一潭死水 meaning in English
a pool of stagnant [standing] water; a lifeless condition; a stagnant condition; pond of stagnant water; very dull and inactive
Examples
- And my soul was a stagnant tide .
我的灵魂是一潭死水。 - By comparison, their own shallow life, their stagnant days, were becoming unbearable .
相比之下，她们自己浮浅的生活和一潭死水般的日子倒变得难以忍受了。 - It became a pool of dead water when all fishes died
所有的鱼都死了,池塘成了一潭死水 - For the chinese - educated , what is more important is that the chinese culture - much like a pool of stagnant water - will now be able to flow again and even get connected with its source
然而，对华校生来说，更重要的是，原本像是一潭死水的华族文化，现在开始疏通了，而且还可同源头活水接通。 - This i learned from her benefactress ; from the pious and charitable lady who adopted her in her orphan state , reared her as her own daughter , and whose kindness , whose generosity the unhappy girl repaid by an ingratitude so bad , so dreadful , that at last her excellent patroness was obliged to separate her from her own young ones , fearful lest her vicious example should contaminate their purity : she has sent her here to be healed , even as the jews of old sent their diseased to the troubled pool of bethesda ; and , teachers , superintendent , i beg of you not to allow the waters to stagnate round her
这种行为那么恶劣，那么可怕，那位出色的恩主终于不得不把她同自己幼小的孩子们分开，生怕她的坏样子会沾污他们的纯洁。她被送到这里来治疗，就像古时的犹太人把病人送往毕士大搅动着的池水中一样。教师们，校长们，我请求你们不要让她周围成为一潭死水。 ”