怠惰的

You must be honest with yourself, because self -deception is one of the commonest roads to Acedia.

在这个问题上，你必须保持诚实，因为自欺也通向"怠惰"最常见的道路。

I am sure that all of you know some people who have yielded to Acedia. They are the dampers, the wet blankets of life.

我确信在座各位一定见过一两个这样陷入"怠惰"的人，他们是一些扫兴的家伙。

That is Acedia,and it was called a Deadly Sin because it dimmed and discouraged the spirit, and at last killed it.

这就是"怠惰"，之所以如此要命就因为它能消磨人生命的激情，并最终抹杀干净。

But if, meanwhile, your feelings and sensibilities are withering,if your relationships with people near to you are becoming more and more superficial, if you are losing touch even with yourself, it is Acedia which has claimed you for its own.

但是，如果你在忙碌的过程中，只是疲于应付，其实心力交瘁；如果你和周围人的关系越来越流于表面；如果你变得越来越认不清自己……那么，你已经是"怠惰"的俘虏了。

Dulled Amor, in me, has lost his wits, and forgets the familiar paths he travelled before.

怠惰的阿摩尔未给我构想任何新技巧，连往日熟悉的手段也统统忘记。

Your close friends and family are likely to identify the signs of burnout long before you do.

你的好朋友、家人会比你更早的发觉怠惰的迹象。

However, we also have lazy genetic.

但是，我们也有怠惰的遗传。

A procrastinator seems to be busy all the time.

拖延怠惰的人看起来总是很忙。

English: Confucius said:"If anyone can listen to me with unflagging attention, it is Yan Hui."

Modern：孔子说："听我说话，能够聚精会神，始终不怠惰的，只有颜回。"

He quickens the indolent, encourages the eager, and steadies the unstable.

他使怠惰的学生变得勤快，鼓励那些有心向学的人，以及安定那些心不定的学生。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