大学外语4复习

汉译英

1.研究结果表明， 无论我们白天做了什么事情，晚上都会做大约两个小时的梦。
Research findings show that we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we may have done during the day.
2. 据报道有七八位官员收受贿赂，市长决定亲自出马调查这件事。(be reported to; look into)
Seven or eight officials are reported to have taken bribes and the mayor has decided to look into the affair in person.
3. 这些工人后悔当时接受管理部门的意见重新回去工作。现在他们再次面临失业的危险了。 (regret doing sth.; yield to; be faced with)
These workers regret yielding to the management’s advice and going back to work. Now they are again faced with the threat of losing their jobs.
4. 你只需填写一张表格就可以取得会员资格，它可以使你在买东西时享受打折的优惠。(fill out)
You only need to fill out a form to get your membership, which entitles you to a discount on goods.
5. 不知为什么他们的汽车在半路坏掉了，结果他们比原计划晚到了三个小时。
(break down)
Their car broke down halfway for no reason. As a result they arrived three hours later than they had planned .
6. 那位官员卷入了一场丑闻，数周后被迫辞职。(get involved in)
The official got involved in a scandal and was forced to resign weeks later.
7. 这个靠救济过日子的人开始慢慢地建立起自己的市场，生意日渐兴隆。(build up; one step at a time)
The man living on welfare began to build up his own market, one step at a time and his business is thriving.
8.这个小个子男子并不如他看上去那么单纯。(not so…as)
The little man is not so innocent as he appears.
9.对这个问题我已束手无策了，所以你不妨去求助于王教授吧。(might as well)
There is nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.
10.双方高度评价了在不同领域合作取得的成果，并希望合作进一步加深。(speak highly of)
Both sides speaks highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that the cooperation can be furthered.
11.一方面，亲民形象能使新政策更易于被民众接受，另一方面，它也能“广直言之路，启进善之门”。(on the one hand, on the other hand)
On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted. On the other hand, it will “encourage people to speak their minds and come up with constructive suggestions.”
12.他孤独的感觉时起时落，他有时会对自己、对宠物、对电视唠叨不休。(rise and fall, at length)
His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his pets and the television.
13.毕竟，金钱不是万能的，最富有的人不一定是最幸福的。(after all)
After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.
14.假如你发现了你自己的同事受贿，你会不会无动于衷呢？（Use “suppose” as a conjunction）
Suppose you found out that your colleague takes bribes, would you just ignore it
15.他如此固执，我们已对他失望了。跟他争论一点意义都没有。（give up on; it is + adjective）
We’ve given up on him because he is so stubborn. It is pointless to argue with him.
16.他突然想到了一个加速实验进程的好办法，但组里的成员却对此意见不一。（hit upon, speed up）
He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinions differed among members of the group on it.
17.今天我能够使自己的职业与兴趣相符，之前我是做不到的。（square…with）
Today I’m able to square my profession with my interest, which I wasn’t able to do before.
18.要成为一名驾驶员，视觉上分辨红色与绿色的能力是必不可少的。（distinguish between）
The ability to visually distinguish between red and green is essential to becoming a driver.
19.这个组由七个人组成，他们经常见面，分享彼此的信息。（consist of）
The team consisted of seven people who met on a regular basis to share their information with each other.
20. 只要他守规矩，我倒不在乎他晚上在外呆得这么晚。(mind + V-ing)
I don’t mind his staying out so late as long as he behaves himself.
21. 与其他计划相比，我更喜欢他的计划，因为我觉得没有任何一个计划比他的
计划更实际。(no + singular nouns or plural nouns; in that)
I prefer his plan to others in that I think no plan is more practical than his.
22. 他们与那家公司中断了生意来往，因为那家公司上一个财政年度损失惨重，
已经破产了。(break off)
They broke off business relations with that company as it suffered huge losses in the last fiscal year ans went bankrupt.
23. 既然你不喜欢他，当初为什么还要邀请他参加你的生日晚会呢?
(now that; in the first place)
Now that you don’t like him, why did you invite him to your birthday party in the
first place.
24. 虽然知道获胜的可能性不大，但比赛失败后，我们多少还是有点沮丧。
(more or less)
Though we knew our chances to win were slim, we were more or less depressed
when we lost in the game.
25. 也许这是为进步而付出的代价，谁知道呢? (pay the price)
Perhaps this was the price that has to be paid for progress — who knows？
26.无论你的智商有多高，你的看法都受到个人经历的局限，因此要学会吸纳他人有用的观点。(no matter…)
No matter how high your IQ is, your view is limited by the experience you have had and so you should learn to incorporate the useful perspectives of others.
27.这个游戏非常有趣，他们谁也没有注意到时间的流逝。（Use inverted order of “so…that…”; take note of）
So interesting was the game that none of them took note of the passage of time.
28.我一直在整理这些旧文件，看看哪些有用，哪些需要扔掉。(sort through)
I’ve been sorting through these old documents to see which are useful and which can be thrown away.
29.随着年龄越来越大，你应该考虑未来的计划。(reflect on)
As you get older you should reflect on future plans.
30.他在演出中的亮相简直是个轰动。(nothing less than)
His appearance in the show was nothing less than a sensation.
31.他们每个月都从工资中留出一笔钱，用于孩子将来的教育。(set aside)
Every month they set aside a particular amount of money from their salary for the sake of their kid’s education in the future.
32. 这些大型的自动化农场能够大规模生产有机食品，满足消费者对有机产品不断增长的需要。(on a large scale)
These huge automated farms can produce organic foods on a large scale and meet the increasing consumer demand for organically produced goods.
33.有时候人们觉得太累了，甚至会在开车时睡着，这极其危险。 (there are times when)
There are times when people feel so tired that they would even fall asleep while they are driving, which is extremely dangerous.
34.我根本不知道如何与我的同事相处，因为每当出了什么问题，他们总是挑我的毛病。 (pick on sb.)
I have no idea of how to get along with my colleagues, as they always pick on me when anything goes wrong.
35.一些新闻读者正在抛弃纸质的报纸而选择互联网，只是因为报纸上的文章太长了，而在线新闻报道则往往直入主题。(get to the point)
Some news readers are abandoning print newspapers for the Internet simply because newspaper articles are too long, while online news articles get straight to the point.

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