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Of Studies
（英汉对照）
Francis
Bacon
王佐良先生译文
1.
delight [di'lait] n.
高兴
2.
for ornamental [,
?
:n
?
'ment
?
l]
?
Studies serve
for delight
1
, for
ornament
2
, and for
adj.
装饰的，装饰性的
3
ability
.
装饰门面，显示才学
读书足以怡情，足以博彩，足以长才。
3.
ability
[
?
'biliti]
n.
能力，能耐；才能
Their
chief
4
use
for
delight,
is
in
privateness
5
and
retiring
6
;
4.
chief
[t
?
i:f]
adv.
主要地；首要地
其怡情也，最见于独处幽居之时；
5.
privateness
n.
私人性
for ornament, is in discourse;
6.
retiring
幽居
7.
judgment ['d
?
?
d
?
m
?
nt]
其傅彩也，最见于高谈阔论之中；
n.
判断；判决书；辨别力
7
8
and for
ability, is in the judgment
, and
disposition
of
8.
disposition [,disp
?
'zi
?
?
n]
business.
n.
处置；
[
军
]
部署
9.
expert ['eksp
?
:t,
ek'sp
?
:t]
其长才也，最见于处世判事之际。
adj.
熟练的；老练的
9
10
11
For
expert
men can execute
, and
perhaps
judge of
10.
execute ['eksikju:t]
vt.
实行；执行；处死
particulars
12
,
one by one;
11.
perhaps [p
?
'h?ps,
pr?ps]
练达之士虽能分别处理细事或一一判别枝节，
adv.
也许；可能
13
14
15
16
but the
general
counsels
, and the
plots
and marshalling
12.
particulars [p
?
't
iku:l
?
z]
17
n.
细节；详情
of
affairs
, come best, from those that are
learned.
13.
general ['d
?
en
?
r
?
l]
adj.
一般的，普通的
14.
counsel
['kauns
?
l]
报错
To
spend too much time in studies is sloth;
n.
法律顾问；忠告；讨论
读书费时过多易惰，
15.
plot [pl
?
t]
n.
情节；阴谋
18
to use them too much for
ornament, is affectation
;
16.
marshalling ['m
ɑ
:
?
?li?]
v.
整理（
marsha
ll
的
ing
形式）
< br>
文采藻饰太盛则矫，
17.
affair [
?'fε?
]
n.
事情；
事务；
19
to make
judgment wholly
by their rules, is the
humor of a
18.
affectation
[,?fek'tei
?
?
n]
scholar
20
.
n.
做作；矫揉造作；假装
19.
wholly ['h
?
uli]
全凭条文断事乃学究故态。
adv.
完全地；全部；统统
They perfect nature, and are perfected
by experience:
20.
scholar ['sk
?
l
?
]
n.
学者；儒生
读书补天然之不足，经验又补读书之不足，
21.
pruning
['pru:ni?]
for natural
abilities are like natural plants, that need
v.
修剪（
prune
的
ing
形式）
pruning
21
, by
study;
22.
direction
[di'rek
?
?
n, dai-]
n.
方向；指导；
盖天生才干犹如自然花草，读书然后知如何修剪移接；
23.
bounded ['baundid]
adj.
有界限的
然纵观统筹、全局策划，则舍好学深思者莫属。
and studies
themselves, do give forth
directions
22
too much
at large, except they be
bounded
23
in by experience.
而书中所示，如不以经验范之，则又大而无当。
Crafty
1
men
contemn
2
studies,
simple
men
admire
3
them,
and
wise
men
4
use them;
1.
crafty
['kr
ɑ
:fti]
adj.
狡猾的；灵巧的
有一技之长者鄙读书，无知者羡读书，唯明智之士用读书，
2.
contemn
[k
?
n'tem]
for
they
teach
not
their
own
use;
but
that
is
a
wisdom
5
without
vt.
蔑视；侮辱
them, and
above them, won by
observation
6
.
3.
admire [
?
d'mai
?
]
vt.
钦佩；赞美
然书并不以用处告人，用
书之智不在书中，而在书外，全凭观察得
4.
wise
man
之。
n.
哲人；魔术师
5.
wisdom ['wizd
?
m]
Read
not to
contradict
7
and
confute
8
;
nor
to
believe
and
take
n.
智慧，才智；
for
granted
9
; nor to find talk
and discourse; but to
weigh
10
6.
observation[,
?
bz
?
:'vei
?
?
n]
and consider.
n.
观察；监视；观察报告
读书时不可存
心诘难作者，不可尽信书上所言，亦不可只为寻章摘
7.
contradict [,k
?
nt
r
?
'dikt]
句，而应推敲细思。
vt.
反驳；否定；与…矛盾；
8.
confute
[k
?
n'fju:t]
Some
books
are
to
be
tasted,
others
to
be
swallowed
11
,
and
some
vt.
驳斥，驳倒
few to be
chewed
12
and
digested
13
;
9.
granted ['gra:ntid]
书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。
conj.
算是如此，但是
10.
weigh [wei]
that is, some books are to be read only
in parts; others to
vt.
权衡；考虑；称…重量
be
read, but not curiously
14
;
and some few to be read wholly,
11.
swallow ['sw
?
l
?
u]
vi.
吞下；咽下
and with
diligence
15
and attention.
12.
chew
[t
?
u:]
换言之，有只须读其部
分者，有只须大体涉猎者，少数则须全读，
vt.
嚼碎，咀嚼
读时须全神贯注，孜孜不倦。
13.
digest
['daid
?
est]
vt.
消化；吸收；融会贯通
Some
books also may be read by
deputy
16
, and
extracts
17
made
14.
curiously ['kju
?
ri
?
sli]
of
them
by
others;
but
that
would
be
only
in
the
less
important
adv.
好奇地
arguments
18
, and
the meaner sort of books, else
distilled
19
15.
diligence
['dilid
?
?
ns]
books are like common distilled waters,
flashy
20
things.
n.
勤奋，勤勉；注意的程度
书亦可请人代读，取其所作摘要，但只限题材较次或价值不高者，
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6.
deputy ['depjuti]
adj.
副的；代理的
否则书经提炼犹如水经蒸馏、淡而无味矣。
17.
extract[ik'str?kt]
?
Reading
make
a
full
man;
conference
21
a
ready
man;
and
writing
vt.
提取；取出；摘录；榨取
18.
argument ['
ɑ<
/p>
:
ɡ
jum
?<
/p>
nt]
an exact
22
man.
n.
论证；论据；内容提要
读书使人充实，讨论使人机智，笔记使人准确。
19.
distilled [dis'tild]
v.
蒸馏（
distill
的过去式）
20.
flashy ['fl?
?
i]
adj.
瞬间的；俗丽的；
21.
conference
n.
协商；讨论
22.
exact
[i
ɡ
'z?kt]
adj.
准确的，
；精确的
23.
confer [k
?
n'f
?
:]
vi.
协商，讨论
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