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What is the significance of life? Is there any criterion for measuring it? An absolute criterion is of course difficult to estab

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问题     What is the significance of life? Is there any criterion for measuring it? An absolute criterion is of course difficult to establish; it is nevertheless possible to ascertain whether a person has a sense of purpose, by finding out about his attitude towards his work and life.
    Throughout the history, all people of accomplishment take their lives seriously. As long as they are alive, they refuse to idle away their time, and devote themselves to more work and study. And the same is true of the common laborers as well as the great statesmen and thinkers in our country over ages.
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答案 一个人的生命究竟有多大意义?有什么标准可以衡量吗?建立一个绝对的标准当然很困难；但是，大体上看一个人对待生命的态度是否严肃认真，看他对待工作、生活的态度如何，也就不难对这个人的存在意义做出适当的估计了。 古来一切有成就的人，都很严肃地对待自己的生命。只要他活着一天，总要尽量多工作、多学习，不肯虚度年华，不让时间白白浪费掉。我国历代的劳动人民以及大政治家、大思想家等都莫不如此。
解析     What is the significance of life?
    句中significance等同于importance，但语气要重一些，意为重要性或重要意义。
    Is there any criterion for measuring it?
    句中criterion是standard的近义词，通常用作为检测或检验方面的标准。
    It is nevertheless possible to ascertain whether a person has a sense of purpose，by finding out about his attitude towards his work and life．
    此句是由it先行词替代后面的动词不定式结构作形式主语的句子。句中ascertain意为“确定；探知”。whether a person has a sense of purpose作ascertain的宾语从句，从句中a sense of purpose意为“人生的目的感”，根据上下文可引申为“对待生命的态度”。
    Throughout the history，all people of accomplishment take their lives seriously．
    句中take…seriously可译为“认真对待……”。
    As long as they are alive，they refuse to idle away their time，and devote themselves to more work and study．
    此句是一个主从复合句，句首是一个条件状语从句。主句中idle away their time，可译为“虚度年华”；devote themselves to…意为“把自己的一切奉献给……”。
    And the same is true of the common laborers as well as the great states men and thinkers in our country over ages．
    此句使用了the same is true of…的句子结构，意为“……莫不如此，即……也是一样”。
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