葛底斯堡演说中英对照全文

葛底斯堡演说中英对照全文

Four score [skɔ:]二十and seven years ago our fathers祖先,先辈brought(bring) forth产生,造就on this continent大陆['kɔntinənt], a new nation ['neiʃən]国家, conceived(conceive [kən'si:v]构思,设想,持有,怀有…理念) in Liberty自由, 自主, and dedicated (dedicate ['dedikeit]) to致力于; 献身于the proposition [.prɔpə'ziʃən]见

解,主张,观点that all men are created(create [kri'eit]创造,创作,创建) equal ['i:kwəl]平等的.

Now we are engaged [in'geidʒd] in正忙于,正着手于,正做着a great civil ['sivil]国内的，国民间的war, testing(test考验；检验) whether that nation, or any nation so conceived(conceive

[kən'si:v]构想,设想,怀有…理念) and so dedicated ['dedi.keitid]献身於某事物的; 专心致志的, can long endure [in'djuə]继续存在,持续;持久. We are met(meet相遇) on a great battle field战场; 阵地of that war. We have come to dedicate ['dedikeit]把…奉献给a portion[‘pɔ:ʃən] of一部分; 一份that field, as a final最终的；最后

的resting place休息处，休息所for those who here gave献出；牺牲their lives ,(so) that that nation might live. It is altogether彻底地,完全地,整个地fitting适合的,适宜的;适当的;相称的and proper ['prɔpə]适宜的；合适的；适当的；恰当的,符合习俗（或体统）的；正当的that we should do this. But, in a larger sense [sens]含义,意义,意思, we can not dedicate以…供奉给—we can not consecrate ['kɔnsi.kreit]使圣化,把…奉为神圣—we can not hallow ['hæləu]使成为神圣,把…奉为神圣—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled斗争,抗争,抵抗here, have consecrated it, far above远远超过our poor power to add or detract[di’trækt]毁损,贬低,减损,抹杀. The world will

little note注意, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is (necessary)for us the living活着的人, rather有些;颇为;相当, to(=It is rather necessary for us to,It is adj for sb to do sth.对于某人来说做某事是怎么样的) be dedicated here to(be dedicated to致力于,献身于) the unfinished work which they who fought (fight打仗；战斗；作战)here have thus far迄今为止so nobly ['nəubli]崇

高地,高尚地advanced (advance促进；推动,向前推). It is rather (necessary) for us to be here dedicated to the great task任务,工作remaining(remain剩下,余留,留待) before us — that from 由于,因为these honored ['ɔnəd]光荣的,荣幸的dead先烈we take使用,需要,花费increased [in'kri:st]更多的,增加的,增多的,增强的devotion[di'vəuʃən]献身，奉献to that cause [kɔ:z]事业;追求;目标;理想for which they gave the last full measure ['meʒə]度量,程度,尺度of devotion [di'vəuʃən]献身;奉献(终极之奉献,最后一次全力以赴,鞠躬尽瘁死而后已) — that we here highly高度地,高标准地resolve [ri'zɔlv]作出决定,下定决心that these dead shall not have died in vain[vein]徒劳的,枉然的,无结果的,无用的,无效的— that this nation, under God上帝的保佑下, shall have a new birth新生;重生of freedom自由,自主— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish [‘periʃ]消亡,毁灭,被摧毁from the earth(与世长存,永世长存).

注：Of the people, By the people, For the people，即民有、民治、民享，即为人民所拥有的，被人民所选出的，为人民而服务的。

八十七年前，我们的父辈在这块大陆上创建了一个新的国家。这个新的国家在自