翻译选修课课堂课后练题.doc

be all ears ------专心倾听

set persons by the ears ------挑拨离间

win one’s ears ------获得某人的好感

●He who would search for pearls must dive deep. 不入虎穴、焉得虎子

●Talk for the devil and he is sure to come . 说曹操、曹操就到。

●To lose face ---丢脸

●Mary left for New York as soon as she received the letter.玛丽一接到信就启程赴纽约。

●I cannot bear the sight of that man. 我一看到那个人就难受。

●There is nothing like leather for shoes. 用皮革做鞋再好不过了。

●Is it necessary for you to be so serious? 你一定要那么严肃吗

“披着羊皮的狼” ---- wolf in sheep’s clothing

“同舟共济”---- in the same boat

“破土动工”---- break earth

“三思而后行”---- think twice before you act

“蓝图”----blue print

● A research-oriented hospital 一所以搞科研为重点的医院

●Something important 重要的事情

●The banker’s little garden (两个以上的单词做定语，前置) 银行老板的小花园

●The ancient Chinese alchemists (两个以上的单词做定语，前置) 中国古代的炼金术士

● A little yellow, ragged, lame, unshaven beggar -----一个要饭的，身材短小，面黄

肌瘦，衣衫褴褛，瘸腿，满脸短髭（后置）

● A building project of high-rise apartment houses .(后置) 一个多层公寓大楼的建

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● a candidate with little chance of success (后置) 一个当选希望极微的候选人

●the decimal system of counting (后置) 十进制计算法

●John did not distinguish himself as a student , but he was very active in class.

约翰当年并不是出色的学生，但他在班上很活跃。

●Modern science and technology are developing rapidly.

现代科学技术正在迅速发展。

●The molecules of a gas are moving about extremely fast in all directions.

译文：气体的分子非常迅速地向四面八方运动着。

●He is running fast enough.

●Then with a bag of toys and books we walked across the garden in the gray light of

the dawn. 我们提着一口袋玩具和书籍，在晨曦中穿过了花园。

●*He was quick to use self-deprecating humor to throw anyone off the scent.

为了迷惑别人，他机灵地说些自我挖苦的笑话。

● A jeep, full, sped fast, drenching (湿透) me in spray.

一辆坐满人的吉普车疾驰而过，溅了我一身水。

●过了两个月，回信来了，两个人都被吸收为正式党员。（无连词的联合复句）●译文：When the reply came a few months later, both of them were enrolled as full

Party members.(主从复合句)

●Nothing has happened since we parted.(后置) 我们分别之后，一直没有发生什

么事情。(前置)

●Ｉwent out for a walk after I had my dinner. 我吃了晚饭后，出去散步。

●As the weather was fine ,we decided to climb the mountain.(前置) 译文：由于天

气很好，我们决定去爬山。（前置）

●He had to stay at home yesterday because he was ill .(后置) 译文：因为他病了，

昨天他不得不呆在家里，（前置）

●Suppose we can’t get the necessary equipment, what shall we do ? 译文：假定我

们弄不到必要的设备，那怎么办？

●He would be a rash man if he should venture to forecast the results of this event.

译文：如果有人敢于预言此事的结果，那他一定是个鲁莽之徒。

●Let’s work harder so that we may fulfill our plan ahead of schedule.

译文：让我们更加努力工作，以便能提前完成计划。

●He got up early in the morning in order that he might have time to fetch water

and sweep the yard for his aunt.

译文：他早晨起的很早，为的是可以有时间给他姑妈担水扫院子。

●They fought so bravely that the invasion was crushed in seventy-two hours.

译文：他们打得很勇敢，七十二小时内就粉碎了敌人的入侵。

●We worked fast and well, so that we over-fulfilled our production plan.

