四級翻譯練習及解析指導
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1.They are going to _______________(緊急情況時調動軍隊).
2. Swimming in the sea _______________(有助于增進體力和毅力).
3. They called on Black people to ________________(反對征召黑人青年當兵).
4. _______________(她表現出了很強的自制力)when they told her the news.
5. He is said to ________________(一直在工作而不是一直在學習)in the U.S.A.
1. mobilize the army in an emergency
解析:本題主要考查詞語選擇。調動可以選用mobilize或remove,緊急情況時作條件狀語,可選用in an emergency,at an urgent time,under urgent circumstances等。
2. helps to build up both physical strength and willpower
解析:本題著重考查詞語的使用。有助于常用搭配為:help to do,增進可選用動詞enhance或短語build up,體力是physical strength,毅力不能譯成mental strength,它是指為實現某一愿望而堅持不懈,因此willpower更恰當。另外,swimming in the sea是動名詞作主語,當指代某件事情時,謂語動詞要用單數。
3. to oppose the drafting of Black youth
解析:征召......當兵在英文里沒有一個完全對等的短語,但有一個詞draft本身就有征召入兵的含義。The drafting of sb.表示征召某人入伍。black指顏色黑的,但如果指黑色人種就要大寫Black。反對在英文里可以說object或oppose,但 object指一般的反對,特別是瞬間的突然反對,如:Do you object to my smoking here?(你反對我在這兒抽煙嗎?)oppose是指經過熟慮或有重大理由對某一傾向、行為極度不滿而極力反對,因此本句用oppose更合適。
4. She displayed great self-control
解析:本句意為:當她被告知這一消息時表現出很強的自制力。關鍵是表現英文對應詞的選擇。除display 外,show,represent,exhibit和短語put up也有表示展現某種能力的含義。self-control本身就是指自制能力,不需要刻板譯成self-control ability。這里采用了省譯法。
5. have been working instead of studying
解析:本題考查不定式完成進行時態的用法。不定式完成進行時表示截止到謂語動作發生之時不定式動作從過去某一時刻開始一直在進行的動作。本句還采用了合譯法,用instead of巧妙地連接了兩個并列成分。
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1.They are going to _______________(緊急情況時調動軍隊).
2. Swimming in the sea _______________(有助于增進體力和毅力).
3. They called on Black people to ________________(反對征召黑人青年當兵).
4. _______________(她表現出了很強的自制力)when they told her the news.
5. He is said to ________________(一直在工作而不是一直在學習)in the U.S.A.
1. mobilize the army in an emergency
解析:本題主要考查詞語選擇。調動可以選用mobilize或remove,緊急情況時作條件狀語,可選用in an emergency,at an urgent time,under urgent circumstances等。
2. helps to build up both physical strength and willpower
解析:本題著重考查詞語的使用。有助于常用搭配為:help to do,增進可選用動詞enhance或短語build up,體力是physical strength,毅力不能譯成mental strength,它是指為實現某一愿望而堅持不懈,因此willpower更恰當。另外,swimming in the sea是動名詞作主語,當指代某件事情時,謂語動詞要用單數。
3. to oppose the drafting of Black youth
解析:征召......當兵在英文里沒有一個完全對等的短語,但有一個詞draft本身就有征召入兵的含義。The drafting of sb.表示征召某人入伍。black指顏色黑的,但如果指黑色人種就要大寫Black。反對在英文里可以說object或oppose,但 object指一般的反對,特別是瞬間的突然反對,如:Do you object to my smoking here?(你反對我在這兒抽煙嗎?)oppose是指經過熟慮或有重大理由對某一傾向、行為極度不滿而極力反對,因此本句用oppose更合適。
4. She displayed great self-control
解析:本句意為:當她被告知這一消息時表現出很強的自制力。關鍵是表現英文對應詞的選擇。除display 外,show,represent,exhibit和短語put up也有表示展現某種能力的含義。self-control本身就是指自制能力,不需要刻板譯成self-control ability。這里采用了省譯法。
5. have been working instead of studying
解析:本題考查不定式完成進行時態的用法。不定式完成進行時表示截止到謂語動作發生之時不定式動作從過去某一時刻開始一直在進行的動作。本句還采用了合譯法,用instead of巧妙地連接了兩個并列成分。