At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
---( B. Franklin)
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。
---(富兰克林)
key word:
reign: vi. 统治, 支配, 盛行, 占优势
【习惯用语】 a reign of terror 恐怖统治
wit:n. 智慧;才智
【习惯用语】
at one's wit's end 不知所措
have one's wits about one 保持警惕,保持清醒头脑 (= keep one's wits about one)
live by one's wits 靠耍小计谋骗人过日子
out of one's wits 头脑不清楚,头脑糊涂
judgment: n. 判断力 .a man of good judgment 判断力强的人