译文：我们工作的又快又好，超额完成了生产计划。

●译下列短语，注意英汉语中的多义性和搭配能力的不同。

●Soft pillow 软枕soft music 轻柔的音乐

●Soft cushion 靠垫soft wood 软木

●Soft money 纸币soft drink 不含酒精的饮料

●Soft breeze 和风soft light 柔光

●Soft voice 低声soft fire文火

●Soft hat 呢帽soft words 和蔼的话

●Soft answer 委婉的回答soft goods 毛织品

●Soft heart 易感动之心soft water 软水（不含矿物盐类而易溶解肥

皂的水

●.Unemployment is widespread in some countries.有些国家失业现象普遍。

●The employers there used violence. 那里的雇主使用了暴力手段。

●Mary spoke with restraint in her face.玛丽说话时脸上露出了拘谨的神色

●After Aunt Lena had heard about the family trouble, she agreed to look for a job.

丽娜姨听见了家庭的困难情况后，同意去找工作。

●There is some truth in what he says.他的话有些道理

●Don’t let your imagination run away with you .不要乱想。

●I can’t even remember clearly what he looked like.我连他的模样也记不清楚了

●He also asked what had happened to me since we separated.他还问我别后的情

况。

●He likes mathematics more than physics.他喜欢数学甚于喜欢物理。（东词）

●IN the sunbeam passing through the window there are fine grains of dust shining

like gold.在射入窗内的阳光里，细微的尘埃像金子一般在闪闪发亮。（前置词）

●Like knows like. 英雄识英雄。（明词）

●I want to present everyone present a present. 我想给在场的各位赠送一份礼

物。

●It is wise to object to the unknown object. 拒绝不明物体是明智的

●Peter decided to desert his wife in the desert. 彼得决定把妻子抛弃在沙漠里

●It’s am important matter. 这事很重要。

●The article is full of matter. 这篇文章内容丰富。

●It is a matter of no laughing . 这个问题不是开玩笑。

●He is the last man to come. 他是最后来的。

●He is the last man to do it . 他决不会干那件事。

●He is the last person for such a job. 他最不配干这个工作。

●This is the last place where I expected to meet you .我怎么也没料到会在这个地

方见到你。

●He is the last man to consult. 根本不该找他商量。

●The car in front of me stalled and I missed the green.

●我前头的那辆车停住了，我错过了绿灯。

●The photo flatters him. 他本人长的没有照片上那么帅。

●The elevator girl reads novels between passengers.

●这个看看电梯的姑娘再没有乘客坐电梯的时候抓紧时间看小说。

●The film fetched in my mind .

●我的头脑里产生了一个想法。

●This student is bright and ambitious.这个学生很聪明，而且有抱负。（褒义）

●This group was an ambitious political clique.这个集团是个野心勃勃的政治小集团

●He was a man of high renown (fame) 他是个有名望的人（褒）

● A good thing is known only within one’s family, but a bad thing is known far and wide.

好事不出门，坏事传千里。

●As death befalls all men alike, I’ll keep a loyal heart to make a name in history.

人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青。

●As long as the green mountains remain, one needn’t worry about fire-wood.

留的青山在，不怕没柴烧。

●接到你的来信，非常高兴。I was very glad to have received your letter .

●要有把握，就要有准备，而且要有充分的准备。To ensure success, one must be prepared,

and fully prepared at that.

●把这些故事看完以后，用你自己的话讲一遍。After you have read these stories, tell them in

your own words.

●她用手蒙住脸，好像是为了保护眼睛。She covered her face with her hand, as if to protect

her eyes.

●Some people read simply for pleasure. 有些人读书只是为了消遣。

●Flowers bloom all over the yard. 多多鲜花开满了庭院。

●There were rows of houses which he had never seen before.一排排的房子，都是他从来没有

见过的。

●The lion is the king of animals. 狮子是百兽之王。

●The very earth trembled as with the tramps of horses and murmur of angry men.连大地都震

动了，仿佛万马奔腾，千夫怒吼。

●十年树木，百年树人。It takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to rear people.

●她每天早出晚归。She left early in the morning and returned late in the evening.

●瓜熟蒂落；水到渠成。When a melon is ripe, it falls off its stem; when water flows, a channel

is formed.

●与人方便，自己方便。If you help others, others will help you .(省略if)

●I don’t disturb you , if it weren’t on business.没有事，我是不敢来打扰你的。（省略if）

●What the eye doesn’t see the heart doesn’t grieve for. 眼不见，心不烦。（省略what）

●Each book and each paper is found in its place. 一书一纸都在原处。（省略and）

●You must do this whether you like it or not.不管你愿不愿意，这件事你必须做。（省略

whether…or）

●我们热爱祖国。We love our motherland.

