大学体验英语四课后翻译.pdfVIP

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1.随着职务的提升,他担负的责任也更大了;takeon

Withhispromotion,hehastakenongreaterresponsibilities.

2.他感到没有必要再一次对约翰承担这样的责任了;makeacommitment

HefelthedidnothavetomakesuchacommitmenttoJohnanymore.

3.闲暇时玛丽喜欢外出购物,与她相反,露茜却喜欢待在家里看书;asopposedto

Marylikestogoshoppinginhersparetime,asopposedtoLucy,whopreferstostayathomereading

4.说得好听一些,可以说他有抱负,用最糟糕的话来说,他是一个没有良心conscience且没有资格的权力追求者;at

best,atworst

Atbesthesambitious,andatworstapower-seekerwithoutconscienceorqualifications.

5.我们已尽全力想说服他,但是却毫无进展;strive,makenoheadway

Wehavestriventothefulltoconvincehim,butwehavemadenoheadway.

1.他似乎只有在打保龄球的时候才感觉到舒服;

Itseemsthattheonlytimehefeltgoodabouthimselfwaswhenhewasbowling.

2.饭店员工是不收小费原则的唯一例外;

Oneexceptiontothe“no-tippingrule”isthehotelstaff.

3.很多年轻人在理论上知道怎么干,但当付诸实践时,就茫然无措了;

Manyoftheseyoungstersknowthejobintheorybutthey’restillwetbehindtheearswhenitcomes

toputtingitintopractice.

4.今天,在顶级公关运营商中间存在着一种广泛的共识,认为法庭和媒体的对峙不能再继续下去;

Today,thereiswidespreadagreementamongtopPRoperatorsthatthestand-offbetweencourts

andthemediacannotcontinue.

5.对于每个人来说,有一点是确信的,睡眠不仅是必需的,而且睡眠有助于我们身心健康;

Asforeveryone,onethingiscertain,notonlydowe

havetosleep,butitisgoodforyourmindandbodyaswell.

倍数的翻译Multiples

常见的倍数的翻译有倍数的增加和倍数的减少;

倍数的增加

1ntimes+名词或+thatof...,ntimesas...as...或v+ntimes等可译成“是...的n倍”或“比...增加n–1

倍”;

.Theoutputofcarsthisyearisaboutthreetimesasgreatasthatoflastyear.

今年的汽车产量大约是去年的三倍;或：今年的汽车产量比去年多两倍左右;

2ntimes+“增加”意义的比较级+than...可译成“净增加...或...倍”;

.Theirrigatedareainthisprefectureisfourtimesbiggerthanin1998.

这个辖区的灌溉面积是