综英第三册翻译

Unit 1
1. 她似乎与新同学相处不好。

(get along with)
She doesn’t seem to get along with her new classmates.
2. 我与玛丽失去联系多年，但昨天我与她在电话
里联系上了。

(out of touch, reach)
I’d been out of touch with Mary for year, but I managed to reach her by phone yesterday.
3. 那老兵喜欢对每一位来访者炫耀他的勋章。

(show off)
The veteran enjoys showing off his medals to everyone who visits him.
4. 她丈夫似乎非常反对她出国。

(opposed to)
He husband seems very much opposed to her going abroad.
5. 因为托马斯不安心工作，他的父母非常担忧。

(settle down)
As Thomas couldn’t settle down in his job, his parents were very worried.
6. 我口袋里总装着各种各样的小东西。

(bits and
pieces)
I always have all kinds of bits and pieces in my
pockets.
7. 她父母通过一些私人关系使她进入商界。

(pull strings)
Her mother pulled a few strings to get her into the business circle.
8. 我希望这些菜合你的胃口。

(to somebody’s
liking)
I hope the food is to your liking.
9. 那些男孩太吵闹，我把他们骂了一顿。

（tell
off）
I told the boys off for making so much noise. Unit 3
1. 母亲立刻派汤姆去叫医生。

( send … for)
Mother immediately sent Tom for the doctor. 2. 由于糖用完了，她没做成蛋糕。

(run out of)
She failed to bake the cake as she had run out of sugar.
3. 我知道您现在忙极了。

(desperately)
I know how desperately busy you are now.
4. 汤姆说错了话，惹得全班学生哄堂大笑。

(roar
with)
The whole class roared with laughter at Tom’s slip of the tongue.
5. 针、剪刀这类东西必须放在小孩够不着的地
方。

(out of … reach)
Such things as needles and scissors should be kept out of the reach of children.
6. 战士站在烈日地下，被晒得大汗淋漓。

(drench)
The soldiers stood under the burning scorching sun, drenched with sweat.
7. 他最后终于回到了他的祖国。

(in the end)
He returned to his own country / motherland in the end.
Unit 4
1. 我们的左侧有条路直通山脚。

(lead to)
There is a road on our left leading straight to the foot of the mountains.
2. 为了减肥，她只吃蔬菜，其他一概不吃。

(nothing but)
In order to lose weight, she eats nothing but vegetables.
3. 很抱歉，我们现在不能聘永你。

如果将来职位
有空缺，我们会与你联系。

(vacant)
We are sorry to inform you that we cannot employ you right now. If there is a position vacant / a vacancy in the future, we will contact you.
4. 我们无法按时完成这项任务，因为我们人手不
足。

(short of)
We cannot complete the project as scheduled because we are short of staff.
5. 孩子们将来一定会意识到，父母的唠叨是为了
他们好。

(for one’s good)
Children will understand one day that parents’nagging is for their own good.
6. 当她得知女儿被找到是，禁不住放声大哭了起
来。

(burst out)
She burst out crying when she heard that her lost daughter had been found.
7. 如果你有困难，可以随时来找我。

(hesitate to
do)
If you have any difficulties, don’t hesitate to come to see me.
Unit 7
1. 春天和秋天我都喜欢，但是我更喜欢春天。

（prefer over）
I prefer to spring to autumn though I love both
seasons.
2. 我相信电子汽车总有一天会取代汽油汽车。

（supplant）
I believe that electric cars will one day supplant
petrol-driven ones.
3. 他们提醒他攀登喜马拉雅山很危险，可他偏不
听。

（warn of）
They warned him of the danger of climbing the Himalayas, but he wouldn’t listen.
4. 老师告诉学生，他们的前途取决于教育。

（hinge on）
The teacher told his students that their future prospects hinged on their education.
5. 她获得了最佳演员奖，大家都觉得她当之无
愧。

（deserve）
Everybody thinks that she deserved the award Best Actress of the Year.
6. 这个孩子每次碰到困难都去找妈妈，而不是自
己想办法。