●不经一事，不长一智。Y ou can’t gain knowledge without practice.

●你在睡觉之前不要忘了刷牙。Don’t forget to brush your teeth before you go to bed.

●He sat at his desk and began to work. 他坐在桌旁开始工作。（省略his）

●Having finished reading that book, I returned it to the library.

●我看完那本书就还给图书馆了。（省略it）

●Professor Wang began to work as soon as he came to Nanjing University.

●王教授一到南京大学就开始工作。

●What We want, first and foremost, is to learn, to learn and to learn.

我们首先需要的是学习，学习再学习。

●He wandered about in the chill rain, thinking and thinking, brooding and brooding.

他在凄雨中荡来荡去，想了想，盘算了又盘算。

●First come, first served. 先到者，先供应。

●Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。

●Come to my office and have a talk with me whenever you are free.

你什么时候有空，就什么时候到我办公室来谈一谈。

●Whoever violates the disciplines should be punished.

谁犯了纪律，谁就该受批评。

●Wherever there is plenty of sun and rain, the fields are green.

哪里阳光雨水充足，哪里的田野就绿油油。

●You may solve the problem whichever way you like.

哪种方法你喜欢，就用哪种方法解决这问题。

●They would read and re-read the secret notes.

他们往往一遍又一遍地反复琢磨这些密件。

●"I know you hate me and I hate you, we had better part right now."

“我知道你恨我，我也恨你，咱们最好即刻就分手吧。”

●We have to analyze and solve problems. 我们必须分析问题，解决问题。

●People use natural science to understand and change nature.

人们利用自然科学，去了解自然，改造自然。

●Roller and ball bearings are used whenever possible.

凡有可能，就使用滚柱轴承和滚珠轴承。

●The chief effects of electric currents are the magnetic, heating and chemical effects.

电流的主要效应是磁效应，热效应和化学效应。

●He wanted to send them more aid, more weapons and a few more men.

他想给他们增加些援助，增添些武器，增派些人员。

●Is he a friend or an enemy? 他是朋友呢，还是敌人？

●The blow hurt not only his hands but his shoulder too.

这一下不仅震痛了他的手，也震痛了他的肩膀。

●We want such materials as can bear high temperature and pressure.

我们需要能耐高温高压的材料。

●Metals are the best conductors and gases the poorest conductors of heat.

金属是热的最佳导体，而气体则是热的最差导体。

●Ignorance is the mother of fear as well as of admiration.

无知是恐惧的根源，也是惊奇的根源。

●He no longer dreamed of storms nor of great occurrences, nor contest of strength.

他不再梦见风浪，不再梦见惊人的遭遇，也不再梦见搏斗和角力。

●Some metals are easy to machine, others are not.

有些金属易于加工，另一些却不易加工。

●Water has the property of dissolving sugar, sugar the property being dissolved by water.

水具有溶解糖的特性，糖具有被溶解的特性。

●He had his experiment report all written out neatly. 他的实验报告写得清清楚楚。

●I had been completely honest in my replies, with holding nothing.

我的回答完全是坦坦荡荡，直言无隐。

●There are exceptions to every rule. 条条规则都有例外。

●Only a very slight and very scattering ripples of half hearted hand-clapping greeted him.

欢迎他的只有几下轻轻的，零零落落、冷冷淡淡的掌声。（重叠词）

●There had been too much publicity about my case.

我的事现在已经搞得满城风雨，人人皆知。

●He showed himself calm in an emergency situation.

他在情况危急时，态度从容，镇定自若。（对偶词）

丰功伟绩great contributions

感恩戴德gratitude

忘恩负义ingratitude

彷徨犹豫hesitate

●He was thin and haggard（憔悴的）,and he looked miserable.他消瘦而憔悴，看上去一副

可怜相。

●But it’s the way I am, and try as I might , I haven’t been able to change it.但我就是这个脾

气，虽然几经努力，却未能改变过来。

●She laid her hand lightly on his arm as if to thank him for it.他轻轻地把手放在他的胳膊上，

好像表示感谢。

●She went, with her neat figure, and her sober（冷静的）womanly step, down the dark street.

