张培基英译现代散文选词组

张培基英译现代散文选1
1. Phrasal Expression & Words
… amid(st) thunderous applause a bare subsistence A be characteristic of B = B be characterized by A A bend in a river / mountain A blind alley A brass drum 小铜鼓 A bygone age a clot of blood A cobbled path A confused mass of… A faint scent of A forgone conclusion 预料中的必然结局 A hired hand on contract A jumble of… 一大堆 A keen sense of A long-timer of Beijing A loose community of smaller family A man of profound learning A mere drop in the ocean A niche in the temple of fame A passing glance A philosophical approach to life a positive outcome A scene of poetic charm A sensation of blissfulness A speck of mud A stone’s throw A trace / shade / tint/ sprinkle of… A Treasury of Best Chinese Prose 古文观止 A vast tract of land A virtuous man / a man of supreme virtue / moral integrity A widening expanse of water abandon … to fate Ache/agonize with pain Adjoining room admire sb for sth affected 做作 aim high amiable by nature Amuse oneself by… = do … for fun Amusing episode an enlightened king An odd-jobber
An opportune moment 合适时机
Ancestral home
Approach senility
aptly 恰如其分地
Art troupe 文工团
At a stretch/sitting
At one’s command
at the present moment Avaricious desires 贪念 Bark up the wrong tree 攻击错了目标 bashful Bask in the sunshine Be ablaze/aglow with light be advanced in years be an encumbrance to… Be beset/troubled with/by Be blurred by… Be bogged down = be trapped Be bound up with…密切关联 be central/indispensable to sb. Be cooped up = be caged be deeply grieved to learn of… be distinguished by Be engrossed in… Be exquisite and nicely arranged be forever cherished / treasured Be hale and hearty 矍铄的；老当益壮的 Be havened from be humanly impossible Be imprinted/carved/engraved/ingrained on/upon… be in a fix Be instrumental in Be interwoven with 交织着 be irrelevant / foreign to Be keenly aware of be keyed up 紧张 Be led by the nose be of southern breed Be off and on be on an equal footing with… Be on the lips of…在…中流传 Be on the minds of..
be out to do…
be overgrown with wild woods
be packed with…
Be plagued = annoyed = upset
Be possessed
Be possessed of
be reconciled to…
be reduced to
be saddled with 负担着 be sent to gallows Be short of/devoid of Be shrouded in = be covered in = be enveloped in Be sloppy in thinking Be strewn/covered/festooned with… Be stumped by = baffled Be tantamount to…= equal Be tinted / colored by… Be troubled / seized with… Be tucked away in… Be weaned 断奶 Be weighed down/ troubled with be wet with perspiration/… Be wide of / far from the mark 离谱 Be wild with excitement / joy Be wor thy of… 无愧于 Beam = a big smile on face Bear a thin coating of… begin by degrees 逐渐开始 Beguile = while / idle / fritter away Bibliomania bicker Birds of a feather flock together Blackout: (战时)灯火管制 Blurt 脱口而出 bookish / pedantic / impractical view Border sth on the west boudoir 闺房 Bountiful free gifts Bow down to Brazenly claim / credit 厚颜无耻邀功 Break into uncontrolled sobs Brilliant talent burst with vitality Bury the hatchet Button up clothes By dint of 凭借 Capon Carcass: slaughtered animal for food Cavernous mouth Chant ancient Chinese books 诵读古籍 chicken-and-egg 因果难断的 Chit chitchat 谈天说地；灌水区（论坛版块名）
Click away the seconds
Come dimly into sight
Come out exceedingly well
Come to pass 出现，发生
Come up against
Come upon a windfall
Come/be of age
Confirmed = habitual
Confirmed = habitual
Congenial disposition 天性
convulsive sob
cool one’s heel
Cordially
cotton-padded gown 棉衣
Court ladies = palace maid
Crackling: sound made by burning wood
