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In Confucian Analects, sprouts of many modern administration thoughts and basic value conceptions were observed, such as benevolent government, let people but wise, charity governors, sweep before one ′ s own door, with the righteousness to get benefit.

在《论语》中，我们可以看到许多现代行政管理思想的相应萌芽及其基本价值观念，如德政的思想，任人唯贤的思想，仁者爱人的思想，正人先正己的思想等。

Certain formalities have to be gone through before one can emigrate.

必须办妥某些手续方可移居他国.

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

不懂世故,幼稚可笑.

The task before us is a daunting one.

我们面临的任务令人胆怯。

Fragrance of a flower legend has magic power, can call up dead memory before one's death.

花香传说有魔力, 能唤起死者生前的记忆.

Extended or spread out fully before one.

在某一物体上伸出或展开。

Six people were killed in that incident before one attacker was killed and the other captured, government-run media said.

据官方媒体称，那次事件导致6名无辜群众死亡，一名凶徒丧生，另一名被捕。

One must be different from international, before one can have genuine, significant internationalism.

不同于国际, 才有真正意义上的国际性.

Before one gets to really know them, the visit is over and they are gone.

)还没真正了解他们, 可探亲期结束了,他们都走了.

This was one aspect of her character he hadn't seen before.

这是他过去没有了解到的她的性格的一个方面。

Tom submitted more than 30 articles to the magazine before one was accepted.

汤姆向这家杂志投了三十多篇稿,最后才有一篇被接受.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

在得到这些事实之前就加以推测,那是最大的错误.

How many points is the winner to get before one set ends?

要取得多少分才能算赢一局?

You can hire a motorboat, and you leave before one o'clock.

你去单雇一只汽油船, 一点钟以前就要开船!

Because none of these options is very appealing, and because any decision about Greece will have implications for Portugal, Spain and possibly others, it may take much horse-trading before one can be reached.

由于这些选择都不那么吸引人，而且任何有关希腊的决定都会对葡萄牙、西班牙可能还有其它国家产生影响，因此任何决定可能都要经过一番激烈的讨价还价才能达成。

It is a grave mistake to theorize before one has data.

在尚未掌握数据资料之前建立理论,是一种严重的错误.

Every time before one puts his back to it, there must be double reward.

每一发奋努力的背后, 必有加倍的赏赐.

Phrase mumbled1 insincerely immediately after or before one swears a blue streak2 within earshot of the elderly, the young, or the simply uptight3

在人滔滔不绝的咒骂或说脏话前后不经意的咕哝的一句话（一般有老人或者小孩子在场的情况）→swear/swer/诅咒；咒骂；发誓→to talk a blue streak：滔滔不绝的说话

The new plan is a refinement of the one before.

新计划比原计划有改进。

Angel asks second again: What profession are you before one's death?

天使又问乙: 你生前是什么职业?

One must sow before one can reap.

先有播种后有收获.

Professor Walt said: 'We need to make some additional advances with respect to more colours, different "ciphers" and demonstrate long term storage before one could consider such an application.'

瓦特教授还说，“我们需要更多的颜色来说明密码，并且需要长时间的维持信息的储存。”

One must make painstaking efforts before one could succeed in mastering a foreign language.

要掌握一门外语,非下苦功夫不可.

Before one can embody divine union, the masculine and feminine must cease to be at war with one another within.

在你能包含入神性统一之后，内在的男性和女性必须中止彼此间的战争。

The horse came next to last (= the one before the last one) in the race.

这匹马在比赛中跑了个倒数第二。

One must have thoroughly mastered a theory before one can put it into practice.

对任何理论,先要融会贯通,才谈得上运用自如.

(British English)a mixer tap (= one in which hot and cold water can be mixed together before it comes out of the pipe)

冷热水混合龙头

He seemed to be breaking up before one's eyes, like a mountain crumbling.

他仿佛会在你的跟前土崩瓦解, 像一座倾颓坍塌的大山.

Also, it is necessary to "cut one's teeth" on the non-glamorous parts of a field before one really has any chance at all to tackle the famous problems in the area;

而且，应该先在一个领域中做一些不那么光彩照人的工作，直到有机会和能力之时，再去解决那些重大的难题。

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.

宁愿一人在众人前说你的坏话，不愿众人在一人前说你的坏话。