汉语中同义反复词的翻译.docVIP

挨门逐户：from house to house / from door to door; 唉声叹气：heave a deep sigh / sigh in despair / moan and groan 安家落户：make one’s home /settle 安然无恙：safe and sound 按部就班：follow the prescribed order / keep to conventional ways of doing things. 跋山涉水：scale mountains and ford stream / travel across mountains and rivers 百孔千疮： riddled with gaping wounds / afflicted with ills. 半半拉拉：incomplete / unfinished 半夜三更：in the depth of night / late at night 报仇雪耻：avenge oneself / take revenge 抱残守缺：cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn—be conservative; be an anachronism 背井离乡：leave one’s place / be away from home. 背信弃义：break faith with sb / be perfidious 笨口拙舌：awkward of speech / slow of speech / inarticulate 笨手笨脚：clumsy / awkward 毕恭毕敬：reverent and respectful / extremely deferential 标新立异：start sth. New just in order to be different / do sth. Unconventional or unorthodox / create sth new and original 冰天雪地：a world of ice and snow 捕风捉影：chase the wind and clutch at shadows – speak od act on hearsay evidence 不慌不忙：unhurried / calm / leisurely 不痛不痒：scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory 不屈不饶：unyielding / indomitable / dauntless 才疏学浅：have little talent and less learning 藏污纳垢：shelter evil people and countenance evil practices 沉默寡言：taciturn / uncommunicative / reticent 陈词滥调：hackneyed and stereotyped expressions 陈谷子烂芝麻：old millet and stale sesame 称心如意：after one’s own heart 打家劫舍：loot / plunder 大吹大擂：make a great fanfare / make a big noise/ beat the drum 大慈大悲：infinitely compassionate and merciful 呆头呆脑：stupid—looking 殚精竭虑：tax one’s ingenuity / rack one’s brains 刀山火海：a mountain of swords and a sea of flames—most dangerous places; most severe trials 登峰造极：reach the peak of perfection / have a very high level / reach great heights 低声下气：speak humbly and under one’s breath / be meek and subservient / be obsequious 涤瑕荡垢：remove the stains and cleanse the filth—eradicate bad habits and customs 颠沛流离：drift from place to place, homeless and miserable / wander about in a desperate plight / lead a vagabond