英汉翻译理论与技巧之词汇翻译 (2).pptVIP

5. His words are worth taking with a grain of salt. 他的话不能全信，应该打点折扣。 6. There is a mixture of the tiger and the ape in the character of the imperialists. 帝国主义者的性格既残暴，又狡猾。 7. The EU’s Common Agricultural policy is a dinosaur which is adding ￡13. 50 a week to the food bill of the average British family. 欧盟的农业共同政策早已不合时宜，它要使英国家庭平均每周在食品开销上多支出13. 50英镑。 II. Specification 1. Her jealousy is the cause of her failure. 她的嫉妒心理是她失败的根源。 2. We have made some achievements , and we must guard against complacency. 我们取得了一些成就,但要防止自满情绪。 3. Wait a minute. Let me put on my things. 等一等。让我把衣服穿上。 4. I am of one mind with you on this. 在这一点上，我和你意见一致。 5. It is hard to get along with a man who blows hot and cold. 和反复无常的人在一起是很难相处的。 6. The actress was quite a phenomenon in show business circle. 这位女演员堪称是演艺界的杰出人才。 III. Logical Extension 1. Hanoi romanced its Asian neighbors for six years before winning its membership in ASEAN. 河内对其邻国进行了六年的亲善努力后成为东盟的一员。 2. Previously, if I had been really interested in a book, I would race from page to page, eager to know what came next. Now, I decided, I had to become a miser with words and stretch every sentence like a poor man spending his last dollar. 在那以前，我要是对一本书真感兴趣，往往一页一页拼命往下翻，急于知道下文的内容。现在我决定像守财奴那样不轻易放过每一个词语；也像穷人过日子，把每一个句子当作身边最后一块钱，省吃俭用，慢慢花费。 Exercise: 1. I was practically on my knees but he still refused. 2. I have no head for music. 3. How do we account for this split between the critics and the readers, the head and the heart? 4. A son, a job and housekeeping forced romance out. 5. The matter was finally settled under the table . 6. The shortest distance between raw material and a finished part is casting。 7. If you dare to play the fox with me , I’ll shoot you at once. 8. All the irregularities of the students in that university resulted in punishment. References: 1. 我几乎是苦苦哀求,但他依然拒绝。 2. 我没有音乐方面的天赋。 3. 评论家和读者之间,也就是理智和感情之间的这种分歧该如何解释呢? 4. 有了儿子，又要工作，又要做家务，就不能卿卿我我了。 5. 事情终于私下解决了。 6. 铸造是把原材料加工成成品的最简便方法。 7. 你要是敢对我耍滑头,我马上毙了你。 8. 在那所大学里，作出任何越轨行为的学生