1. His words reminded me of a famous quip by George Carlin, the late, great American comedian – “It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
他的话让我想起美国最后的喜剧大师乔治·卡林的一句著名的妙语---“这就是所谓的美国梦,因为你要在睡梦中才会相信它!”

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2. But the bottom line, Mr Hayward: whatever else you do, resist the urge to quip “oil’s well that ends well.”
但是唐熙华先生,不论你做什么,底线是你得忍住嘲弄“油好,一切都好”的冲动。

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3. The doctors are not entirely sympathetic: “If there was a surgery to enlarge brains, we would offer him a free trial, ” they quip.
医生们并不太同情这个家伙,他们讽刺说:“如果有个手术能加大脑瓜的话,我们很愿意给他免费试用。”

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4. Returning to a country from which Fiat was driven out by poor quality—Americans used to quip that its name stood for “Fix It Again, Tony”—is a big risk.
美国人曾讽刺“菲亚特”这个名字的含义是“托尼,这破车还得再修一次”。菲亚特的车子也确因质量差而被踢出美国,这次重返是要冒大风险的。

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5. Now psychologists have found that his quip bears the hallmark of truth.
现在许多心理学家认为,他的这句名言承载有许多哲学真理。

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6. As well as showing an attractive self-deprecation, his quip underlines the fact that girls are ­considered one of the rewards of being a top sportsman.
他不仅表现出强烈的自我抨击,也讽刺了女孩被认为是成为顶尖运动员的一项奖赏的事实。

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7. A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
一个新的想法是非常脆弱的,他可能被一声耻笑或一个呵欠扼杀,可能被一句嘲讽刺中身亡,或者因某位权威人士皱一下眉便郁郁而终。

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8. “Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything, ” statisticians quip.
“数据如果被折磨够久的话也会屈打成招,”统计师此言妙哉。

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9. Abstract and unspecific kindnesses are just quip of villians or hypocrites.
抽象的、笼统的行善是恶棍、伪君子和献媚者的托辞。

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10. Oh, that Ken Jennings, always quick with a quip.
噢,那个总是机敏而幽默的肯詹宁斯。

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11. Oh, that Ken Jennings, always quick with a quip.
噢,那个总是机敏而幽默的肯詹宁斯。

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