标题: When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes pretty little package [打印本页] 作者: x-ace 时间: 2009-11-21 15:03 标题: When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes pretty little package
When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes pretty little package. --- Ruskin
自顾自者不足以成大器。---罗斯金
wrap means arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection:包裹，整理或折叠(某物)作为封皮或护套的意思。例如：She wrapped her fur coat closely about herself. 她用皮大衣把自己紧紧裹起来。
wrap常用的短语如下：
wrap up, means bring to a conclusion; settle finally or successfully,是得出结论、最终或成功地解决的意思。例如：wrap up a business deal.做成一笔交易。
be wrapped up in，means completely immersed or absorbed in,是指全神贯注于、完全沉浸于或专注于的意思。例如：She is wrapped up in her studies.她埋头苦读。
82、Idleness is the root of all evils. 懒惰是万恶之源。
Idleness, to spend time doing nothing,是形容词idle的名词形式，解释为懒散的；无所事事的。An idle fellow 游手好闲的家伙。表示懒散的词还有 laze; indolence; lentitude 等等。
Root, the main cause of a problem,根源，来源。Social (historical, ideological) roots社会(历史，思想)根源。Be the root of sth,表示“是产生什么的根源”。
Evil, a very harmful or unpleasant influence or effect,邪恶，罪恶。Do no evil.不干坏事；不作恶。Colonialism is an evil.殖民主义是一种罪恶