Crane one’s necks Credit A with B = attribute B to A Crumble into dust Curl up curtly = rudely Cut down on = economize on decadent 颓废的 Decorated archway 牌楼 degeneration of public morality Deliberately make a mystery of… depart one’s life Develop a liking for … diehard 顽固分子stalwart Dignitary dingy = dark + dirty Discontinuation of heartbeat disheveled hair Dispel darkness dissipate one’s fatigue Dizzy = giddy Do … a / an + adj + justice Do one’s bit Do sb a good turn Do.. by instinct dog-tired 筋疲力尽 double sure = fully convinced Drab = dull, boring, monotonous Drag on : (neg.) last Drain one’s teardrops / blood Draw an analogy between A and B Drawn-out = prolonged dream = longing = aspiration 憧憬 Dwell on dwindle away Eat into… Eat with gusto 津津有味地吃 edge away 慢慢离开 eke out a living 勉强度日 Elegiac Address to My Nephew Shi’erlang 祭祀十二郎文 Emaciated = fragile Embellishment 点缀 Empty into 注入，流入 Enormously magnificent / generous Entertain ambition Every hook and cranny 每个角落 Exemplary 模范的 Expanses of vacancy Extol 称赞 Fall through = bubble = be disillusioned Falteringly 结巴地 Family rules of good behavior Fare likewise Fascinating=imposing =peerless=breath-taking fawn on / flatter / toady to Feebly Fickle man 薄情男子 Fierce-browed Fighting scene First-hand experience Flagstone flower cultivation Follow one’s bent/inclination/will for one’s part 就某人而言 Forsaken roses Frame/state of mind Frolic 嬉闹，玩耍 Frostbitten fruits of labor Gain access to Gentle gracefulness Gesticulate = gesture Get up to mischief Get wind of… Gloomy sternness gloomy sternness Gnaw at sb = afflict / torture sb go out of one’s way 特地 Go out to…(be emo tionally drawn to) Go soldiering 军旅生涯 go through the wringer 历尽幸苦 God of Longevity Grove 树林，果园 Grow by/in leaps and bounds grow in luxuriance Grow in rich abundance Guileless 老实的，不奸诈 Hang on to one’s presence 不肯离开 hardier species Harp on Harp on 唠叨 have … to one’s name = be in one’s possession Have attachment for … Have blind faith in… Have designs on… Have no claim to… 对…无拥有权 Have nothing to live on hawk one’s wares Heart-rending = grievous Heavenly abode Herculean strength Hoary-headed 头发花白 Hoodwink = cajole household chores humor editors 应付编辑 I find them all. 尽收眼底 Impassioned speech / essay In all earnest 再三，尽力，竭力 In anticipation of In defense of…= in one’s defense in every way 彻头彻尾 in line with 符合 In spite of oneself 不由自主
In the boom / prime of youth In the morning haze In the prime of life In unison
Inadvertently 无意间 indomitable = steadfast
ingratiate sb with…= toady to sb ingratiate 讨好 Inkling = hint
In-laws n. 姻亲（无血缘关系的亲戚） Inspiration gushes 灵感涌动 /comes gushing to one’s mind. Intermittently = continually Inwardly
Irreparable loss Jeer at 奚落 jeering voice Jujube tree 枣树
Jump down one’s throat 猛地回击 keep a wary eye Keep early hours
Keep one’s body and soul together Keep up appearances Kitchen-maid
Knack of farming 劳作技能 Labyrinth
Lack of propriety = impropriety Lackluster 单调的
Lament with a deep sigh
Languid = lethargic = sluggish Laud sb to the sky lavish attention on lazybones Lie waste
Lie/remain unknown Liken / compare sb to … Limpid brook Listless 无精打采 Literati 文人学士 Locust tree 槐树
Longing note 杜鹃啼血 look askance at 斜视
Look over one’s shoulder loving/fond memories
Make a clean break with… Make a fanfare Make for … 有助于 Make light of 无视 malicious squint malinger
man of letters mandarin jacket mean everything Meritorious service mist-shrouded Model … after …
Money-shop
moral excellence
More dead than alive
Morning glory 牵牛花
Moult one’s shell
Myriads of fireflies荧光千点
Mysterious lore
nameless fear/atrocity/loneliness
Negotiate gorges
Next to none
Not sleep a wink
nuptial chamber 洞房
Obsequious = flattering
Octogenarian 八十岁的人
