功名 meaning in English
scholarly honour or official rank (in feudal times)
Examples
- They are not anxious social climbers .
他们并不渴求仕宦功名。 - All people have their fancies; some desire horses, and others dogs; and some are fond of gold, and others of honour .
凡人皆有自己的幻想，有的想要马，有的想要狗，有的喜欢黄金，有的喜欢功名。 - A man who advocates aesthetic effort and deprecates social effort is only likely to be understood by a class to which social effort has become a stale matter .
要是有一个人，只赞成高雅清逸，不赞成功名利禄，那他的话大概只有一班在名利场中打过跟斗的人才听得懂。 - We should not prostrate ourselves before rank and wealth
我们决不能拜倒在功名与财富脚下。 - Escape the temptations of fame , and wealth and achievement
他说一个人若能躲过功名利禄的诱惑