名言名句的英文
No pain no gain.
It's never late to study.
All walls have ears.
2. 英语的名言名句有哪些
1、Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
2、All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。
3、All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
4、It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
5、You cannot eat your cake and have it. 鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。
6、While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺，魔高一丈。
7、Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
8、Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 滴水穿石。
9、To err is human. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。
10、Things at the worst will mend. 否极泰来。
11、Tomorrow never comes. 我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
12、Troubles never come singly. 福无双至，祸不单行。
13、The world is but a little place, after all. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
14、The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
15、There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
3. 英文版名言名句有哪些
英文版的名言警句有这些：
1、True mastery of any skill takes a lifetime.
对任何技能的掌握都需要一生的刻苦操练。
2、Sweat is the lubricant of success.
汗水是成功的润滑剂。
3、If you are doing your best,you will not have to worry about failure.
如果你竭尽全力，你就不用担心失败。
4、Energy and persistence conquer all things.
能量和坚持可以征服一切事情。
5、Bravery never goes out of fashion.
勇敢永远不过时！
6、The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today .
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
7、It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.
就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。
4. 用英语的名言名句
1、To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
既当演说家，又做实干家。
2、Variety is the spice of life.
变化是生活的调味品。
3、Bad times make a good man.
艰难困苦出能人。
4、There is no royal road to learning.
求知无坦途。
5、Doubt is the key to knowledge.
怀疑是知识的钥匙。
6、The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
世界上对勇气的最大考验是忍受失败而不丧失信心。
7、A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
人最好的朋友是自己的十个手指。
8、Only they who fulfill their ties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.
只有在日常生活中尽责的人才会在重大时刻尽责。
9、The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.
做许多事情的捷径就是一次只做一件事。
10、Sow nothing, reap nothing.
春不播，秋不收。
11、Life is real, life is earnest.
人生真实，人生诚挚。
12、Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.
生活若无波折险阻，就会过于平淡无奇。
13、Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.
生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。
14、Life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine life.
人生是美好的，但要学会如何享用美好的生活。
15、Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.
人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程，人生无坦途。
16、Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.
人生像一匹马，你不驾驭它,它便驾驭你。
17、Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
人生是一幅大画布，你应该努力绘出绚丽多彩的画面。
18、Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
人生如一首乐曲，要用乐感，感情和直觉去谱写，不能只按乐律行事。
19、Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
生活是绘画，不是做算术。
20、The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.
精神的财富是唯一的财富。
21、You can't judge a tree by its bark.
人不可貌相。
22、Sharp tools make good work.
工欲善其事，必先利其器。
23、Wasting time is robbing oneself.
浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
24、Nurture passes nature.
教养胜过天性。
25、There is no garden without its weeds.
没有不长杂草的花园。
26、A man is only as good as what he loves.
一个人要用他所爱的东西有多好来衡量。
27、Wealth is the test of a man's character.
财富是对一个人品格的试金石。
28、The best hearts are always the bravest.
心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的人。
29、One never lose anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
30、There's only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that's your own self.
这个宇宙中只有一个角落你肯定可以改进，那就是你自己。
31、The world is like a mirror: Frown at itand it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.
世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就朝你皱眉，朝它微笑它也吵你微笑。
32、Death comes to all, but great achievements raise a monument which shall enre until the sun grows old.
死亡无人能免，但非凡的成就会树起一座纪念碑，它将一直立到太阳冷却之时。
33、The reason why a great man is great is that he resolves to be a great man.
伟人之所以伟大，是因为他立志要成为伟大的人。
34、Suffering is the most powerful teacher of life.
苦难是人生最伟大的老师。
35、A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
36、A common danger causes common action.
同舟共济。
37、A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
38、A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
39、A guest should suit the convenience of the host.
客随主便。
40、A letter from home is a priceless treasure.
家书抵万金。
41、All rivers run into the sea.
殊途同归。
42、All time is no time when it is past.
机不可失，时不再来。
43、An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。
44、As heroes think, so thought Bruce.
英雄所见略同。
45、A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
46、Behind the mountains there are people to be found.
山外有山，人外有人。
47、Bad luck often brings good luck.
塞翁失马，安知非福。
48、Business is business.
公事公办。
49、Clumsy birds have to start flying early.
笨鸟先飞。
50、Do one thing at a time, and do well.
