Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man
Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. 读书使人充实,讨论使人机敏,摘记使人严谨。这句话是出自弗朗西斯.培根(Francis Bacon)的《谈读书》(Of Studies)。
Maketh是make的古语,现在已经不再使用,大家只要了解一下就可以了。
Full,在这里指完美的,最高度的;(资格等)正式的。A full man就是完人;get a full marks得满分;a full member正式成员。
Conference,除了解释为会议之外,还有discussion (讨论)的意思。
Ready,这个词有许多种解释。比如说:Are you ready?你准备好了吗?还有一种解释就是乐意的,a ready helper乐于助人者。而在这里的ready means the ability to think quickly,就是快的,迅捷的;机灵的。比如说give a ready reply脱口而出的答案。
In this sentence, exact means someone who is very careful and thorough in what he do.就是严谨的;精密的意思。Be exact in one's statement (or words)说话严谨的。
这个谚语告诉我们:一个人的聪明才智,除了先天条件,知识的不断充实也是很重要的。
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