As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后, 谦虚使人进步.Conceit is associated with stupidity and ignorance.骄傲的朋友是愚蠢和无知。A fool is wise in his own conceit.蠢人自以为聪明。'Your modesty is a cover fo...
Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。"Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.“你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。The ill-advised conceit of the gua...
This development serves as an opportunity for the literati here.这些发展是文坛的机遇.WeiJin Sacred Music comes from folk music and is made by literati.魏晋雅乐是取调民间音乐(俗乐),文人制辞的宫廷音乐.This map depicts the ancient literati scene Guoqin de...
它看上去不像是最可信赖的动物。He does not look the most reliable of animals.大家一致公认他是个可信赖的人.It is generally admitted that he is a trustworthy person.他已表明,在紧要关头他是可以信赖的.He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis....
Only a minority of British households do not have a car.英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。Other households had found her too talkative and too opinionated, forever giving pelf mysterious airs.在别处,有人嫌她太张道, 主意多,时常有些神眉鬼道儿的.More than half of all...