于处世判事之际?/p>
For expert
9
men can execute
10
, and perhaps
11
judge of
particulars
12
, one by one;
练达之士虽能分别处理细事或一一判别枝节?/p>
but the general
13
counsels
14
, and the plots
15
and marshalling
16
of
affairs
17
, come best, from those that are learned.
然纵观统筹、全局策划,则舍好学深思者莫属?/p>
To spend too much time in studies is sloth;
读书费时过多易惰?/p>
to use them too much for ornament, is affectation
18
;
文采藻饰太盛则矫?/p>
to make judgment wholly
19
by their rules, is the humor of a
scholar
20
.
全凭条文断事乃学究故态?/p>
They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience:
读书补天然之不足,经验又补读书之不足?/p>
for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning
21
, by
study;
盖天生才干犹如自然花草,读书然后知如何修剪移接;
and studies themselves, do give forth directions
22
too much at
large, except they be bounded
23
in by experience.
而书中所示,如不以经验范之,则又大而无当?/p>
1.
delight [di'lait] n.
高兴
2.
for ornamental [,
ɔ
:n
ə
'ment
ə
l]
adj.
装饰的,装饰性的
装饰门面,显示才?/p>
3.
ability [
ə
'biliti]
n.
能力,能耐;才能
4.
chief [t
ʃ
i:f]
adv.
主要地;首要?/p>
5.
privateness
n.
私人?/p>
6.
retiring
幽居
7.
judgment ['d
ʒ
ʌ
d
ʒ
m
ə
nt]
n.
判断;判决书;辨别力
8.
disposition [,disp
ə
'zi
ʃ
ə
n]
n.
处置?/p>
[
?/p>
]
部署
9.
expert ['eksp
ə
:t, ek'sp
ə
:t]
adj.
熟练的;老练?/p>
10.
execute ['eksikju:t]
vt.
实行;执行;处死
11.
perhaps [p
ə
'hæps, præps]
adv.
也许;可?/p>
12.
particulars [p
ə
'tiku:l
ə
z]
n.
细节;详?/p>
13.
general ['d
ʒ
en
ə
r
ə
l]
adj.
一般的,普通的
14.
counsel ['kauns
ə
l]
报错
n.
法律顾问;忠告;讨论
15.
plot [pl
ɔ
t]
n.
情节;阴?/p>
16.
marshalling ['m
ɑ
:
ʃ
əliŋ]
v.
整理?/p>
marshall
?/p>
ing
形式?/p>
17.
affair [
ə'fεə
]
n.
事情?/p>
事务?/p>
18.
affectation [,æfek'tei
ʃ
ə
n]
n.
做作;矫揉造作;假?/p>
19.
wholly ['h
ə
uli]
adv.
完全地;全部;统?/p>
20.
scholar ['sk
ɔ
l
ə
]
n.
学者;儒生
21.
pruning ['pru:niŋ]
v.
修剪?/p>
prune
?/p>
ing
形式?/p>
22.
direction [di'rek
ʃ
ə
n, dai-]
n.
方向;指导;
23.
bounded ['baundid]
adj.
有界限的