4/25/2014

「確保航行成功取決於有技巧的駕馭而不是船支本身。」“It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.”

“It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.”
– George William Curtis, Writer

「確保航行成功取決於有技巧的駕馭而不是船支本身。」– 寇蒂斯 (作家)
so much as 反而是。例:I’m not looking at her so much as I am studying her hat. (我不是在看她而是在研究她的帽子。) voyage (n.) 航行。例:The voyage will take about one month. (航行時間約 1 個月。)
莫里斯.寇蒂斯 (1824-1892) 為美國作家,曾擔任雜誌編輯及專欄作家,文章中多為民眾爭取社會福利,1871 年被美國總統格蘭特任命為「全國公共服務改革聯盟」(The National Civil Service Reform League) 主席,多次進行改革工作。

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