她顺着黑暗的街道走去，显出利落匀称的身材，迈着端庄的女人的步子。

●She felt the flowers were in her fingers, on her lips, growing in her breast.她觉得手里和唇

上都是花儿，胸中也生着花儿。

●He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head , cast up his eyes, but said nothing.他耸耸肩，摇

摇头，两眼看天，一句话不说。

●Outside it was pitch dark and it was raining cats and dogs.外面一团漆黑，大雨倾盆。

●He glanced at his watch; it was 7:15. 她一看表，是七点一刻了。

●It was just growing dark, as she shut the garden gate. 他关上园门时，已是暮色苍茫了。

●It was only then that I began to have doubts whether my story would ever be told.只是在这

个时候，我才开始怀疑，我的经历究竟能不能公诸于众。

●It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house.他费了不少劲才找到了

回家的路。

●He looked gloomy and troubled. 她看上去有些忧愁不安。

●Your son or your father or your wife or your cousin or your best friend or your boss or your

secretary might be an informer for the organzation.你的儿子，你的父亲，你的妻子，你的表亲，你的好友，你的上司，你的秘书，都可能是这个组织的告密者。

●we knew spring was coming as (because)we had seen a robin.(知更鸟)我们看见了一只知更

鸟，知道春天快要到了。

●Because the departure was not easy, we made it brief.她没有看到总统讲话的文本，不愿加

以发挥。

●If winter comes, can spring be far behind? 冬天来了，春天还会远吗？

●If I had known it , I would not have joined in it. 早知如此，我就不参加了。

●John rose gloomily as the train stopped, for he was thinking of his ailing (生病的)mother .火

车停了，约翰忧郁地站了起来，因为他想起了病中的母亲。

● A teacher should have patience in his work. 当教师的应当有耐心。

●The moon was slowly rising above the sea. 月亮慢慢从海上升起。

●It is impossible to live in society and be independent of society.生于社会，不能脱离社会。

●This town is a small town, looking much like other towns of its size, but few towns enjoys so

many natural advantages.这个城市是个小城市，看上去更其他与它大小相仿的城市没有什么两样，但是其他城市却很少有这么多的天然优越条件。

●If once virtue is lost, all is lost. 如果一旦丧失了道德，便失去了一切。

●Year after year and century after century the moon goes through its cycles.一年又一年，一

世纪又一世纪，月亮盈亏变化，周而复始。

●Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去的快。

●No pain, no gains. 不下苦功就没有收获（不劳无获）。

●During their stay in Peking , they visited some old friends of theirs, visited Peking University

and visited the Great Wall. 他们在北京逗留期间，拜访了几个老朋友，参观了北京大学。

●She loved giving orders to the servants and they loved obeying her.

●她喜欢对仆人们发号施令，他们也爱听她指挥。

●The trial, in his opinion, was absolutely fair. 在他看来，这次审判是绝对公平合理的。

●She is an awful fool of a woman. 她是一个愚昧无知的女人。

●She told him of Johnsy’s fancy.她把琼西的胡思乱想告诉了他。

●But at that time, she was the only woman there. 但是当时她是哪里独一无二的女人。

●The toasts were flat.祝酒辞是平平淡淡的。

●I wasn’t evasive（逃避的）in my reply. 我的回答并不躲躲闪闪。

● A slanting (倾斜)sunlight dappled the grass. 斜阳把草地照的斑驳。

●The farm building and the land were all dim and bluish.（带蓝色的）农场房屋和土地都模

模糊糊，呈现着浅蓝色。

●她一开口总是三句话不离本行。She can hardly open her mouth without talking the shop.

●每条河流都有上游、中游和下游。Every river has its upper, middle and lower reaches.

●多年来那个国家一直有严重的失业现象。For many years there has been serious

unemployment in that country.

●我们必须培养分析问题、解决问题的能力。We must cultivate the ability to analyze and

solve problems.

