第七节正反译法

第七节：正反、反正表达法（Negation）

1. Our PLA is worthy of being called a great army of the people.

2. He tries his best to overcome the lack of technical data.

3. The window refuses to open.

4. Yesterday he failed to get to school on time.

5. They excluded children (from) getting in.

6. That building is in a state of neglect.

7. He’s often absent-minded.

8. Lei Feng’s noble deeds are above all praise.

9. I, rather than you, should do the work.

10. The truth is quite other than what you think

11. Live up to the expectations of our own people and the people throughout the world.

12. Slips are scarcely avoidable when you’re new to your work.

13. There are two aspects to everything; to say there is only one is to be aware of one aspect and to be ignored of the other.

14. In technology, I think first we have to follow others in most cases, and it is better for us to do so, since that is what we are lacking at present and know little about.

15. The meeting were marked by such an absence of lively discussions that at times they were almost on the point of breaking up.

16. The scientists made a solemn pledge at the conference, saying,“We’ll for ever live up to what our Party expects of us.”

17 The County Party Committee there is ignorant of conditions at the lower levels.

18 The fellow is far from being honest.

19 The city and the areas around it are an ice-free port and a nuclear-weapon-free zone.

20 He stood still, trying vainly (in vain) to answer the battery of questions the boss raised.

21 The world today is far from peaceful.

22 She refrained from laughing.

23 She was refused admittance by them.

24 The evidence is conclusive, excluding all possibilities of doubt

25 Mr. White has refrained from making any official comment on the coup in that country.

26 That served to strengthen instead of weaken our determination (or: That strengthened, rather than weakened, our determination.)

27 But for the workers’ help, we should not have succeeded in this experiment.

28 The first bombs missed the target.

29 Such a chance was denied me

30 This problem is beyond me.

31 When Philip missed the last bus, he was at a loss to know what to do.

32 He unfastened his shoelace.

33 I rode around with him one day seeing how the ships unloaded.

34 Many agreed that the Prime minister had in effect resigned dishonorably.

35 He was an indecisive sort of person and always capricious.

36 It was said that someone had sown discord among them.

37 He manifested a strong dislike for his father’s business.

38 Don’t lose time in posting this letter