Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault

Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。

Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault .

浪得虚名寻常见，无过失名亦不鲜。

It often happens that success comes after many failings.

经过多次失败后才获得成功是常有的事。

It often happens that success comes after many failures.

经过多次失败后而获得成功,这是常有的事。

Reputation is often got without merit, and lost without crime.

无功得来的声望却常因无过而失去。

In fact, he was considered a terrible grouch, a very mean-spirited and temperamental person.

事实上，他是个有名的脾气坏、心胸狭窄、喜怒无常的人。

This no doubt was a great frustration, since he had led such an active public life.

这无疑是一件令他感到非常失意的事，因为他过去一向非常活跃地从事社会活动。

I used to feel it a terrible thing that my mother should have to toil so endlessly.

过去我常以为我母亲竟得如此无休止地辛苦工作是件可怕的事情。

It is the fact that the famous are photographed often .

常给知名人士拍照确实是事实。

Women did strange things when they were driven into corners.

女人到了无路可走时常做出莫名其妙的事情来。

The process telling the story of a no-name woman( Kingston's aunt) is, at the same time, the rebellion and struggle against the patriarchal and racial society.

把一个无名女人(姑)故事告诉读者的过程,同时也是对父权主义和种族主义反抗和斗争的过程。

Nobody can ignore the fact (that) the experiment is a success.

谁也不能无视这一事实：实验是成功的。

It is invariably bad for business to prevent humans from doing what they want, and the computer system usually ends up having to digest invalid data anyway.

从商业上说，阻止人们做他们想做的事总是不好的，而计算机系统也不得不经常消化无效的数据。

So it can be a heartbreakingly unexciting business at times.

这经常是使人心碎的无聊的事情。

The fact was clear as daylight that the girl was innocent.

事实非常清楚，这个女孩是无辜的。

They is mere nobody.

他们只不过是无名小卒。

They are but small fry.

他们只不过是无名小贾。

I have never known her do a disinterest action; she's always on the make.

我从未见她做过无利可图的事情，她总是追名逐利。