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②The subjection in which his father had brought him up hadgive him originally great humility of manner,but it was nowa gooddeal counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head,living in re-tirement,and the consequential feeling of early and unexpectedprosperity. 父亲的严厉管教使他养成了唯唯诺诺的习气,但是这种习气如今又给大大抵消了,因为他本来就是蠢材,一下子过上了悠闲生活,难免会飘飘然起来,何况年纪轻轻就发了意外之财,自然会越发自命不凡。 ②After amusing himself some time with their curiosity,hethus explained... 他拿她们的好奇心打趣了一阵之后,便解释说……贝内特家即将到来一位客人,母女都好奇地向贝内特先生打探,他有意地吊她们胃口。 例如:①“...and bya manoeuvre ofMrs.Bennet had towait for theircarriages a quarter ofan hour after everybody else was gone,whichgave them time to see howheartily they were wished away by someofthe family.” 贝内特太太耍了个花招,等大家都走完了,他们还又等了一刻钟马车,这就给了他们一个机会看看,主人家有些人多么渴望他们赶快走。 这显然是对“和尚打伞，无法无天。” 正确的翻译应该是：“I am a monk under an umbrella, defying laws human anddivine.”。必要时，还可以加上注释。 抓紧施肥 grasp manure（pay c1ose attention to or attend to the question of manure）（这个译法曾在许多人中传为笑谈。） 取得成就make achievements（have orrecord） 学习知识learn knowledge（acquire orattain） 把中国建设成为build Chinainto（turnor transform ） 犯个人主义的错误makemistakes ofindiv1dua1ism（mistakes ofsuccumbingto individualism） 我们有过这样的经验Wehad theexperience that（1twasourexperience that） 热烈祝贺亚运会 Warmly congratulate the Asian Games （Hail or Greet）附带提 一下，亚运会有这样一句口号：“争取运动成绩与精神文明双丰收”译成“For a good harvestboth in sportsand mora1s”。“丰收”译成“goodharvest”，太拘泥于字面了。 For better（athletic）recordsand sportsmanship”是否稍好些？ 我们的事业从胜利走向新的胜利。 Ourcause haswonvictories oneafteranother. We havewon onevictoryafter anotherforour cause. 或者改用被动语态，如： A seriesof victorieshave been wonforourcause. 以下两个例子也属同一性质： 汉字在历史上有过不可磨灭的功绩。 The system of Chinese characters has played an invaluable ro1e in our history. （不是：Chinese characters have made indelible contributions in history。） 宗教不得干预政治。 It isimpermissible tointerfere withpolitics inthenameofreligion 。 （不是：Religionmust notinterfere with politics．） 3）修饰词（modifiers） 下面的例子：