Old home
Omen预兆
on sentry duty 站哨
On the pretext of… 以…为借口/理由
Ostrichlike
Overflow with material desire
pack the hall
Palpable = noticeable = tangible
Parting sorrow
Pass for = be regarded as
Pass out of existence
peaceful calmness
pendant 坠饰
People of all strata
Perennially young
Personal inclination
Personal liking = preference
perspire / blood profusely
Perusal熟读of sth
Pet phrase
petticoat influence = nepotism
pigsty
Pit – a – pat = pitter – pattering
Pitch-darkness
Play up to = fawn on bigwigs
pleasure of life
Ply sb with sth 不断供应
Pounce on… 猛地扑向
Prostrate oneself 顺重
Prowl 潜行
Puddles of rainwater雨水坑
Put sb in the mind of…
Quite a few varieties of…
Reddening glow of setting sun
Reed
Refrain from…
Reign supreme 占优势
Render a service to…贡献
respect = reverent = well-mannered Reverberating bell
Rhapsody on E’pang Palace 阿房宫赋
rosary 念珠
Royal edict Rubble 碎石
Rules and regulations
safe haven = soft / peaceful shelter
Sallow 蜡黄，灰黄
Sapphire mountains and emerald rivers
save up for
sb grow out o f … 长大
Scarlet cloud
scheme against each other
Scrape along/by艰难度日
Scurry/hasten homewards
sedan-chair
See the light of day 出版问世
Seek a living
seek solace
Sentimental value 纪念价值
Servant girl
Set one’s mind on sth/ to do sth
Shadow boxing
shed tears over…
shoulder pole 扁担
Shout / yell one’s head off
Shrug off one’s words = distrust
Shy away from…= avoid…
Sicken to see
sidelong glance
sideway growth
Sign with regret
Sit bolt upright
Size sb up
Sleep on/over
smart aleck
snatch away
Social strata
Sodden 浸湿的
Sound trailed off.
Sparkling star
Speak volubly 口若悬河
Spell disaster
Spell disaster
spin cotton into yarn 纺纱
Spring drizzle毛毛雨
Spur oneself on
Stand to benefit in … 可能/将会有利于
Starry
= star-studded
= a constellation of performers and
artists
Stereotyped essay
Sth be ingrained 根深蒂固
sth be written all over one’s face
Strengthen/toughen/brace up one’s
spirits
stride over / brush / whiz / flit past
Stroke the scar / chin
Superb attraction
supercilious 高傲的
supplicate 恳求
Supreme duty 最大责任
swagger 昂首阔步走
sweat streams down face.
T adpole
T ake … at face value 只看表面
take … very much to heart把…很放在心上
T ake sb to task
= severely reproach/reprimand sb
take to sth/doing
taste of = look like
T attered clothes
Tear itself away from
Temple太阳穴，鬓角
That’s final.
the asking price 要价
The hooting of an owl
The long night wore on
amid(st) its dripping sound.
The sea of mortals = the living
There’s no limit to learning.
Thinning hair
Time and money he had none
To complicate matters
= to worsen the situation
To one’s heart’s content
to the effect that… 大意是
To the neglect of meals and sleep
To the tune of…
touch off = spark
Tower to the sky
Tram 有轨电车
Treat sb/sth to… 让某人享受…
Tricolor 法国三色国旗
Tumultuous = turbulent
Turbid, sordid, corpulent
Twig 树枝
twine and climb 盘旋而上
Twinkle / sparkle w ith…
Twist and turn
Umbilical cord 脐带
unbosom oneself
Under one’s wing / protection
Undiminished
= remain strong = not receding
Unflinchingly
Unkempt = untidy
unruffled = calm = placid
unsettled life
Unshirkable responsibility
Usurp the throne
Utter/let out a sound
Venerable Guo
venomous = malicious
veranda
Vermin = harmful people / object
Vie in doing sth
wane = pine away = wear away Wayside flower 路边野花Waywardness 任性
Wear an air of casual indifference Wear and tear of time
Weeping willow Well up(感情)迸发
Wheat in the ear 芒种
whetstone 磨刀石
Whimper = sob
Whims and desires 奇思幻想
white poplar 白杨
Wide erudition 博学
Wind up staying…
With no strings attached
Wither away in solitude 在孤寂中凋零
Without a soul in sight
wryly = ironically
2.Sentence
A feeling of forlornness will begin to creep up on you.
