【汉译英】围炉夜话（第二零二则）友以成德也

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-4-28 10:25:37

友以成德也，人而无友，则孤陋寡闻，德不能成矣；学以愈愚也，人而不学，则昏昧无知，愚不能愈矣。

Having friends can help you to cultivate virtue. Without friends, you would remain ill-informed and thus unable to live a virtuous life.
Study can help you to cure you natural foolishness. Without study, you would remain ignorant and your foolishness would be left intact.

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-4-28 11:24:27

本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-4-28 17:30 编辑

友以成德也，人而无友，则孤陋寡闻，德不能成矣；学以愈愚也，人而不学，则昏昧无知，愚不能愈矣。

Having friends can help you become a better man. Something would be missing in your virtue if you didn't have friends and thus remain ill-informed.
Study is the way to cure you of your natural foolishness. If you do not devote yourself to study, you will remain foolish with all your foolishness left intact.

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-4-28 20:20:10

本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-4-29 00:41 编辑

友以成德也，人而无友，则孤陋寡闻，德不能成矣；学以愈愚也，人而不学，则昏昧无知，愚不能愈矣。

Friends can enrich your life and make you a better man. Without them, your chances for living a virtuous life would be diminished.
Study can cure you of your foolishness. without study, you would remain just as ingorant and as foolish as you were before.

sagelzh · 发表于 2020-4-29 14:21:53

朋友可以丰富你的生活，使你成为一个更好的人。没有他们，你过上高尚生活的机会就会减少。

学习能治好你的愚蠢。没有学习，你会像以前一样无能和愚蠢

mxh3698 · 发表于 2020-5-3 22:07:28

友以成德也，人而无友，则孤陋寡闻，德不能成矣；学以愈愚也，人而不学，则昏昧无知，愚不能愈矣。
Friends help you to become a more virtuous man. Without them, you would remain ill-informed and you virtue incomplete.
Study cures you of your inherent foolishness. Without it, you would remain a ignorant person and your foolishness intact.

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