查询词典 knee timber

Such dispositions, are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber, to make great politics of; like to knee timber, that is good for ships, that are ordained to be tossed; but not for building houses, that shall stand firm.

这种&憎厌人类者&与雅典的泰门是正相反——虽然他们的园子里并没有一棵能供他人使用的树，却不能做栋梁。因为船是注定要在海里颠簸的，而栋梁却是必须能立定脚跟的。

Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature: and yet they are the fittest timber, to make great politics of: like to knee timber, that is good for ships that are ordained to be tossed; but not for building houses, that shall stand firm.

这样的心性正是人性底溃疡，然而他们却正是造大政客的材料；他们就如同曲木一样，造船最好，船是天生要颠簸的，但是这种木材却不适于造房屋，房屋是要站得牢的。

Such dispositions, are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber, to make great politics of; like to knee timber, that is good for ships, that are ordained to be tossed; but not for building houses, that shall stand firm.

有一种人专靠落井下石，给别人制造灾祸来谋生--他们简直还不如《圣经》里那条以舔疮为生的恶狗，而更像那种吸吮死尸汁液的苍蝇。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。