A glimmer of light filters into …
A keen / biting/ stinging / cutting / savage satire
A life free from worries and cares
A matter of survival or extinction
A soldier knows no compromise.
As fresh as ever in my memory
As smooth as a mirror道滑如拭
Be beside oneself / overwhelmed with joy / rage
Be entranced / attracted / enthralled / enticed
Be fraught with (dreams/concerns)
Be more than eager to do…
Be reserved and content to live in obscurity
Be worthy of remembrance
Bring… into closer contact with…
Convey one’s regards to…
Cries gradually recede from hearing.
discredit / disgrace sb in public
Drink nonstop to…= propose repeated toasts
Endure countless hardships
Graduate with honors
Harbor/have an enmity against…Hardly be able to escape censure
Have sth to recommend itself 总是好的
He never made enough money.
His debts mounted with each passing year.
how many days I’ve got = I’m entitled to
I feel duty-bound to… = I feel it incumbent on me to…
It filled me with much concern to learn of your indisposition.
Lapse into sympathetic silence
Make a still better place of…
Merge into a harmonious whole
muffled
My heart was tramping / racing / pounding.
My heart’s throbbing with gratitude.
nocturnal merry-making under candle-lights
Register/record the days of youth
relive old days/times
See through the vanity of human society
The choice is yours / lies in you.
There reigns peace and quietness.
There’s no denying the fact that…
There’s nothing but stillness there.
A strip of water should have become so vast a distance=keep us poles apart
Be representative/typical/symbolic/emblematic/quintessential of…
Climb (up) the social ladder = rise to power and position
Fulfill the task imposed on you and your father by history
If I were the sea-tide, I’d marshal rolling waves to cleanse the beach of all accumulated filth. Lots of things are apt to fade away as one’s life experience accumulates
Plunge/throw/thrust/thrash the house into deep darkness
the greatest / best … that ever breathed since tim e immemorial
With/have a slight touch/portion/shade/trace/tint of regret 微叹
张培基英译现代散文选2 1.Phrasal Expression & Words
a blade of grass
A chill in the air
A constellation of fine arts异彩纷呈
a grain of sand
a later invention/practice
A propensity for …
a red streak of dawn 一道红霞
a string of cash 一吊钱
a suckling baby 乳儿
A tremulous voice 颤抖的声音
A vast expanse of white
Abandon oneself to…= be lost in…Absence of any feeling
add … in passing 顺便说道
ajar 门半开
All the more = more
Alley = alleyways
Amble along
amphitheater
Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment 抗日游击队
arrive on the scene
Artifice 诡计
At an opportune moment 碰巧
at long last 终于
At one go = in one sitting
At one’s insistence
At the suggestion of …
awning 遮阳蓬
base cowardice 卑怯
bayonet 刺刀
Be ablaze with… 通明
be adequately fed and clad 丰衣足食
be at loggerheads with… 与…斗争/不合be bereft of … = be deprived of…
Be bogged down in a mire 陷入泥淖
Be clad in…
be confined to bed by sickness
be daubed with… 散漫地涂有
Be given to doing 习惯于
be immensely overjoyed 欣喜若狂
Be of long standing 老资格B e on an equal footing with… 与…平起平
坐
be on/at one’s heels 紧跟着
