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标题: Calamity is man’s true touchstone [打印本页]

作者: x-ace    时间: 2009-11-21 15:02     标题: Calamity is man’s true touchstone

Calamity is man’s true touchstone. 灾难是对人的真正考验。/患难见人心
  Calamity,灾难;灾祸。Natural calamities 自然灾害。Calamity howler 预言祸事者;杞人忧天者;悲观论者。例句:It is not his custom to look out for distant calamities.将来会发生些什么不幸的事,他从不远虑。
  Touchstone,解释为试金石,或是检验标准,检验手段。比如:Adversity is the touchstone of friendship.患难见真情。在这个谚语中就解释为考验。




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