人不可貌相，海水不可斗量的英文

Question

如题所述

Answer 1

A man cannot judge by his appearance, and the sea cannot be measured。

人不可貌相，海水不可斗量，谚语，比喻不能只根据相貌、外表判断一个人，如同海水是不可以用斗去度量一样，不可根据某人的相貌就低估其未来。

简介

相：估量，评价。比喻不能以貌取人，如同海水不能用斗来量一样。不可以仅仅只看外表估量一个人的潜质，海水不能仅仅用小小的斗来衡量其内在含量。

海水比喻人，斗量比喻貌相。人就像海水一样，谁知道其内在潜质有多深？有多大？斗量是狭义的意思，貌相也是狭义的意思。

Answer 2

人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

有人译为：
A man can not be known by his look, nor can the ocean be measured by a dipper.

这样的译法只是直译，如果能够稍加修改，老外就能了解：
A man can not be judged by his appearance, nor can the water in the sea be measured by a bucket.

不过，老外通常的说法是这样的：
We can not judge a person by appearance only. 或 You can not judge a book by its cover.
(意思是：一本书的好坏取决于它的内容，而不是它的封面装帧的漂亮与否。)

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Answer 3

You can't judge a book by it's cover本回答被提问者采纳