Be ordained by fate
Be overgrown with grass
Be pleasant to the ear: 悦耳动听
Be pregnant with meaning
Be shrouded / veiled in… 笼罩在
Be sloppy in thinking
Be subject to the law of nature
Be thoroughly drenched / soaked
Be uncalled for 不合适
begrudge doing = be unwilling to do
Bemoan the transience of youth
Best serve for an answer
blood debt(s) 血债
Blot out 抹去
Boundless expanse
Bring about a … mood
Broad and liberal 胸径宽广
bronchial tube 支气管
Burst into fits of abuse
Buzz with activity 活跃起来
by and large
cadence 抑扬顿挫
Call forth tears = trigger tears
canine phobia 怕狗
Canvass (for) support 游说以获得支持
cessation
Chalk up… 用粉笔写下
chant Buddhist scripture
Chestnut: 栗树/子
Chin up and chest out 抬头挺胸
Choke with sobs
chorus of wild yells
Clog 阻碍，木屐
Cluck 咯咯叫
Come of = result from
Come to the fore 崭露头角
Congenial response 共鸣
consult sb on …
Consummate = skillful = perfect
Copious tears of joy
Crestfallen = dejected
cringe = cower
Dabble in water 戏水
Damp down one’s passion
day in and out
dazzling brilliance 炫目/夺目的光辉
Deadly dull 极其乏味
Delicate features 纤细的面貌
Denude trees of leaves
despotic 专制的
detachment 小分队
Diehard 顽固分子
Din = hubbub: loud sound
Dine and wine
Domineering 专横的
Downy: fluffy + soft
Dream away = dawdle away
drool copiously 垂涎三尺
Drudge 苦工，辛苦劳作
drudgery 苦差
Dwell one’s eyes on… 凝视
dye… red 染红
Eatery 餐饮店
Ebony eyes/skin 黑眼睛/黝黑皮肤
Edible bird’s nest 燕窝
End up in a complete fiasco 惨败
Enfeeble = weaken
epithet 绰号
Ethereal 超凡的，优雅的
Failing = if without
Falcon 鹰隼(sun)
feel conscience-stricken
Feel instantly refreshed 顿时神清气爽
feel overawed 肃然起敬
Fellow provincial 老乡
firmament 苍穹
get a good thrashing
Get on in years 上年纪
Get the worst of it 处于劣势
Gild… 使…金子般发光
give sb. the slip 把某人甩掉
glazed tile 琉璃瓦
gloss over 掩饰
glower 怒视
gobble up 狼吞虎咽
Good wishes = blessing = auspicious remark
Good-for-nothing = lazybones
gosling 小鹅，没经验的年轻人
grizzled feather 灰白的羽毛
Hanker after 渴望
Happen by mere coincidence
harbor/bear hatred/grudge/against…Haughty 高傲的
Have the audacity to do … 胆敢做Have… all to ones elf 独占…
Heartening = encouraging
hearty thanks
High aspiration / ambition
Hoard for speculation 囤积居奇
Hold sway 控制
Homing / carrier pigeon
hoodwink 欺骗
I wouldn’t presume 岂敢
immense joy
Imprint 印记
In a daze
in expectation of…
in spite of oneself 不由自主
in the /at dead of night 深夜
In the face of the waning sun
in the twinkling of an eye 瞬息之间Inhibition 拘谨
Into the bargain 而且还…
irk = irritate
Jet black: 乌黑发亮
joss stick 香
Keep sb at arm’s length 保持距离
keep up with the trend of times
Kick sb. when he’s down 落井下石Knitted brow
Lay… to rest 安葬，平息
Limpid, insipid
Linden tree 菩提树
loll 懒洋洋地依靠
luminous 发光的
Lush greenery 草木青青
Lush 茂盛的
Make a bungle of… 弄错man of heroic mettle 有血性的人
mandarin jacket 马夫
Maxim 格言
Megalomania 夸大狂
Merit and demerit
Merry-making
Mope around 闷闷不乐地闲逛
Motley: 混杂的
Mulish=stubborn
murky 浑浊的，昏暗的
Myopia 近视
not a soul in sight
Old fogey 老顽固
On an empty stomach 空着肚子
On end 连续，接连
Oriole 黄鹂
out of the common 非同寻常
pallor 苍白脸色
Pampered / spoilt child
Pauper = beggar
perennial youth
Persimmon: 柿子
Piping: 尖叫声
piteous 可怜的
Plaintively = mournfully
play the fugitive / pursuer 逃/追
plumage 全身羽毛
Plunge sb. into gloom
