Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores.

读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重， 逻辑修辞之学使人善辩;凡有所学，皆成性格。

Prolonged drought can precipitate early marriage as families contend with scarcity.

长期干旱会导致家庭因资源匮乏，从而促成早婚。

Meanwhile, species like tulips have to contend with narciclasine.

同时，像郁金香这类植物十分害怕水仙环素。

She was already contending with chronic gastrointestinal troubles and surgery.

她患上慢性胃肠道疾病，不得不接受外科手术。

Proponents of raw milk contend that it provides health benefits and tastes better.

支持者们表示生鲜奶对健康有益而且尝起来味道更好。

But now they have to contend with highways and fast cars.

但现在它们不得不与高速公路和疾驰的车辆竞。

Prosecutors contended the housekeeper received less than $3 an hour.

检察官称管家的报酬每小时不足3美元。

The defense contended that the evidence was inadmissible.

被告方声称证据是不可接受的。

I try to avoid business lunches because I still have the afternoon ahead to contend with.

但我尽量避免吃，因为我还有整个下午要应付。

It is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the town's revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.

RSC主张，是看戏者给城镇带来大量的税收，因为他们通常花整晚上时间（有些是四到五个晚上） 在旅馆或饭店里大量消费。

Weeds were not the only things Frank had to contend with either.

况且，弗兰克要对付的不仅是杂草。

Dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand.

止水和死沙在斗着谁占上风。

Our baseball team is contending for the championship.

我棒球队夺冠军。

Those parents who approve of corporal punishment contend that they only spank as a last resort, do it only for serious misbehavior and only when they are calm.

那些认同体罚的父母们声称他们只是将其作为最后的无奈之举，只有孩子们犯下滔天大错还沉着冷静时才会用。

This is something that supermarkets have been contending with for weeks.

这是超市几周来一直在夺的东西。

The school though contends it takes a holistic approach to admissions decisions.

不过，该学院坚称，它在招生决策方面采取了比较周全的方法。

As long as humans have been on Earth, they've had to contend with viruses.

从人类出现在地球上开始，他们与病毒之间的战斗就从未停歇。

Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend.

后浪推前浪，今天接明天，奋发趋行，你我赶。

Mr. Pinker contends that this braininess has moral consequences, since people who can reason abstractly can ask: " What would the world be like if everyone did this" ?

平克声称，人们才智的增长具有道德影响，因为有能进行抽象思维的人能够发问： " 如果所有人都这么做，世界会怎样" ？

A quiet contended stomach can equal a more focused brain. So can sleep, and this is back by science, when people are tired, they are less patient.

一个安静的上游的胃可以使得大脑更为专注。所以要取尽可能多的睡眠时间, 这是科学得出的结论, 当人们感到劳累, 他们便不太耐心。