长生不老 ever-young; be alive for evermore; enjoy a long, long life without old age; live forever and never get [grow] old; live forever without getting old; never get old, but live forever; perpetual rejuvenation; ageless; immortal◇长生不老丸 philosopher's oil; 长生不老药 elixir
But happiest , beyond all comparison , are those excellent struldbrugs , who , being born exempt from that universal calamity of human nature , have their minds free and disengaged , without the weight and depression of spirits caused the continual apprehensions of death 但最幸福无比的是那些长生不死的优秀人物,他们生下来就免遭人类生命(直译:人的自然属性)普遍具有的灾难,不用因为时刻害怕死而心有重负与精神压抑! ”
I had made on the great happiness and advantages of immortal life , and they were desirous to know , in a particular manner , what scheme of living i should have formed to myself , if it had fallen to my lot to have been born a struldbrug 一阵短暂的沉默之后,还是这位先生对我说:他的朋友们和他自己( “他自己”被说成了“我的朋友” ,他觉得这样比较恰当)非常高兴地听了我关于长生不死的无比幸福和好处的高论,也很想具体知道,我打算怎样来安排自己的生活,如果我命中注定生来就长生不死。