【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 解答本题的关键有三点:首先是in themselves。 themselves指few things,即“从事情本身而言”。其次是want of will,rather than of means。want此处作名词,是“短缺,不足”的意思,want of will“决心不够”;rather than of means意为“而不是条件不够”。第三要理解it is often for want of will,rather than of means,that man fails to succeed。这句话其实是个强调句型,for want of will, rather than of means是被强调部分,强调了for引导的原因。D)项的翻译基本正确,只是错译了 want;B)项翻译正确,但只翻译了一半;A)项的翻译基本都不正确。