Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

take stock of our life

Chinese translation:

回顾人生

Added to glossary by clearwater
Sep 26, 2007 01:06
16 yrs ago
English term

take stock of our life

English to Chinese Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Spouse relationships
Secret #7: Every year we love you more
Sure, we look like adults. We own a few suits. We can probably order wine without giggling. But although we resemble our father when he was our age, we still feel like that 4-year-old clutching his pant leg.
With that much room left on our emotional-growth charts, we sense we've only begun to admire you in the ways we will when we're 40, 50 and -- God forbid -- 60. We can't explain this to you, because it would probably come out sounding like we don't love you now.
"It took at least a year before I really started to appreciate my wife for something other than just great sex; and I didn't discover her mind fully until the third year we were married," says Newton. "But the older and wiser I get, the more I love my wife." Adds J.P. Neal, 32, of Potomac, Maryland: "The for-richer-or-poorer, for-better-or-worse aspects of marriage don't hit you right away. It's only during those rare times when we {take stock of our life} that it starts to sink in."

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审视/回顾我们的人生

当人们长大成人后,有时会回顾自己的过去,对自己所作的事情有了重新的认识。我想应该是这个意思。
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agree Danbing HE
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估计自己的人生

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