We who are so aware of excellence end up the least able to tolerate mediocrity, which in this case, happens to be our own.

我们患得患失，其实最后只是折磨看似平庸的自己。

Another is to piggyback on excellence elsewhere in the university.

另一种方式就是利用学校中的其他长处。

Peak performers recognize that true excellence is sustainable.

卓越人士明白真正的卓越是可持续的。

Not that length and weight alone indicate excellence; many epic tales are pretty much epic crap—just ask my critics, who will moan about entire Canadian forests massacred in order to print my drivel.

仅有长度和重最不足以作为好作品的标志；许多史诗巨著多半都是长篇垃圾——只消请教我的批评家们，他们会说为印刷我那些片片的加拿大丛林都被砍伐掉，怎不令人哀叹。

Working towards academic excellence constitutes one of the most important parts of college life and is the goal of most college students.

努力学习取得优异的成绩是大学生活重要的组成部分，是多数大学生的目标。

The highest excellence is like (that of) water.

上善若水。

American prosperity has created countless jobs all around the globe, and the drive for excellence, creativity, and innovation in the U.S. has led to important discoveries that help people everywhere live more prosperous and far healthier lives.

美国繁荣创造无数的工作就业机会，在世界各地都是这样，而且都向卓越迈进，驱动创新非常重要的发现，帮助世界各国的人民，让他们生活能更加繁荣，而且更加健康。

We are still on a journey that began in earnest with President Conant to draw from a deeper pool of talent and provide our institution with the excellence it deserves and our diverse society with the leaders it needs and expects.

我们仍在从Conan校长开始的征途上认真汲取更多的人才，为我们的学校提供其应有的卓越品质，为我们的多元化社会提供满足需求和期望的领导者。

He showed us how to resilient, how to deal with challenges, and how to strive for excellence in all that we do.

他向我们展示，怎样变得坚韧，如何应对挑战，怎样在所有事情上追求卓越。

As we transition from students to alumni, we have a renewed responsibility to continue the standard of excellence we have set for ourselves.

随着我们从学生转变为毕业生，我们有全新的责任，我们要去继续坚持过往自己制定下的标准。

But I strived to understand that and demonstrate, by my work ethic and commitment to excellence, that I was objectively a solid choice and that reasonable people could say I was a great choice.

但是我试图去理解他们，并且用我的职业道德和追求卓越的精髓证明，客观上讲我的晋升是有说服力的，明理的人都知道我是正确的人选。

They really groom their students for excellence.

他们可以把学生培养得很优秀。

We have been offering a wide variety of walking holidays to suit all tastes for just three years, but already we have won two awards for excellence in this field.

三年我们为不同爱好者提供各种各样的徒步旅行，在这一领域我们已经取得两项卓越奖。

At Princeton we believe in socioeconomic diversity, because we know that to achieve excellence as a University and as a nation we must draw talent from every sector of society.

在普林斯顿，我们相信这种多样性的积极意义。因为我们知道，不管是大学还是国家要想卓越，必须从社会的各个阶层汲取人才。

But shouldn't colleges be judged by how many people they include and raise to the same level of academic excellence rather than by how many people they exclude?

但评断大学的标准不是应该是它们接纳多少人，并协助他们提升到相同的学术水平，而不是排除多少人吗？

Royals including the queen were among its notable passengers and ultimately despite its engineering excellence, Concorde`s expense contributed to its downfall.

包括女王在内的皇室成员都是它的著名乘客，最终，尽管它的工程技术卓越，协和飞机的损失是它垮台的原因之一。

His teacher praised him for the excellence of his report.

他的老师因他杰出的报告而称赞他。

She pointed to several communities as models of excellence.

她指出，有几个社区是优秀的典范。

He argued that its logic and precision rendered it the judicial language par excellence.

他认为，法语的逻辑性和精确性使其成为最优秀的司法语言。

The United States, despite its wealth and the excellence of its medical science, faces hurdles.

美国尽管拥有财富和卓越的医学科学，但面临重重障碍。