高中英语汉语成语和俗语英译.docxVIP

汉语成语及俗语英译 挨家挨户 from door to door（作状语）/door-to-door（作定语） 爱不释手 can’t bear/stand putting sth. down 安居乐业 live in peace and enjoy work 安然无恙 safe and sound 安于现状 be satisfied with the things as they are 白手起家 from nothing 百感交集 have mixed feelings 百看不厌 be worth reading (watching) a hundred times/never get tired of reading (watching) …/never get bored with reading (watching)... 摆谱儿/出风头 show off 半途而废 give up half way 饱经风霜/历经磨难 go through all kinds of hardships/suffer a lot 保平安 inform sb. of one’s safety 暴饮暴食 eat and drink too much 备受推崇 be highly recommended (by…)/be very popular (among…)/be highly regarded (by…) 变幻莫测/变化无常 changeable 宾至如归 feel at home 并驾齐驱/齐头并进 keep pace with 勃然大怒 lose one’s temper/burst into anger 博览群书 read widely 不辞而别 leave without saying goodbye 不辞辛劳 take the trouble to do 不懂装懂 pretend to know when/what one doesn’t know 不负盛名/名副其实/名不虚传 live up to one’s reputation 不攻自破 prove to be false 不假思索 without thinking/without hesitation 不尽相同 not exactly the same 不堪设想 can’t be imagined/be imaginable 不可救药 hopeless 不可思议 it’s hard to believe that…/it’s unbelievable that… 不期而遇 come across 不求回报 without asking for anything in return 不速之客 an unexpected guest 不惜代价 at any cost/at all costs 不遗余力 make every effort/ spare no effort to do 不远万里 travel so far 不知不觉/转眼之间 before we know it 才华横溢 brilliant/ full of talent 层出不穷 emerge/appear one after another 畅所欲言 express oneself freely 彻夜未眠 keep awake all night/fail to fall asleep all night 沉默寡言 of few words(作定语) 成败攸关 mean the difference between success and failure 吃不准 be not sure of/wh- 持之以恒/锲而不舍 persevere (persist) in/ perseverance (persistence) 重蹈覆辙 repeat/make the same mistake 出乎意料/始料不及 unexpected/unexpectedly/beyond one’s expectation 吹毛求疵/百般挑剔