All of life has the potential to be positive or negative . your emotional system is the same . it can be dominated by gentleness or the opposite , harshness and meanness 每件事情都有正反两面，你的情绪可以受控于温柔，或相反的东西，尖刻吝啬，但温柔是最美丽的。
It was only looking at the sky that pierre forgot the mortifying meanness of all things earthly in comparison with the height his soul had risen to 皮埃尔只是在不停地观看夜空时，才不觉得一切尘世的东西在与他的灵魂所处的高度相比照时，竟然卑微到令人感到受辱的地步。
" undoubtedly , " replied darcy , to whom this remark was chiefly addressed , " there is meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation . whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable . 达西听出她这几句话是有意说给他自己听的，便连忙答道： “毫无疑问，姑娘们为了勾引男子，有时竟不择手段，使用巧计，这真是卑鄙。
If he travels through our rural districts he views not the hostile castle , and the haughty mansion , contrasted with the clay - built hut and miserable cabin , where cattle and men help to keep each other warm , and dwell in meanness , smoke , and indigence 如果他到我们的农村地区旅行，他看到的不是充满敌意的城堡和高傲的豪华大厦与土筑的茅屋及悲惨的小屋形成对照，不是牛和人相依取暖，居住在鄙陋、烟雾和贫困之中的茅屋。
The footlights were turned up and with a vivid flood of brilliance lit up the curtain , the heavy purple drapery of which had all the richness befitting a palace in a fairy tale and contrasted with the meanness of the proscenium , where cracks showed the plaster under the gilding 舞台前的一排脚灯升高了，顿时发出一大片光亮，把幕布映得通红，沉沉的紫红色幕布像神话中的宫殿一样富丽堂皇，与舞台上的旧陋框架形成鲜明对照，金色框架上有一道道裂缝，露出了里面的泥灰。
