语言Language[英语名人名言]

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When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver1 to cut roast beef.
-- Tom Robbins

 

Does anal retentive2 have a hyphen?
-- Seen on a t-shirt

 

Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
-- The Knights3 who so recently said "Nee!", Monty Python, British comedy television show

 

There is nothing that can be said by mathematical symbols and relations which cannot also be said by words. The converse4, however, is false. Much that can be and is said by words cannot successfully be put into equations, because it is nonsense.
-- C. Truesdell

 

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
-- Mark Twain

 

You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.
-- Hermann Weyl

 

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.
-- Winnie the Pooh, character from author A. A. Milne

 

The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
-- Ludwig Wittgenstein

 

What's another word for "Thesaurus?"
-- Steven Wright

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1 screwdriver rDpza     
n.螺丝起子；伏特加橙汁鸡尾酒
参考例句：
  • He took a screwdriver and teased out the remaining screws.他拿出螺丝刀把其余的螺丝卸了下来。
  • The electric drill can also be used as a screwdriver.这把电钻也可用作螺丝刀。
2 retentive kBkzL     
v.保留的，有记忆的；adv.有记性地，记性强地；n.保持力
参考例句：
  • Luke had an amazingly retentive memory.卢克记忆力惊人。
  • He is a scholar who has wide learning and a retentive memory.他是一位博闻强记的学者。
3 knights 2061bac208c7bdd2665fbf4b7067e468     
骑士； （中古时代的）武士( knight的名词复数 )； 骑士； 爵士； （国际象棋中）马
参考例句：
  • stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
  • He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour. 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事。
4 converse 7ZwyI     
vi.谈话，谈天，闲聊；adv.相反的，相反
参考例句：
  • He can converse in three languages.他可以用3种语言谈话。
  • I wanted to appear friendly and approachable but I think I gave the converse impression.我想显得友好、平易近人些,却发觉给人的印象恰恰相反。

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