大学体验英语2 passageA翻译

1. 警察们正忙着填写关于这场事故的各种表格(fill out)

The policemen are busy filling out forms about the accident.

2.我想在还车之前把油箱(fuel tank)加满(fill up)

I want to fill up the fuel tank before returning the car.

3.如果你要投诉，最好遵循正确的程序(follow the procedure)

If you want to make a complaint, you’d better follow the correct procedure.

4.要不是约翰帮忙，我们绝不会这么快就完成实验(without)

We couldn’t have finished the experiment so soon without John’s help.

5.暴风雨之后，岸边的人们焦急地搜索湖面以期发现小船的踪迹(scan for)

After the storm, the people on the shore anxiously scanned the lake for any sign of the boat

1.我们需要通过减少道路上的车辆以降低燃料消耗(consumption)

We need to cut down on our fuel consumption by having fewer cars on the road.

2.电费上涨增加了我们的负担(add to)

The rise in power costs has added to our burden.

3.你应该自己判断行事，别总是跟在你哥哥的后面(follow the lead) You should judge by yourself, and not always follow your brother’s lead.

4.那种发型今年很流行，但是我想明年就会过时(in fashion)

That hairstyle is in fashion this year, but I am afraid it will be out of fashion next year.

5.在追求真理的过程中，我们注定(fate to)要遭受失败的痛苦(in one’s quest for)

We are fated to suffer from many failures in our quest for truth.

1.她在公共汽车站一直等到末班车进站(come in)

She waited at the bus stop until the last bus came in.

2.如果我们能帮得上忙，尽管和我们联系(contact)

If there is any way we can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

3.他需要多少船务人员才能使他的游艇(yacht)航行？(crew)

How many crew does he need to sail his yacht?

4.虽然她的新书没有上一本好，但是我还是喜欢它(not quite as)

I enjoyed her new book though it’s not quite as good as her last one.

5.我从未遇到过如此善良的人(never before)

Never before have I met such a kind person.

1.我们得把感情放在一边，从专业的(professional)角度来对待这件事(from a...standpoint)

We have to put aside our emotions and take it from a professional standpoint.

2.这部戏非常精彩，我很快就沉浸于激动人心的剧情之中(lose oneself in)

The play was so wonderful that I soon lost myself in the excitement of it.

3. 她没有什么爱好——除非你把看电视也算是一种爱好(unless) She hasn’t got any hobbies — unless you call watching TV a hobby.

4.他说他是直接从市长本人那里得到这个信息的(first-hand)

He said that he had got the information first-hand from the Mayor himself.

5.既然你不能回答这个问题，我们最好问问别人(since)

Since you can’t answer the question, perhaps we’d better ask someone else

1.那件工作很难做，不过我想试试看(have a shot)

It’s a difficult job, but I’d like to have a shot.

2.这是一本关于商务实践而非理论的书(as opposed to)

This is a book about business practice as opposed to theory. 3. 社会活动从未耽误她的学习(in the way)

Social activities never get in the way of her studies.

4.直到1911年人们才发现第一种维生素(vitamin)(It is not until...that)

It was not until 1911 that the first of the vitamins was identified.

5.很明显，自然灾害是造成这个国家经济危机的原因(crisis)

Natural disasters have obviously contributed to the country’s economic crisis

1.他并不后悔说过的话，只是觉得他完全可以不用这种方式表达。(could have done)

He did not regret what he had said but felt that he could have expressed it differently.

2.我们最好等到12月14日。那时大卫已考完试，就能和我们一起去度假了。(will have done)

3.

4.We’d better wait till 14 December. David will have had his exam by then, so he’ll be able to go on holiday with us.

5.

3.他正在做一个新项目，年底前必须完成。(work on)

4.

He’s working on a new project which has to be finished by the end of the year.

5.他们让我们使用他们的实验室，作为回报，我们则让他们分享研究成果。(in return)

6.

They are letting us use their lab, and in return, we are sharing with them the results of our research.

7.诸如打电话，听电话一类的事情占用了这位秘书的大部分时间。(take up) 8.

Such things as making and answering telephone calls take up most of the secretary’s time.