If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not knowledge of it, then, have a great influence on life? Shall we not, like archers who have a mark to aim at, be more likely to hit upon what we should? If so, we must try, in outline at least, to determine what it is.
——Aristotle
如果我们为了干而干的事业有一个结果的话,那么这个事业一定是好的。难道关于这个事业的知识不会对生命有很好的影响吗?难道我们不应比起有箭靶作目标的弓箭手更有可能达到我们的目标吗? 如果真的是这样,我们一定要尝试至少去寻找这个事业的轮廓。
——亚里士多德
一、关于mark,你应该知道的用法有
n.
1.迹象 a sign that a quality or feeling exists
There's a fresh indication that someone on Capital Hill knew about former Congressman Mark Foley's Internet contact with teens six years ago.
有新迹象表明,国会大厦有人了解前国会议员马克?利于六年前通过互联网与十几岁的青少年来往的情况。
2.污点;污渍 [C] a small area of dirt, a spot or a cut on a surface that spoils its appearance
Act promptly to remove spots from these fabrics.The longer you delay, the more indelible will the mark become.
赶快动手把这些污点从这些织物上擦掉。拖延时间越长,就越难擦掉。
3.(划痕、小洞等毁损的)痕迹 [C] one of the bits of leather or colored bunting placed on a sounding line at intervals
A reddish mark on the skin caused by kissing, biting, or sucking, as in lovemaking.
吻痕,吮痕调情时咬、吻或吸皮肤所形成的红色痕迹。
4.斑点,色斑 [C] a noticeable spot or area of colour on the body of a person or an animal which helps you to recognize them
Large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin.
南海大型黑色的海燕,下颚上有白色斑点。
5.符号,记号 [C] a written or printed symbol that is used as a sign of sth, for example the quality of sth or who made or owns it
He impressed a mark on the plate.
他在盘子上盖上记号。
6.【尤英】(老师给学生的)分数,成绩 [C] a number or letter that is given to show the standard of sb's work or performance or is given to sb for answering sth correctly
His mark in math is second to none in the class.
他的数学分数在班上是名列前茅的。
v.
1.做记号;做标记 to write or draw a symbol, line, etc. on sth in order to give information about it