For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece , but had never yet begun it 40年來他一直想創(chuàng)作一幅傳世之作,卻始終沒能動(dòng)手。
In my teens i loved writers like dostoyevsky , kafka and balzac , but i never imagined i could write anything that would measure up to the works they left us 我十來歲時(shí)喜歡杜斯妥也夫斯基、卡夫卡和巴爾札克等作家,但我從不敢想像,我能寫出一些東西,和他們傳世之作媲美。
Lastly at the head of the board was the young poet who found a refuge from his labours of pedagogy and metaphysical inquisition in the convivial atmosphere of socratic discussion , while to right and left of him were accommodated the flippant prognosticator , fresh from the hippodrome , and that vigilant wanderer , soiled by the dust of travel and combat and stained by the mire of an indelible dishonour , but from whose steadfast and constant heart no lure or peril or threat or degradation could ever efface the image of that voluptuous loveliness which the inspired pencil of lafayette has limned for ages yet to come 右邊是剛從賽馬場(chǎng)來的油嘴滑舌的預(yù)言家,左邊是那位謹(jǐn)慎的流浪者。他被旅途與廝打揚(yáng)起的塵埃弄臟,又沾上了難以洗刷的不名譽(yù)的污點(diǎn)。然而他那堅(jiān)定不移忠貞不渝的心中卻懷著妖嬈的倩女面影,那是拉斐特270在靈感觸發(fā)下用那支畫筆描繪下來的傳世之作。
I have preached thousands of sermons in the past 50 years . but if i were to take the one sermon with the message that i would like to give to the whole world and share it with all people regardless of their religion , it would be this message . because in this message i call each of us to face what i believe is the most important question in our earthly life 過去五十年來,我講了四千篇道,若要我選出其中一篇傳世之作,就是說,我想留給全世界的信息,我愿意跟全世界任何宗教的人去分享這信息,也就是今天早上想跟你們分享的信息,它讓我們?nèi)ッ鎸?duì)我們一生中最重要的問題。
傳世: be handed down from ancient ...作: rise; get up; stand up傳世: be handed down from ancient times 傳世珍寶 a treasure handed down from ancient times; 傳世之作 a production that will be handed on from age to age之作: silk road music; tears in heaven傳世珍寶: a treasure handed down from ancient times規(guī)之作: kinosaku己之作: kinosaku嘉之作: kanosaku巳之作: minosaku衛(wèi)之作: enosaku五之作: gonosaku喜之作: kinosaku世之在: being-in-the-world王世之: shizhi wang隱世之: reclusive必傳之作: a writing which is surely inherited to ages; a masterpiece; work destined to go down to posterity出經(jīng)典之作: nec n840動(dòng)目之作: a work that attracts attention古典之作: classic即席之作: extempore即興之作: extemporization杰出之作: classic精心之作: effort經(jīng)典之作: books of authority摹古之作: a production copied from the old style