专八之句子翻译专项训练概要1.ppt

No. 1 He who idles away the time is nothing but a living death. be nothing but: be only 虚度年华者，虽生犹死。（虚度年华者如同行尸走肉。） No. 2 No greater misfortune befalls a country than to be governed by a tyrant. befall：happen to 国之大难莫过于暴君当道。 No. 3 He had a disconcerting habit of expressing contradictory ideas in rapid succession. disconcert: to upset the self-possession of; ruffle 使…仓皇失措，使窘迫 他有一种习惯让人受不了，意见反复不定，一会儿一个变化。 No. 4 The expectation of collision informed British frontier policy in this period. inform v. to give form or character to ：给于特征或形式 英国预计到了将会发生冲突，于是对这一时期的边境政策作了调整。 No. 5 Every day now, the suppression of truth and the organizing of public ignorance shame journalism. the suppression of truth隐瞒真相 the organizing of public ignorance愚弄公众 现在，天天都在隐瞒真相，愚弄公众，这种做法是新闻界的耻辱。 No. 6 I walked to the ticket counter. When the ticket-seller saw me, her otherwise attractive face turned sour, violently so. her otherwise attractive face 她那原本颇为动人的脸 我走到售票台。女售票员一看见我，她那原本颇为动人的脸刷地一沉，变得怒气冲冲。 No. 7 Accident may put a decisive blunderer in the right, but eternal defeat and miscarriage must attend the man of the best parts, if cursed with indecision. miscarriage: 流产；失误 注意accident，a decisive blunderer，attend 的理解 出错者若处事果断，仍可意外取得成功；才干出众者若优柔寡断，必然屡屡失误。 No. 8 In their rush, these companies have neglected the hardest part of doing business in China: the people part. The result is that many have jeopardized their performance in the long run. jeopardize: endanger 危害，损害 performance: something performed; an accomplishment 业绩 这些公司在一拥而入之中忽略了在中国经营最艰巨的问题，即人的问题，结果许多公司严重损害了他们的远期经营业绩。 * *