高级翻译教程复习记录

Translation means translating meaning

Take 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 languages

◆Take a pride in sth以…自豪，对…感到得意

She takes pride in writing beautiful essays

I am prepared

They 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 agreement

CAN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 nation

That 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 hold

Convenience 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品的生活习惯，或者代沟问题只有美国人关注，那就没有什么意义了

KGB is a multi-purpose, clandestine arm of power…more than an intelligence or counter-intelligence organization

与其说克格勃是个情报或反情报组织，不如说它是个具有多种目的的秘密权力机构

Flood of immigrants

It was not so much her appearance he liked as her character

与其说他喜欢她的外表，不如说喜欢她的性格

Take every opportunity

抓住一切机会

While abroad 在国外的时候

Ethnic minorities 少数民族

Ethnic 种族的

the White race, the Yellow race, the Black race

race>ethnic groups

racial conflict 种族冲突

ethnic conflict 民族冲突或族裔冲突

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