2012年翻译资格辅考试口译语常见成语翻译.docx

远亲不如近邻　Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. / A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.　种瓜得瓜种豆得豆　You must reap what you have sown. / As you sow, so shall you reap.　小Car笔记：　natural death：生理死亡; 自然死亡　kinsman：男亲戚 【例句】The bride’s kinsman gathered to make preparations for the wedding. 新娘的男亲属们聚集在一起为婚礼做准备。　智者千虑，必有一失　Homer sometimes nods.　胜不骄败不馁　to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure　富贵在天　Riches and honors come from heaven.　智者不惑　A wise man is free from perplexities.　无风不起浪　There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.)　画蛇添足　to paint the lily　趁火打劫　to fish in troubled waters　量入为出　to cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth/ make both ends meet　阳奉阴违　ostensible obedience　跑了和尚跑不了庙　The monk may run away, but the temple can’t run with him.　小Car笔记：　Homer：n. 荷马(希腊诗人)　lily：百合花，纯白的　troubled waters：混乱状态， 波涛汹涌的水置之死地而后生　Put the troops in death ground and they will live.　道高一尺魔高一丈　While thepriest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten.　预防胜于治疗　Prevention is better than cure.　新官上任三把火　New brooms sweep clean.　塞翁失马焉知非福　Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.　路遥知马力日久见人心　A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man.　沧海一栗　a drop in the bucket　盖棺论定　Judge none blessed before his death.　岁月不饶人　Time and tide wait for no man.　经验即良师　Experience is the teacher.　小Car笔记：　in disguise：伪装， 假装， 乔装　tide：潮汐 【常用短语】turn the tide vi. 扭转局势　微不足道　a drop in the ocean：The police crackdown on speeding is just a drop in the ocean in solving Taiwan’s traffic problems.　勤能补拙　Diligence can make up for lack of intelligence.　寿终正寝　to die a natural death (to die in one’s bed)　寡不击众　There is no contending against odds.　对牛弹琴　to cast pearls before swine　祸不单行　Misfortunes never come single.　饱食终日无所事事　to eat the bread ofidleness　慷他人之慨　to be free with other’s money