谦虚

He bid me observe it, and I should always find , that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind; but that the middle station had the fewest disasters, and was not exposed, to so many vicissitudes as the higher or lower part of mankind; nay, they were not subjected to so many distempers and uneasiness either of body or mind, as those were who, by vicious living, luxury and extravagancies on one hand, or hard labour, want of necessaries, and mean or insufficient diet on the other hand, bring distempers upon themselves by the natural consequences of their way of living; that the middle station of life was calculated for all kind of virtues and all kinds of a middle fortune; that temperance, moderation, quietness, health, society, all agreeable diversions, and all desirable pleasures, were the blessing attending the middle station of life; that this way men went silently and smoothly through the world, and comfortably out of it, not embarrassed with the labour of the hands or of the head, not sold to the life of slavery for daily bread, or harassed with perplexed circumstances, which rob the soul of peace, and the body of rest; not enraged with the passion of envy, or secret burning lust of ambition for great things; but in easy circumstances sliding gently through the world, and sensibly tasting the sweets of living, without the bitter, feeling that they are happy, and learning by every day's experience to know it more sensibly.

他嘱咐我，只要用心观察，到处都可发现：生活的灾难是由上层和下层两类人分担，而中间阶层灾难最少，不会像那两类人那样，要经历那么多的荣辱变迁，商海浮沉。中间阶层也绝不会像阔佬那样，因骄奢淫逸、挥霍无度而狂躁不安、身心俱损；也不会像穷人那样，因劳累辛苦、缺吃少穿，以及这种穷苦生活自然而然带来的种种后果而焦急不安、忧心忡忡。他说，中等生活最能保持各种美德和一切正常而适中的享受，中等人的生活经常是安定富足的。他说，和睦和富裕是中产阶层的随身伴侣。他说，和善、谦虚、宁静、健康、社交、各种正当的娱乐、各种有益的消遣，都是降临到中等人头上的福份。他们就这样默默地、但又是顺利地、当然也是舒服地走过人生的旅途，不受劳力和劳心之苦，也不必为每天的面包而卖身为奴，或被困境搞得身心疲惫；也不会因心怀嫉妒和好大喜功而野心勃勃、贪婪无度，而是在轻松的环境下平静地度过一生，有意识地品尝着生活的甜美，没有痛苦，只感到幸福，并且通过日益增多的经验，越来越有意识地去学会品尝和感受幸福。

He's always downplaying his achievements--he's a truly modest man.

他总是贬低自己的成就——他真是个谦虚的人。

He's always downplaying his achievements--he's a truly modest man.

他总酒是贬低自己的成就——他真是个谦虚的人。

Rabassa downplays his role of spreading the good words of Latin American writing.

拉巴萨对自己在传播拉美文学作品的优美语言方面所起的作用持谦虚态度。

It is identical to the spirit of traditional Chinese culture, especially the reserved and moderate character fostered by Confucianism.

这也与中国的传统文化精神相同，特别是儒家思想造就的谦虚内敛的特征。

Everywhere he goes, he's glad-handing and introducing himself - smiling, humble, obliging, never too busy - as if he's running for public office.

无论他走到哪里，他都很高兴地跟人握手和介绍他自己－微笑，谦虚，听话，从来没有显得他忙－看上去就像他在为一个长官职位在竞选似的。

He humbles me at least to know that God doesn't have to use a big talker.

他使我谦虚，至少让我知道神不必使用说大话的人。

You that kind smiling face, the modest words are infecting us.

你那亲切的笑容，谦虚的话语感染着我们。

However whenever I interacted with her, she was so humble and easy going.

但当我与她接触时，感受到的却是那麽的随和与谦虚。

In some dynasties in ancient China, the husbands of prostitutes were required to wear kerchiefs to show the humble position.

在我国古代有些朝代，妓女的丈夫都必须穿kerchiefs表现出谦虚的态度。

We have no common name for a mime of Sophron or Xenarchus and a Socratic Conversation; and we should still be without one even if the imitation in the two instances were in trimeters or elegiacs or some other kind of verse--though it is the way with people to tack on 'poet' to the name of a metre, and talk of elegiac-poets and epic-poets, thinking that they call them poets not by reason of the imitative nature of their work, but indiscriminately by reason of the metre they write in.

索夫农 、森那库斯和苏格拉底式的对话采用的模仿没有一个公共的名称；三音步诗、挽歌体或其他类型的诗的模仿也没有——人们把&诗人&这一名词和格律名称结合到一起，称之为挽歌体诗人或者史诗诗人，他们被称为诗人，似乎只是因为遵守格律写作，而非他们作品的模仿本质。

The relationship between communicative competence and grammar teaching should be that of the ends and the means.

交际能力和语法的关系应该是目标与途径的关系。