“The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counterbalances all the pains and hardships that confront men.”
– William Somerset Maugham, Writer
「人生充滿活力,所伴隨的快樂抵消人們所面臨的所有痛楚與困境。」– 威廉‧薩默塞特‧毛姆 (作家)
vigorous (adj.) 有活力的,強健的。例:a vigorous campaign to oppose nuclear plant construction (積極反對核廠興建的運動。) counterbalance (v.) 平衡,抵消。例:He believes that riskier investments are counterbalanced by higher rewards. (他認為高報酬平衡高風險的投資。)
威廉‧薩默塞特‧毛姆 (1874-1965) 為英國著名小說家、劇作家及短篇故事作家,Of Human Bondage (人性的枷鎖) 為其代表小說。
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