Tender performance

tender ['tendə]

adj. 纤弱的;嫩的;温柔的;疼痛的; n. （正式）提出;投标;供应船，联络船;照看者; vt. 正式提出;使变脆弱;<古>温柔地对待;

performance [pɚ'fɔrməns]

n. 表演;演技;表现;执行;

per完全+form形状+ance表名词→ perform从头到尾做出形状=表演+ance表名词 → 表演

That remains to be seen.

那还要看看。

Once bitten, twice shy.

一次被咬，下次胆小。

We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;

如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置，那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们，