高级英语句子翻译练习高级英语句子翻译练习.doc

Unit 1 1.在举出许多事实并列出一些统计数字后，他终于把他的论点说清楚了。(drive sth. home) After citing many facts and giving a number of statistical figures, he finally drove home his point. 2.差不多花了半年功夫，我们才完成了那个研究项目。(more or less) It took us half a year more or less to carry through the research project. 3.他说的话如此微妙，我们很难理解他的真实意图。(subtle) What he said was so subtle that we could hardly make out his true intention. 4.他的新书一针见血地审视了当代的社会问题。(squarely) His new book looks squarely at the contemporary social problems. 5.今日的年轻一代对互联网上的最新信息很关注。(be alive to) ?The younger generation today are very much alive to the latest information found on the Internet. 6.外语是不是在童年更容易学好？这是一个观点问题。(a matter of) It is a matter of opinion whether a foreign language is more easily learned in one’s childhood or otherwise. 7.在挫折面前千万不要丧失信心；鼓起勇气坚定不移地去克服它。(take courage) Never lose heart in the face of a setback; take courage and deal with it squarely. 8.适量的米饭、肉类、蔬菜、水果构成均衡的饮食。(constitute) Adequate amounts of rice, meat, vegetables, and fruit constitute a balanced diet. 1）sneer: to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something 2)intrinsically: in and of itself 3)could care less: care nothing at all 完全不在乎（节目中介绍了could care less和couldn’t care less的区别） 4)hold the fort: to be responsible for something while the person usually responsible for it is not there 5) besiege: to surround with armed forces 6) inflatable: can be inflated 7) hoverfort: It’s a parody of hovercraft (气垫船) 8) herbal remedy: medical treatment making use of plants 1.Craftsman n. a person skilled at a particular profession; here in this context, a skilled user of language/a skilled writer 2.apt adj. very suitable 3.le mot juste /l? ?m?u ?ju:st/:?(French) the correct or exact word 4.scrupulous adj. taking great care to do what is fair, honest, or morally right, or doing everything correctly and exactly as it should be done 5.Realization n. (an experience of) understanding and believing 6. humane killer instrument for painless s