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Now and then it"s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
在追求幸福的过程中也可以偶尔停下来，享受简单的快乐。
——Guillaume Apollinaire（纪尧姆·阿波利奈尔）
【相关单词短语讲解】
1. Now and then
不时；偶尔；不时的；新欢旧爱；时而
(1) He can work hard but he needs a nudge now and then.
他能够努力工作，但偶尔需要督促一下。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
(2) Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her.
她时不时地偷眼看他是否在注意自己。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
(3) This section of the road is so norrow that there are bound to be traffic jams now and then.
这段路太窄，交通有时不免堵塞。
——《汉英大词典》
2. it"s good to ...
(1) It"s good to have you on board for this project.
这项工程有你和我们携手合作真是太好了。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
(2) Welcome back, Deborah — It"s good to have you here.
欢迎回来，德博拉，有你在这儿真好。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
(3) It"s good to stay at home a year, and it"s hard to go out an hour.
在家千日好出门一时难。
——《汉英大词典》
3. pause
v. 暂停；停顿；(按暂停键)暂停放音，暂停放像
n. 停顿；停顿的时间；延长记号；暂停键
[ verb ]
(1) 暂停；停顿：to stop talking or doing sth for a short time before continuing
Tom paused for a moment, then said: ‘All right.’
汤姆略停了一会儿，然后说：“好吧。”
The woman spoke almost without pausing for breath (= very quickly) .
那女人说话像放连珠炮似的。
I paused at the door and looked back.
我停在门口，回头看了看。
Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house.
他只停下来穿了件毛衣就冲出了屋外。
(2)（按暂停键）暂停放音，暂停放像：to stop a tape, CD, etc. for a short time using the pause button
She paused the video and went to answer the phone.
她停下录像机去接电话。
[ noun ]
(1) ~ (in sth)
停顿；停顿的时间：a period of time during which sb stops talking or stops what they are doing
There was a long pause before she answered.
她停了好一会儿才回答。
David waited for a pause in the conversation so he could ask his question.
戴维等着谈话停下来，好问个问题。
After a brief pause, they continued climbing.
他们略停了一下就继续爬山。
The rain fell without pause .
雨不停地下着。
(2) (music 音) 延长记号：a sign over a note or a rest to show that it should be longer than usual
(3) also pause button
暂停键；a control that allows you to stop a tape recorder , CD player, etc. for a short time
Press pause to stop the tape.
按暂停键停下磁带。
【拓展：习语】
(1) give (sb) pause / give (sb) pause for thought
使认真考虑；使犹豫：to make sb think seriously about sth or hesitate before doing sth
An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.
反对派发言人说他希望协议能够让他们仔细想想暴力行为毫无意义。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
(2) a pregnant pause/silence
耐人寻味的停顿；心照不宣的沉默：an occasion when nobody speaks, although people are aware that there are feelings or thoughts to express
His words were followed by a pregnant pause.
他说完后接著便是意味深长的停顿。
There was a long, pregnant silence.
当时出现了长时间耐人寻味的沉默。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
4. in pursuit of
追求；为追求；寻求；追逐
(1) She travelled the world in pursuit of her dreams.
她走遍天下，追寻她的梦想。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
(2) Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable.
对质量孜孜不倦的追求使他的技能出类拔萃。
——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
(3) In our pursuit of the good life, he says, it is important to seek out true pleasures — advice which was originally offered by Epicurus.
他说，“在我们追求美好生活的过程中，寻求真正的快乐很重要，这一建议最初是由伊壁鸠鲁提出的。”
——四级真题-2016年 6月 3卷 信息匹配
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