智慧書簡介：

《智慧書》這本書作為警世箴言類著作，以精妙的語言和深刻的思想，給讀者提供了處世的技巧和原則。翻譯者語言功底深厚，詞匯運(yùn)用巧妙，屬于較高級英語水平的譯文，便需慢嚼細(xì)咽，細(xì)細(xì)體味。全書由三百則箴言警句構(gòu)成，并與另外兩本著作《君王論》和《孫子兵法》共稱為人類思想史上處世智慧的三大奇書。

今日分享《智慧書》里的一則箴言：

Have naught to do with occupations of ill repute

遠(yuǎn)離影響聲譽(yù)的事情

Have naught to do with occupations of ill-repute, still less with fads that bring more notoriety than repute.

不要因?yàn)橐粫r頭腦發(fā)熱，而做出有損名譽(yù)的事情。

fad n.一時流行的

[f?d]

notoriety n.惡名，臭名

[?n??t??ra??ti]

There are many fanciful sects, and from all the prudent man has to flee.

我們身邊存在太多的誘惑和享樂，而謹(jǐn)慎明智的人會與這些腐化的東西保持距離。

fanciful a.富有幻想的，稀奇的

[?f?ns?fl]

prudent a.小心的，謹(jǐn)慎的

[?pru:dnt]

There are men with bizarre tastes that always take to their heart all that wise men repudiate, they live in love with singularity.

有些人品味奇特，覺得標(biāo)新立異是時尚，甘之如飴;而智者卻不屑一顧，仍舊曲高和寡的高高在上，保持者完美的名譽(yù)。

bizarre a.離奇的，奇特的

[b??zɑ:(r)]

This may make them well-known indeed, but more as objects of ridicule than of repute.

對于那些什么都嘗試的人，確實(shí)達(dá)到了出名的目的，但并不是人們交相贊譽(yù)，而是成了笑柄。

ridicule n.嘲笑，奚落，嘲弄

[’r?d?kju:l]

Acautious man does not even make profession of his wisdom, still less of those matters that make him or his followers ridiculous.

小心謹(jǐn)慎的人不會利用自己的智慧謀取利益，以避免拋投露面，嘩眾取寵，也不做那些會讓他們當(dāng)中丟臉的事情。

These need not be specified, for common contempt has sufficiently singled them out.

也不必一一列舉這些事例了，我們所見的愚蠢言行應(yīng)該已經(jīng)足夠多了。