Poetic feeling/sentiment 诗意
Polish up 润色
pound away 连续打击
preen 刻意打扮
present a view 立论
Privation 贫困
Propriety 行为/举止得体或恰当
Prosaic 平凡的
pure and simple 不折不扣，全然
put … to shame 使…黯然失色
Put forth buds: 抽芽
Quail: 鹌鹑
Railing 栏杆
Rain pelted/poured down
rain-drenched 雨湿的
Rank weeks: 丛生的杂草
recall … to one’s mind
red orb 红日
Relive the old days
remnant 遗留物
reticence 缄默不语
retracted lips 凹陷的嘴唇
retrogression in history 历史的退步
rickshaw boy/man 黄包车/人力车夫
Roost 鸟类栖息处
run amok 发狂
sanguine = optimistic
scamper over 蹦蹦跳跳
Scamper: 小动物/孩快蹦
scholarly dignity 书生气
Second self = bosom friend
set pen to paper
Shanghailander
shut… out of view
shy away
Silver dollar 银元
sit idle 空坐，空等
skirt around 绕开
Slipshod 懒散的，随便的
slushy = snow-clad, sentimental
smugly 沾沾自喜
Social development / progress
solicitude 担心
somehow or other 不知怎的
somersault 空翻
Sparingly 慎用，节省
speak volumes for … 充分说明
Spick-and-span 干干净净
spick-and-span 干净，清爽
Spiritual barrenness
Spongy fine sand 细软沙子
Sprightly = energetic
stage a demonstration
Stale
stand guard
Stand lost in reverie
Stand to do = be likely to do
Standoffish 冷淡的
status quo
Status quo现状
Steer/keep/stay clear of
stem the tide of progress
stirring = exciting
Strands of silk 屡屡丝线
Straw-laden
stretch far into the distance 伸向远处
Strike / touch a (deep) chord
Strike up a funeral hymn 奏挽歌
swoop down 向下猛冲
take … to one’s heels 溜掉
T ame = docile
T arry = linger
T auntingly = jokingly
That’s a hard nut to crack.
The clatter of mahjong tiles
The droning of machine 机器响声the endearing grandeur of nature The living present
The rattle of sabres(军刀) Thump/throb with emotion Tip sb. a wink 使眼色
touch upon = make mention of …
Touch/strike a chord
Transience 短暂，易逝
Treasure / cherish memory
treat me like dirt
Tremor: 小颤动
underdog 弱者
Undeserved reputation 名不副实
unflagging energy = energetic
Unsheathe 出鞘
uphold justice
usher in a new century 迎接新世纪
Vent … on/onto…
Verdant 翠绿色的
Wait on sb伺候
Waning sun 残阳
Wax and wane
Weigh heavily on one’s mind = bother
sb
whisk sth. away/off 匆匆带走
White fungus 银耳
window pane 窗玻璃
with gusto 兴致勃勃
2.Sentence
A creamy white ray streamed in.
a large attendance of several thousand
be at the end of resources = exhaust all one’s wits/means/tricks 黔驴技穷Be emaciated and have a sallow face 面黄肌瘦
be engraved / imprinted / etched / embedded on one’s mind
Be exposed to the serenity of the elements
Be filled with sentiment = sentiment swells up in heart.
be flogged by the scourge of life 受到鞭策
Be next door to = stand next to = border on
Be tucked away in the depth of memory
endure the torments of hunger 忍饥挨饿
Ever lingering love for you despite our separation. 藕断丝连
Give sb a sidelong glance over one’s glasses
Glance at sb out of the corner of glasses
Identify oneself with broad mass of people
Look earthward instead of skyward
lord it over … = reign over… = resume domination over…
Most apt / liable to slip away / slip through fingers
My heart palpitates with awe.
Pass through life all but once
Play ducks and drakes 水面掷石子比赛
rise laboriously bit by bit 努力慢慢上升
Susceptibility is always better than / preferable to insensibility. Through all lands and all eternity。