2014高级翻译教程复习记录.docxVIP

Translation means translating meaningTake the initiative 采取主动With (one’s) tongue in (one’s) cheek/tongue in cheek 无诚意的，假心假意的Everyday things 日常事情Have a passion for 对…极度热爱Poverty line 贫困线Spring from 发源于，出身于In any company 在任何交际场合，在客人面前They prefer to discipline themselves rather than be disciplined by others他们宁愿自律，而不愿受制于人Prefer...rather than 的两种用法Prefer…to/rather than后面可接名词，代词，动名词作比较，两个作比较的部分在形式上保持一致Prefer…rather than后面接动词不定式做宾语，其中prefer接不带to的不定式，rather than接不带to的不定式They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make up their own minds他们为能独立行事和有权做出自己的决定而感到自豪Pride oneself on/upon something是以…感到自豪He pride himself on his ability to speak 20 languagesTake a pride in sth以…自豪，对…感到得意She takes pride in writing beautiful essaysI am preparedThey will take any sort of job anywhere rather than be unemployed他们愿意到任何地方干任何工作，而不愿意失业不少情况下，rather than 不连在一起用，而是rather和than后面分别跟动词，表示宁可…而不…的意思此外，rather than还有与其说…不如说...，不是…而是…的意思They love to boast, though often with tongue in cheek他们喜欢自吹自擂，尽管多数情况下只不过是说说而已With tongues in their cheeks, they say they will honor the agreementCAN与表示时间，频率的状语连用，而是作为“有时候”解No high hope for their future对未来不报太大希望It is said/stated/asserted 和it is a well-known fact据说，有人说，众所周知The manual worker is usually quite at ease in any company体力劳动者在任何场合通常都相当自在No exception(无复数)没有例外，无一例外Be typical of 特有的，独特的We, or the things we do, are typical of our nationThat is typical of him只有他才能干得出来Individuals different 个性差异Place emphasis on 重视，强调Stem from 起源于，由…造成At first thought 乍一想Less apparent at first thought is that much of what was once said to be typically American is often no longer just American乍一想不那么明显的是，许多过去曾被说成只有美国人才会做的事情，现在常常不再仅仅是美国人在做了Take hold 生根，固定下来I advised him to get rid of his bad habit before it could take holdConvenience food 方便食品Frozen food 速冻食品A throw-away culture 使用一次性物品的生活方式Generation gap 代沟Similarly, to talk about a car culture, a throw-away culture, or the generation gap as exclusively American concerns makes little sense today同样的，如果今天还说以车代步的生活方式和热衷于使用一次性物