一次只做一件事，做到最好
5. 英文版名言名句
1. Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare )
不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。（莎士比亚）
2. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible".( Napoleon )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。（拿破仑）
3. Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ( C. Weizmann )
奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。（魏茨曼）
4. There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. ( Muggeridge )
没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。（马格里奇）
5. Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ( T. W. Robertson )
时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。（罗伯逊）
6. If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison )
如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。（爱迪生）
7. A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson )
一天是永恒的缩影。（爱默生）
8. Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. ( L. Blum )
品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。（布鲁斯）
9. If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde )
如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。（王尔德）
Be it ever so humble , there is no place like home. (John Howard Payne, Averican drmatist and actor)金窝，银窝，不如自家的草窝。(美国剧作家、演员佩恩. J. H.)Every soil where he is well, is to a valiand man his natural country. (Masinger Phililp, British dramatist)勇敢的人随遇而安，所到之处都是故乡。(英国剧作家 菲利普.M.)Go where he will, the wise man is at home His harth the earth, his hall the azure dome. (R.W.Emerson, American thinker)明智者四海为家--地球是他的壁炉，蓝天是他的客厅。(美国思想家 爱默生.R.W.)Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love. (Francis Bacon, British philosopher)幸福的家庭，父母靠慈爱当家，孩子也是出于对父母的爱而顺从大人。(英国哲学家 培根.F.)He is the happiest ,be he King or peasant , who finds peace in his home. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German dramstist and poet)无论是国王还是农夫，家庭和睦是最幸福的。(德国剧作家、诗人歌德. J.W.)You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success .(Charles Chaplin , American actor)人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.( Thomas Edison , American inventor)有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。( 美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost? Is the defeat final No !(Charles De Gaulle , French president)但是难道败局已定，胜利已经无望？不，不能这样说！ (法国总统 戴高乐. C.)我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇 。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)If you wish to succeed , you should use persistence as your good friend , experience as your reference , prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry. (Thomas Edison , American inventor )如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.(Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。(德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.)Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt, American president)实力永远意味着责任和危险。 (美国总统 罗斯福. T.)Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)成功由大量的失望铸就。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw)初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G)Genius only means hard-working all one's life .( Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。(俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫)
The unexamined life is not worth living. --Socrates
混混噩噩的生活不值得过-苏格拉底
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .
有所成就是人生唯一真正乐趣。——爱迪生
Man errs as long as he strives.
失误是进取的代价。歌德
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
能量加毅力可以征服一切--富兰克林
He who seize the right moment, is the right man.
谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成--歌德
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.想要懂得今天，就必须探究昨天。－Pearl Buck（赛珍珠）
You have to believe in yourself. That\'s the secret of success.人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。－Charles Chaplin（卓别林）
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。－Abraham Lincoln（林肯）
The important thing in life is to have a great aim ,and the determination to attain it.人生重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。－Johan Wolfgang von Goethe（歌德）
To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。－Napoleon（拿破仑）
6. 经典英文名人名言
All for one, one for all.
人人为我，我为人人。—— [法] Dumas pére大仲马
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。—— Socrates 苏格拉底
Easy come, easy go.
易得者亦易失。 —— Hazlitt赫斯特
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
爱，统治了他的王国，不用一枝利剑。—— Herbert 赫伯特
We soon believe what we desire.
我们欲望中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。—— Chaucer乔叟
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒
The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。—— Howell 贺韦尔
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。—— Heywood 希伍德
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。—— Taverner 泰维纳
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.
一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。 —— Heywood 希伍德
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 —— Davies 戴维斯
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林
Time and tide wait for no man.
时间不等人。—— Scott 斯科特
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。——Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。——Smedley 斯密莱
Beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。——Heywood 希伍德
First catch your hare.
首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之。—— Thackeray 萨克雷
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。—— M. Moore 穆尔
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。 —— Julius Caesar 凯撒
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。 —— Jules Verne 凡尔纳
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。—— T. Fuller 富勒
Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。—— Julius Erving欧文
All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope.
人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。—— Alexandre Dumas Pére大仲马（法国作家）
It is not enough to be instrious, so are the ants. What are you instrious for?
