r*z
发帖数: 1679 | 1 We don't mean to in any way make light of George Steinbrenner's passing
yesterday, but it's ironic that a man obsessed with winning appears to have
beaten the adage that the two inevitable things in life are death and taxes. |
o********l
发帖数: 12430 | 2 轻视
have
taxes.
【在 r*z 的大作中提到】
: We don't mean to in any way make light of George Steinbrenner's passing
: yesterday, but it's ironic that a man obsessed with winning appears to have
: beaten the adage that the two inevitable things in life are death and taxes.
|
s**d
发帖数: 787 | 3 就是“做灯”的意思。
have
taxes.
【在 r*z 的大作中提到】
: We don't mean to in any way make light of George Steinbrenner's passing
: yesterday, but it's ironic that a man obsessed with winning appears to have
: beaten the adage that the two inevitable things in life are death and taxes.
|
s**d
发帖数: 787 | 4 就是“做灯”的意思。
have
taxes.
【在 r*z 的大作中提到】
: We don't mean to in any way make light of George Steinbrenner's passing
: yesterday, but it's ironic that a man obsessed with winning appears to have
: beaten the adage that the two inevitable things in life are death and taxes.
|
O******e
发帖数: 734 | 5 to make light of
= to treat as of little account http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make
= to be crass about
have
taxes.
【在 r*z 的大作中提到】
: We don't mean to in any way make light of George Steinbrenner's passing
: yesterday, but it's ironic that a man obsessed with winning appears to have
: beaten the adage that the two inevitable things in life are death and taxes.
|
a*******e
发帖数: 346 | 6 不是很懂第二句什么意思。。 是说yankees总是赢吗？
have
taxes.
【在 r*z 的大作中提到】
: We don't mean to in any way make light of George Steinbrenner's passing
: yesterday, but it's ironic that a man obsessed with winning appears to have
: beaten the adage that the two inevitable things in life are death and taxes.
|
x**c
发帖数: 1435 | 7 These lines serve to compliment George's perfomrance in the competition by
refering that his success is something else than death and taxes people
traditionally believe to be unavoidable. In American culture it may be in
comtempt to compare one to the other for their vaules, the begining part of
the sentence attempts to clear up the connotation of belitting George by the
phrase "not to make light of "
have
taxes.
【在 r*z 的大作中提到】
: We don't mean to in any way make light of George Steinbrenner's passing
: yesterday, but it's ironic that a man obsessed with winning appears to have
: beaten the adage that the two inevitable things in life are death and taxes.
|