（turn to ）
Every time the girl came across a problem, she would turn to her mother for a solution, rather than trying to solve it herself. 7. 丈夫去世后，她一如既往地培养3个女儿。

（nurture）
After her husband died, she continued to nurture her three daughters.
8. 现在人们学英语，似乎不是在学习一门有实
用价值的语言，而是在学一种语法。

（less…than …)
It seemed that a lot of people learn English less as a practical language than its grammar.
Unit 8
1. 在传统戏剧《白蛇传》里，白蛇以美女化身来
到人间，爱上了许仙，与之结为夫妻。

( in the shape of )
In the traditional Chinese opera, The White Snake who comes down to the earth in the shape of a beautiful girl and falls in love with Xuxian to whom she gets married later.
2. 她一看到血就会头晕。

( at the sight of )
She feels dizzy at the sight of blood.
3. 他今天上课不停地打盹。

( drowse )
He kept drowsing/ dozing off in class this morning.
4. 他全盘道出了两家不和的事实。

( relate )
He related the whole story of the long-standing
dispute between the two families.
5. 她一想起她那死于车祸的孩子就泪水涟连。

( at the thought of )
She would burst into tears at the thought of her
child killed in a traffic accident.
6. 我突然明白他原来是想帮助我。

( dawn on )
It dawned on me that he was actually trying to
help me.
7. 他们三人藏身的岩洞仅有两米高。

( no more
than )
The cave for the three of them to hide in was no
more than two meters high.
Unit 9
1.那天晚上詹姆斯(James)和你一起吃晚饭了吗? (in question)
Did James have supper with you on the night in question?
2.教练对比赛的最终结果表示满意。

(ultimate)
The coach was satisfied with the ultimate victory of the match.
3. 为了排除各国人民交往中的语言障碍，许多语
言学家都在研究新的世界语。

(embark on)
To remove the linguistic barriers in communication among the people of the world, linguists have embarked on the study of a new universal language.
4.合资企业的出现使我们有了更多接触外国人
的机会。

(contact with)
The emergence of joint-venture enterprises has increased our opportunities to have contact with foreigners.
5.妈妈嘱咐他收拾起桌上的零碎东西，把它们放
进抽屉里。

(bits and pieces)
Mother asked him to gather up the bits and pieces of his belongings from the desk and put them in the drawer.
6.因为一句小小的玩笑，他们之间发生了一场争
吵。

(arise out of)
Their argument arose out of a small joke.
7. 照片不清楚，我认不出其中的女孩。

(identify)
The picture is too blurred for me to identify the girl in it.
8.如果有人说他自己能和鬼神交流，你会信吗？
(claim)
If someone claims to have the ability to communicate with ghosts, would you believe it? Unit 10
1.毕业后，他先是做工程师，然后当了厂长。

( to
start with )
After graduation, he became an engineer to start with, then the director of a plant.
2.我想我还是接受他的邀请为好，因为你不能老
是拒绝别人。

(may as well)
I think I may as well accept his invitation, for
you can't keep saying no to people.
3. 为了安全起见，车上每个人都必须系上安全
带。

( for the sake of )
Everyone in the car must wear a seat belt for the sake of safety.
4. 把温度降到摄氏零度，水就会变成冰。

( reduce
to )
Reduce the temperature to zero degree centigrade and water will freeze / turn into ice.
5.他被指控犯盗窃罪。

事实上，他是无辜的。

( be
accused of )
He was accused of theft. But actually he was innocent.
6. 除了女主角的表演有点过火外，这是一部优秀
的影片。

( otherwise )
The heroine's performance is a little exaggerated, but otherwise it is an excellent movie.
7.有时大人也会上小孩的当。

( fall for )
Sometimes even adults will fall for children's tricks.
8. 如果她和你分手，那是你活该，谁让你老对她
撒谎呢？( sever somebody right )
You lied to her again and again. So if she leaves you, it serves you right。