光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。—— H. D. Thoreau梭罗
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。—— Charles Chaplin卓别林
7. 英文名言警句（短小精炼）
2.Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
3.New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。
4.No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
5.No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。
6.No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。
7.No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。
8.No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。
9.No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。
10.No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。
11.None are so blind as those who won't see.视而不见。
12.None are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻。
13.No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
14.No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。
15.No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。
16.No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。
17.No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。
18.No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。
19.No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
20.Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
21.Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。
22.Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。
23.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
24.Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。
25.Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。
26.Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
27.Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。
28.Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
29.No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。
30.Obedience is the first ty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。
31.Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。
32.Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。
33.Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。
34.Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
35.Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。
36.Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。
37.Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
38.One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
39.One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
40.One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
41.One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
42.One good turn deserves another.行善积德。
43.One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
44.One man's fault is other man's lesson.前车之鉴。
45.One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
46.One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。
47.One's words reflect one's thinking.言为心声。
48.Out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
49.Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。
50.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。
51.Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。
52.Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。
53.Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
54.Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
55.Pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。
56.Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
57.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
58.Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
59.Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
60.Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
61.Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
62.Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
63.Promise is debt.一诺千金。
64.Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
65.Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
66.Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
67.Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
68.Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
69.Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
70.Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。
71.Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
72.Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
73.Seeing is believing.眼见为实。
74.Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。
75.Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。
76.Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。
77.Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
78.Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
79.Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
80.Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。
81.Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。
82.Still water run deep.静水常深。
83.Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
84.Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。
85.Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。
86.Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。
87.Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操，曹操就到。
88.Hasty love, soon cold.一见钟情难维久。
89.Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。
90.Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。
91.Hear all parties.兼听则明。
92.Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。
93.He is a fool that forgets himself.愚者忘乎所以。
94.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。
95.He is a wise man who speaks little.聪明不是挂在嘴上。
96.He is lifeless that is faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。
97.He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.正人先正己。
98.He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.自嘲者不会让人见笑。
99.He is wise that is honest.诚实者最明智。
8. 英语励志名言名句大全
life is like a sea, only the strong will of people, to reach the other shore. - Marx.生活就像海洋，只有意志坚强的人，才能到达彼岸。——马克思
Reading for the rise of the Chinese. - zhou enlai.为中华之崛起而读书。——周恩来
Successful flower, people just admiring her present mingyan! But when her yaren, soak the struggle leiquan, possessions on the blood rain of sacrifice. Ice -.成功的花， 人们只惊羡她现时的明艳！ 然而当初她的芽儿， 浸透了奋斗的泪泉， 洒遍了牺牲的血雨。——冰心
When you want to give up, think about what makes you insist on here. -- kobe Bryant.在你想要放弃的时候，想想是什么让你当初坚持走到了这里。——科比
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. - MAO zedong.世上无难事，只怕有心人。——毛泽东
And will be more straight to the sea and the sea in full sail. - li .长风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海。——李白
No accumulation, no thousands of miles, no small streams, no rivers.-Xunzi.不积跬步,无以至千里,不积小流,无以成江海。——荀子
There is no road in the world, there are many people who have gone, and they have become the way.-Luxun.世上本没有路,走的人多了,也变成了路。——鲁迅
A thousand grind and a hard hit, and the wind of the East and the West.-Zheng banqiao.千磨万击还坚劲,任尔东西南北风。——郑板桥
9. 英语经典名言名句
英语经典名言名句有：
A day is a miniature of eternity. （ Emerson ）
一天是永恒的缩影。（爱默生）
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. （ C. Weizmann ）
奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。（魏茨曼）
It takes two to make a quarrel.
一个巴掌拍不响。
single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。
Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
麻烦没有来找你，不要去找麻烦。
A good name is better than riches.
声誉胜于财富。
Time is a bird for ever on the wing. （ T. W. Robertson ）
时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。（罗伯逊）
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend.
宁有公开的敌人，不要虚伪的朋友。
Speech is the image of actions.
语言是行动的反映。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.
世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. （ Edison ）
如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。（爱迪生）
Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance.
愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation.
天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger.
人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. （ O. Wilde ）
如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。（王尔德）
All lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. （ L. Blum ）
品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。（布鲁斯）
Haste trips over its own heels.
忙易出错。
A watched pot never boils.
心急喝不了热粥。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
He who commences many things finishes but a few.
样样都搞，完成者少。
There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. （ Muggeridge ）
没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。（马格里奇）
拓展资料：
英语是印欧语系-日耳曼语族下的语言，由26个字母组合而成，英文字母渊源于拉丁字母，拉丁字母渊源于希腊字母，而希腊字母则是由腓尼基字母演变而来的。
英语是国际指定的官方语言（作为母语），也是世界上最广泛的第一语言，英语包含约49万词，外加技术名词约30万个，是词汇最多的语言，也是欧盟以及许多国际组织以及英联邦国家的官方语言，拥有世界第三位的母语使用者人数，仅次于汉语和西班牙语母语使用者人数。
英语由古代从丹麦等斯堪的纳维亚半岛以及德国、荷兰及周边移民至不列颠群岛的盎格鲁、撒克逊以及朱特部落的白人所说的语言演变而来，并通过英国的殖民活动传播到了世界各地。
由于在历史上曾和多种民族语言接触，它的词汇从一元变为多元，语法从“多屈折”变为“少屈折”，语音也发生了规律性的变化。
在19至20世纪，英国以及美国在文化、经济、军事、政治和科学在世界上的领先地位使得英语成为一种国际语言。如今，许多国际场合都使用英语做为沟通媒介。
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