The advantages of the plan outweigh its drawbacks.

那计划的优点过缺点。

A concern for safety overrode all other considerations.

的关切过所有其他应考虑的事情。

The merits of your plan outweigh the defects.

你制定的计划其优点过缺点。

I prefer Venice to Rome.

我喜欢威尼斯过罗马。

A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.

严厉的责难过温和的欺骗。

A miser loves gold above his life.

一个守财奴爱财过生命。

Being beaten by a newcomer has really taken the wind out of his sails.

被一个新来的人过, 他觉很窝囊。

His reticence is more revealing than his speech.

他的沉默所表露的要过他的言词。

Lisbon outshone Venice as a mart for oriental spices.

里斯本作为东方香料市场过威尼斯。

He towers above his fellow students in mathematical ability.

他的数学才能过他的同学。

He has no superior in this respect.

在这个方面没人能过他。

Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time.

远过那被时光涂脏的石头。

A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.

一把好过一蒲式耳的学问。

The careful study of a few books is better than the desultory reading of many.

精心研究几部书过随意地读许多书。

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

出言慎重过口若悬河。

A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

朋友向你皱眉过敌人向你微笑。

It is better to die of repletion than to endure hunger.

饱死过挨饿。

One good argument weighs down eighteen bad ones.

正理一条过歪理十八条。

He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.

他能言善辩, 过最好的演说家。

He excels all other composers of his period.

他过同时代的所有其他作曲家。