我是一辆福特不是林肯是什么意思?
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福特宣誓就任副总统时发表简短演说,里头有句名言:“I am a Ford,not a Lincoln”许多人把它译成:“我是一辆福特,不是一辆林肯.”但下一句:“My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr.Lincoln's.But I will do my very best to equal his brevity and plain speaking.”反而很少人提起.按照上下文理解,福特是说自己口才与文笔不如林肯,但自信演讲内容言简意赅,并不比林肯差.