单词twain
n.: 两
num.: 二
网络: 吐温；马克·吐温；无趣名技术(Technology Without An Interesting Name)
二:
two
二者永远合不到一起；泾渭分明；大相径庭:
used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together
马克·吐温(Mark,1835—1910,美国小说家及幽默文家Samuel Langhorne Clemens之笔名)
〔古语〕二,两,双,一对
Twain was an extremely popular personality during his day; he made friends with presidents and even European royalty.
吐温在他的年代是个炙手可热的人物。他和总统交朋友，甚至结交欧洲贵族。
Indeed, as Twain is often quoted as saying: history does not repeat itself, but it does often rhyme.
事实上，拿被经常引述的马克吐温的话说：历史不会重演，但总是惊人的相似。
Betty: I don"t know. Mark Twain was an important writer , but he isn"t known as a great thinker like Confucius.
贝蒂：我不知道，马克·吐温是一位重要的作家，但他不像孔子那样作为一个伟大的思想家而闻名。
And yet, to paraphrase American writer and humorist Mark Twain, reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.
但是，套用美国作家和幽默大师马克·吐温的话说，关于其死亡的报告被严重夸大。
Mark Twain is one of the American writers who had been introduced to China very early, and his works are quite familiar to Chinese readers.
马克•吐温是很早就被介绍到中国的著名美国作家之一，其作品广为我国读者熟悉。
German has three genders, seemingly so random that Mark Twain wondered why "a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has" .
德语有三种词性，而且似乎毫无规律可言。马克·吐温就曾提出疑问：“为什么妙龄女郎没有性别，而萝卜却有。”
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. - Mark Twain.
习惯习惯，谁也将其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下楼。---马克·吐温。
Twain softened the point with humor, but he made the point nonetheless.
马克·吐温采取幽默的笔法缓和了语气，但仍然论述了自己的观点。
In spite of his grief, Twain continued to amuse the American public with a seemingly inexhaustible store of wit and humor.
尽管他非常悲痛，马克·吐温仍以他那似乎永不枯竭的机智和幽默，使美国公众笑逐颜开。
Mark Twain to say that: "President Lincoln with a cloth napkin, facial expression happy to think: Why not put it cleaned it? "
马克吐温的说法是：「林肯总统拿著一张餐巾布，表情不悦地想著：为什麽不把它洗乾净呢？」