You may as well not do it at all than do it imperfectly.
中途半端にやるくらいなら、やらない方がましだ。
My wife gave me a sign from across the room.
妻は部屋のむこう端から私に合図した。
The nervous girl is in the habit of chewing the end of her pencil.
その神経質の少女はエンピツの端をかむ癖がある。
The main point of Dennett's book, in short, is to deny the existence of inner mental states.
デネットの著作の中心的主張は、端的に言えば、内的精神状態の存在を否定するということである。
To put it briefly, he lacks musical ability.
端的に言って、彼には音楽の才能がない。
The computer terminals were lined up in one long row.
コンピューター端末はずっと一列に並んでいた。
His death was partly my fault.
彼が亡くなった責任の一端は私に有ります。
His way of thinking is a bit extreme.
彼の考えは少し極端だ。
He upped one end of the plank.
彼は板の片端を持ち上げた。
The room is at the end of the hall.
その部屋はホールの端にあります。
There is nothing worse than doing something in a half-hearted manner.
中途半端が一番悪いわよ！！
Have you finished your preparations for the trip?
旅行の準備は万端ですか。
What color is the far right ring on the Olympic flag?
五輪旗の右端の輪っかって何色だったっけか？
My father rarely goes to extremes.
父はめったに極端なことはしない。
However, as soon as I saw the situation at the train station I began to regret this decision.
しかしながら、駅の状況を見た途端に、私はこの決定を後悔し始めた。
Don't do anything by halves.
何事も中途半端にするな。
I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.
私は紙の端切れに彼の電話番号を書き留めた。
He sometimes wished to go to extremes.
彼はときどき極端な手段に訴えたくなった。
Young people are apt to go to extremes.
若者は極端に走りがちだ。
One may as well not know a thing at all, as know it but imperfectly.
物事を中途半端に知っているより、全く知らない方がましだ。
The number of anorexic high school girls practicing extreme dietary restrictions is increasing.
極端な食事制限をする拒食症の女子高生が増えている。
The iris deeply associated with the Boys' Festival does not have a beautiful flower.
この端午の節句と関係の深いしょうぶは、花は美しくありません。
The worst thing you can do is to only do something half seriously.
中途半端が一番悪いわよ！！
Mr Kawabata writes a letter home every year.
川端さんは毎年、故郷へ手紙を一通書きます。
Integrative medicine refers to a many faceted medical approach that emphasises individual differences and aggressively includes the latest scientific techniques based on modern Western medicine as well as various other medical systems like traditional med
Past the west coasts of Europe and Africa to the tip of southern Africa.
ヨーロッパとアフリカの西海岸をとおりすぎ、アフリカ南部の先端までとびます。
He encountered a friend on the road.
彼は道端で友人に出会った。
Obviously there are many variations between these two extremes.
むろん、この両極端の間に多くのバリエーションがある。
I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.
If the metal plate terminal of the game cassette is dirty it may be difficult for the game to start when the cassette is inserted into the game console.
The town is located in the extreme north of Japan.
その町は日本の最北端に位置する。
On hearing the noise, my brother started to cry.
その物音を聞いた途端に、私の弟は泣き始めた。
Don't leave your work unfinished.
仕事は中途半端なままにしてはいけない。
Don't go to extremes.
極端に走ってはならない。
It all started in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955.
すべての発端は、１９５５年１２月１日、アラバマ州モントゴメリーで起こった事件であった。
There were white and yellow flowers at the side of the road.
道端には、白や黄色の花が咲いていました。
As soon as she heard the news, she burst into tears.
その知らせを聞いた途端、彼女はわっと泣き出した。
Yukiko is an innocent girl of tender years.
優紀子は年端も行かない無邪気な少女です。
Extremes meet.
両極端は一致する。
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
銀行家とは、日が照っている時に人に傘を貸し、雨が降り出した途端に返せと言ってくる連中である。
As for the accusations of heresy, here the evidence is much weaker.
異端という非難に関しては、ここでの証拠ははるかに弱いものである。
Editors often go to extremes in providing their readers with unimportant facts.
編集者はささいな事実を読者に提供するのに極端に走ることがよくある。
Everything is ready.
準備は万端です。
Because of yesterday's heavy snow, the ground is very slippery. As soon as I stepped outside, I slipped and fell on my bottom.
昨日の大雪のせいで地面はツルツル、私は外に出た途端にすってんころりと尻もちをついた。
It is all very well to be frugal; but he goes too far.
倹約するのも大いに結構だが、彼は極端である。
Each of us took hold of one end of the table and carried it to a corner of the room.
私たちはそれぞれテーブルの端を持ち、テーブルを部屋の隅へ運んだ。
As soon as they realized the mayor was on his way down, his critics started coming out of the woodwork.
市長の人気が落ち目になった途端に、一斉に彼に対する批判が噴き出してきた。
Aya tends to carry things to extremes.
あやは物事を極端にまで押し進める傾向がある。
A jack of all trades is a master of none.
何でも屋は何でも中途半端。
On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.
暗いトンネルに入った途端、私たちは何も見えなかった。
My mother grew pale on hearing the news.
母はその知らせを聞いた途端青ざめた。
He was standing at the side of the road.
彼は道端に立っていた。
In short, I don't want you to work for that company.
端的に言うと、私はあなたにその会社で働いて欲しくない。
I only ride a bicycle at odd times.
半端な時間に自転車に乗るだけだ。
Japanese cameras, cars, and hi-fi equipment are used widely abroad, and few modern industries can manage without advanced electronic equipment developed in Japan.
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
Each part of the book starts with a quote taken from the life of the author: a passage from a book, a question asked to a stranger on the road, something shouted by a girlfriend.
