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love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
爱所有人,信任少数人,不负任何人。
——威廉·莎士比亚(william shakespeare)
【相关单词短语讲解】
【1】trust 英 [trst] 美 [trst]
noun 名词,主要看第(1)点
(1)[u]~ (in sb/sth)
相信;信任;信赖:the belief that sb/sth is good, sincere, honest, etc. and will not try to harm or trick(欺骗) you
her trust in him was unfounded.
她对他的信任毫无道理。
【拓展】unfounded 英 [nfandd] 美 [nfandd]
adj. 莫须有的;无端的;没理由的;不依据事实的
【记忆技巧】:un 无 + found 基础 + ed 表形容词 → 没有根基的 → 无事实根据的
a partnership based on trust 建立在互相信任基础上的合伙关系
it has taken years to earn their trust .
花了好多年才赢得他们的信任。
if you put your trust
in me, i will not let you down.
你要是信赖我,我就不会让你失望。
she will not betray your trust (= do sth that you have asked her not to do) .
她不会辜负你对她的信任。
he was appointed to a position of trust (= a job involving a lot of responsibility, because people trust him) .
他被委以重任。
(2)[c, u](law 法律) 委托;信托;信托财产:an arrangement by which an organization or a group of people has legal control of money or property that has been given to sb, usually until that person reaches a particular age; an amount of money or property that is controlled in this way
he set up a trust for his children.
他为子女安排好了信托财产。
the money will be held in trust until she is 18.
这笔钱将由人代管到她18岁为止。
our fees depend on the value of the trust.
我们的费用视信托金额而定。
【拓展】与trust有关的一些搭配
learn to trust 学会信任
build trust 培养信任
create trust 建立信任
place trust in someone 信赖某人
mutual trust 相互间的信任
charitable trust 慈善信托机构
trust your instincts 相信直觉
trust someone’s judgment 相信某人的判断
investment trust 投资信托
【2】a few 在此句中表示少数人
the printing press gave power to a few to change the world for the many.
印刷机赋予少数人为多数人改变世界的力量。——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
this government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people.这个政府按照远离民众的少数人的意愿行事。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
"少数人"有时译成"a few people"
only a few people can find any cause for celebration
只有少数几个人能找到庆祝的理由。——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
only a few people possess the remotest idea of the facts.
只有少数人对这些事实粗知一二。——《汉英大词典》
【注意】如果"a few people"前有个quite,意思就完全不一样了……
quite a few people 很多人;相当多的人;不少人
quite a few people were eating outside in the blazing sun.
不少人在外面的炎炎烈日下吃饭。——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
quite a few people are interested in seeing movies.
不少人对看电影感兴趣。
【3】none 英 [nn] 美 [nn]
pron. 代词
~ (of sb/sth)
没有一个;毫无:not one of a group of people or things; not any
none of these pens works/work.
这些钢笔没有一支能用。
we have three sons but none of them lives/live nearby.
我们有三个儿子,但他们都不住在附近。
we saw several houses but none we really liked.
我们看了几所房子,但都不怎么喜欢。
tickets for friday? sorry we’ve got none
left.
星期五的票?对不起,一张也没有了。
he told me all the news but none of it was very exciting.
他告诉了我所有的新闻,但没有一件激动人心的。
‘is there any more milk?’ ‘no, none at all .’
“还有牛奶吗?”“没了,一点都没了。”
everybody liked him but none (= nobody) more than i.
大家都喜欢他,但谁也比不过我。
adv. 副词
(1)(与the加比较级连用)一点都不,绝无:used with the and a comparative to mean ‘not at all’
she told me what it meant at great length but i’m afraid i’m none the wiser .
她费尽口舌给我解释它的意思,可我恐怕还是不明白。
【拓展】none the wiser:none+the+wise的比较级
一点也不聪明——(在事后或作出解释后)仍然不明白,仍旧不完全知晓
after all his explanations, i remained none the wiser.
他讲了半天,我还是糊里糊涂。
he seems none the worse for the experience.
他的这次经历似乎一点没有给他造成伤害。
【拓展】none the worse:none+the+bad的比较级一点也不差
a good tale is none the worse for being twice told.
好戏不厌百回看。(好故事百听不厌。)——《汉英大词典》
she’s none the worse for her adventure.
她并没有因为经历了冒险而身体不好。
(2)(与too加形容词或副词连用)
绝不,不怎么:used with
too and an adjective or adverb to mean ‘not at all’ or ‘not very’
she was looking none too pleased.
她看上去一点也不高兴。
【拓展】与none有关的一些搭配
none of that/this/those 那个/这个/那些中全无
none of them/us 他们/我们中没有一个人
almost none 几乎没有
virtually none 实际上没有
none whatsoever 一点也没有
none too 一点也不