读书

I would pass some of my time in reading, and the rest in the company of people of sense and learning, and chiefly those above me; and I would frequent the mixed companies of men and women of fashion, which, though often frivolous, yet they unbend and refresh the mind, not uselessly, because they certainly

我宁愿用一些时间读书，在其余时间则与明智博学的人为伴，他们大多胜我一筹；我宁愿常与各种时尚男女为伴，他们尽管时常轻佻，但也令人放松和精神振奋，这不无益处，因他们无疑也使人的言行举止显得优雅温和。

I would pass some of my time in reading, and the rest in the company of people of sense and learning, and chiefly those above me; and I would frequent the mixed companies of men and women of fashion, which, though often frivolous, yet they unbend and refresh the mind, not uselessly,because they certainly polish and soften the manners.

我宁愿用一些时间读书，在其余时间则与明智博学的人为伴，他们大多胜我一筹；我宁愿常与各种时尚男女为伴，他们尽管时常轻佻，但也令人放松和精神振奋，这不无益处，因他们无疑也使人的言行举止显得优雅温和。

When you come home you sit down in a sober contemplative not uncharitable frame of mind and apply yourself to your books or your business.

当你回家坐下来冷静的沉思，就会带着不无怜悯的心境投入到读书或者工作中。

When you come home you sit down in a sober, contemplative, not uncharitable frame of mind, and apply yourself to your books or your business.

等你回到家里坐下来读书做事的时候，玩味着刚才所见的一切，就会冷静下来，对于别人的短处也不太苛责了。

But in this sentence, it is uncountable.

要花时间读书，这是智慧的泉源。

Then small, under the influence of her father's, I am slowly getting to love reading.

再小的时候，在爸爸的熏陶下，我慢慢变地爱读书了。

Back. You, an understrapper, stop me and tell me what I read is nonsense and unworthy while I am reading carefully here.

回来！我在这儿认真的读书，你一个下人却跑来告诉我，我读的都是些废物、都是没有价值的东西。

In Harvard he was undistinguished but read widely.

在哈佛大学读书期间他并无过人之处，但博览群书。

I really want an undisturbed afternoon so I can study.

我想要个不被打扰的下午时光，好让我能读书。

Now, there is a new policy that if you are an undocumented, you can't go to university.

现在，有一个新的政策，如果你是一无证件，你不能去大学读书。

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。