Ask & Learn闻问切英语口语:To Be Made for
读者 Jennifer 寄来以下两句句子,想知道是什么意思:
Man is not made for defeat.
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
To be made for... 是「为某些东西而设」。60 年代时 Nancy Sinatra 有一首流行曲 These Boots Are Made for Walking,直译是「这对靴子是为走路而制的」,有别于一些纯粹为美观而制的靴子。
人是否也被创造出来的视乎个人信仰。"Man is not made for defeat" 的意思是「人不应该被挫折打败」,因为人被创造出来本来就应勇往直前而不畏艰难的。
另一句 "A man can be destroyed but not defeated" 把上一句的意思再延伸出去。简单的说,人生会遇到挫折失败,但不能因此而屈服,直至毁灭也不足惜。颇有「宁为玉碎,不作瓦存」之气概。
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