"Ah! by Jove! one's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us."
--from MADAME BOVARY by Gustave Flaubert
Because being an adult is rubbish and all anyone really wants to do is thrash around in a soft play area
--from MADAME BOVARY by Gustave Flaubert
Because being an adult is rubbish and all anyone really wants to do is thrash around in a soft play area
Last year, China's football team were thrashed 5-1 by a Thai youth team. At home. But China's president wants the country to qualify for, host and win a World Cup. China has now taken a step towards this by announcing that football will be compulsory at schools. By 2017 some 20,000 schools are to receive new football pitches and training facilities, with the aim of creating 100,000 new players http://econ.st/13qQWui
'I feel a kinship with the people patrolling in front of Wall Street'
A. Waley 道經德經
「谷神不死，是謂玄牝。」（道經／六章）
【The Valley Spirit never dies,
It is named the Mysterious Female.】
「敦若朴，混若濁，曠若谷。」（道經／十五章）
【 這在另外一版本為
「……敦兮其若朴；曠兮其若谷；混兮其若濁；…….」
所以A. Waley的翻譯為：
Blank, as a piece of uncarved wood;
Yet receptive as a hollow in the hills.
按：HC在評述 朗契諾 （Ron Chernow）著 《洛克斐勒》（黃裕美，樂為良譯 台北:商周出版 2000）第三頁說：「睡空( Sleepy Hollow) 」是誤譯，『其實Hollow是指"小山谷" 』。】
「知其榮，守其辱，為天下谷．為天下谷，常得乃足，復歸於朴。」（道經／二十八章）
【He who knows glory, yet cleaves to ignominy
Becomes like a valley that receive into it all things under heaven,
And being such a valley
He has all the time a power that suffices;…】
cleave 2
VERB
Origin
Old English cleofian, clifian, clīfan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kleven and German kleben, also to clay and climb.
ignominy
Pronunciation: /ˈɪɡnəmɪni /
Definition of ignominy in English:
NOUN
[名]((形式))
1 [U]不名誉［面目］, 屈辱
2 恥ずべきこと［行為］, 不名誉なこと.
bring ignominy to one's family
家名を恥ずかしめる.
家名を恥ずかしめる.
「譬道在天下，猶川谷與江海。」（道經／三十二章）
【To Tao all under heaven will come
As streams and torrents flow into a great river or sea.
此處Waley或許認為『谷』為衍文……】
「昔之得一者：天得一以清，地得一以寧，神得一以靈，谷得一以盈，萬物得一以生，神無以靈，將恐歇；谷無以盈，將恐竭；萬物無以生，將恐滅；侯王無以貴高，將恐……」（德經／三十九章）
【As for the things that from of old have understood the Whole ---
The Sky through such understanding remains limpid,
Earth remains steady,
The spirits keep their holiness,
The abyss is replenished,
The ten thousand creatures bear their kind,
Barons and princes direct their people.】
「明道若昧，進道若退，夷道若類，上德若谷，大白若辱，」（德經／四十一章）
【"The way out into the light often looks dark,
The way that goes ahead often looks as if it went back."
The way that is least hilly often looks as if it went up and down,
The "power" that is really loftiest looks like an abyss.】
「江海所以能為百谷王，以其善下之，故能為百谷王。是以聖人欲上人，必以言下之；欲先人，必以身後之。」（德經／六十六章）
【How did the great rivers and seas get their kinship over the hundred lesser streams?
Through the merit of being lower than they : that is how they got their kingship.】
kinship
[名][U]
1 ((文))（…との）親族［血族, 血縁］関係；同族関係((with ...)). ⇒RELATIONSHIP 2
2 [U]((またa 〜))（…との）関連, 共通, 類似((with, between ...))
feel a special kinship with ...
…に特別な親近感をもつ.
thrash
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[ WITH OBJECT]
…に特別な親近感をもつ.
thrash
Pronunciation: /θraʃ /
Definition of thrash in English:
VERB
2[ NO OBJECT] Move in a violent and convulsive way:he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain[ WITH OBJECT] : she thrashed her arms, attempting toswim
2.2[ NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] informal Move in a fast or uncontrolled way:I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill
NOUN
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3A short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music:after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers wereblistered
3.1(also thrash metal) [ MASS NOUN] A style of fast,loud, harsh-sounding rock music, combiningelements of punk and heavy metal:[ AS MODIFIER] : a grungy thrash band
Origin
Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century.
Phrasal verbs
- 1
thrash something out
- Discuss something frankly and thoroughly, especially to reach a decision:it is essential that conflicting views are heard and thrashed out
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