第74章 花掉的钱 就别再问起
Never ask of money spent
where the spender thinks it went.
Nobody was ever meant
to remember or invent
what he did with every cent.
—the hardship of Accounting, poet, Robert Frost
花掉的钱,就别再问起
别问花钱的人,认为钱去了哪里。
没人想要记得或编造
每一分钱他用来干了什么。
——《记账的困难》罗伯特·弗罗斯特,诗人
·短语
ask of 祈求,要求(beg)
If you got a favor to ask of me, be polite.
如果你有求于我,首先请你礼貌一些。
be meant to do something 有目的性地去做某事
be meant to do something 被期望去做某事,应该做某事(to be intended to do something)
this puter is meant to last for five years.
这台电脑应该能用5年。
You are meant to rub the medicine on the affected area, not swallow it.你应该把药抹在受感染部位,而不是吞服。