比喻器量狭小，只考虑小事，不照顾大局。

petty narrow-minded

推：推究；问：审问。旧时指反复审训。

good many interrogations

名声传扬到各地，形容名声很大。

with fame spreading far and wide

任用有德行有才能的人。

Employing the worthy and enabling the capable

以：用；偏：片面；概：概括；全：全部。用片面的观点看待整体问题。

take a part for the whole

社：土地庙。城墙上的狐狸，社庙里的老鼠。比喻依仗权势作恶，一时难以驱除的小人。

corrupt officials and gentry who prey on the common people

管见：从管子里看东西，指见识浅陋。谦虚的说法，表示自己见识不广，意见未必正确。

in my humble opinion

不值得介意。

Not worth mentioning

目指：动一下眼睛来指物；气使：用嘘气声支使人。用眼神和气色指使人。形容骄横傲慢的样子。

order people about by a glare be insufferably arrogant

姑息：为求苟安，无原则地宽容；养：助长；奸：坏人坏事。无原则地宽容，只会助长坏人作恶。

to tolerate evil is to abet it

招：招收；贤：有德有才的人；纳：接受；士：指读书人。招收贤士，接纳书生。指网罗人才。

seek out able men and receive them

风流：有才学而不拘礼法；倜傥：卓异，洒脱不拘。形容人有才华而言行不受世俗礼节的拘束。

talented and gallant casual and elegant bearing

精金：精炼的金。纯金美玉。比喻人品纯洁或物品精美。

Pure gold and beautiful jade

不值得放在心上。

not worth a thought not worth considering not worth taking seriously

对别人的阴谋诡计看得很清楚。

See through their treachery

污、垢：肮脏的东西。比喻隐藏或包容坏人坏事。

shelter evil people and countenance evil practices

横行：指行动蛮横；无忌：无所顾忌。指倚仗暴力，毫无顾忌地干坏事。

run amuck

猾：狡诈。指非常阴险狡诈的人。

a crafty old scoundrel a wily old fox

指自己对某件事的一点看法。

my humble opinion

驰：传播。形容名声传播得极远。

famous both at home and abroad