81、When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes pretty little package. --- Ruskin
自顧自者不足以成大器。---羅斯金
wrap means arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection:包裹,整理或折疊(某物)作為封皮或護(hù)套的意思。例如:She wrapped her fur coat closely about herself. 她用皮大衣把自己緊緊裹起來(lái)。
wrap常用的短語(yǔ)如下:
wrap up, means bring to a conclusion; settle finally or successfully,是得出結(jié)論、最終或成功地解決的意思。例如:wrap up a business deal.做成一筆交易。
be wrapped up in,means completely immersed or absorbed in,是指全神貫注于、完全沉浸于或?qū)W⒂诘囊馑肌@纾篠he is wrapped up in her studies.她埋頭苦讀。
82、Idleness is the root of all evils. 懶惰是萬(wàn)惡之源。
Idleness, to spend time doing nothing,是形容詞idle的名詞形式,解釋為懶散的;無(wú)所事事的。An idle fellow 游手好閑的家伙。表示懶散的詞還有 laze; indolence; lentitude 等等。
Root, the main cause of a problem,根源,來(lái)源。Social (historical, ideological) roots社會(huì)(歷史,思想)根源。Be the root of sth,表示“是產(chǎn)生什么的根源”。
Evil, a very harmful or unpleasant influence or effect,邪惡,罪惡。Do no evil.不干壞事;不作惡。Colonialism is an evil.殖民主義是一種罪惡