●Like his friend he had many wonderful ideas, but he only put a few into practice.他像他的朋

友一样，虽然头脑里有许多美妙的想法，却只有少数付诸实现

●I ‘ve received your letter and read it with delight. 我收到了你的信，愉快地读了。

●In my childhood I heard a great deal about Russia. 在儿童时代，我就听到许多关于俄罗

斯的事情。

●It was a cold, dark day , the sky overcast. 寒冷阴沉的一天，乌云密布。

●The door was opened , and they came in. 门开了，他们走了进来。

●When the board was spinning slowly, you could see all the different colours.

●纸板慢慢旋转，你就能看出各种不同的颜色。

●她又不出声了。Again he lapsed into(慢慢陷入) silence.

●日子很快过去了，她做工却丝毫没有松懈。The days passed quickly , but she worked as

hard as ever.

●我很高兴看见你安然无恙。I am glad to see you safe and sound.

●她只觉得头昏眼花，辨不出路径。She felt too dizzy to remember the way she had come.

●一遇到机会，他总是要发表一通议论。He was never tired of harping(不停地说) upon his

arguments once more whenever an opportunity presented itself.

●Let bygones be bygones. 不咎既往。

●It had been six or seven hours since I had had anything to eat, drink or smoke. 我没有

吃，没有喝，没有烟抽已经六、七个小时了。

●Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。

●ass in the lien's skin---狐假虎威

●black sheep---害群之马

●chicken-hearted ---胆小如鼠

●fishing in the air---水底捞月

●in the all together/in one's birthday suit---一丝不挂

●laugh off one's head---笑掉大牙

●Money makes the the mare go.---有钱能使鬼推磨

●scarce as hen's teeth---凤毛麟角

●spring up like mushrooms---雨后春笋

●talk through one's hat---信口开河

●to put all cards on the table---打开天窗说亮话

●Walls have ears---隔墙有耳

●Consuls your teacher when problems crop up. 有问题可以找老师商量。

●I have made clear about the situation beforehand. 我可是有言在先。

●They talked and laughed all the way. 他们一路上有说有笑。

●Where there is a will there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

●Correct the mistakes if you have made any and guard against them if you have not.

有则改之，无则加勉。

●If you help others, others will help you. 与人方便，自己方便

● a black sheep害群之马

● a blessing in disguise塞翁失马，焉知非福

● a blot from the blue晴天霹雳

● a cat on hot bricks热锅上的蚂蚁

● a contented mind is a perpetual feast知足长乐

● a friend in need is a friend indeed患难之交

● a heart of stone铁石心肠

● a laughing stock笑柄

● A miss is as good as a mile差之毫厘，失之千里

● A rolling stone gathers no moss滚石不生苔

● a sea of faces人山人海

● a stitch in time saves nine事半功倍

●after death, the medicine.放马后炮

●after meat, the mustard.放马后炮

●all skin and bone皮包骨

●An old head on a young pair of shoulders少年老成

●an outsider门外汉

●as alike as two peas一模一样

●as snug as a bug in a rug舒舒服服

●at one's wits end 智穷才尽

●at snail's pace蜗行

●Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.远亲不如近邻●Birds of a feather flock together物以类聚

●black and blue鼻青脸肿

●by fits and starts一曝十寒

●by leaps an bounds突飞猛进

●call a spade a spade说实话

●care killed the cat愁能伤人

●Diamond cuts diamond针锋相对

●Do unto others as you would be done by己所不欲，勿施于人

●fair field and no favour一视同仁

●firm as a rock坚如磐石

●go gain the upper hand占上风

●Goose-flesh鸡皮疙瘩

●Greek meets Greek棋逢对手

●Harm hatch, harm catch.恶有恶报

●haste makes waste欲速不达

●He that dies pays all debts一了百了

●hitting the nail on the head一针见血

●Ill news comes apace好事不出门，恶事传千里

●in black and white白纸黑字

●In for a penny, in for a pound一不做，二不休

●in ones's evening of life晚年

●in the land of nod睡乡

●like cures like以毒攻毒

●like father, like son有其父必有其子

●Lover's quarrels are soon mended夫妻无隔夜之愁

●many a little makes a mickle积少成多

●many a pickle makes a mickle集腋成裘

●Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高

●Many kiss a baby for the nurse's sake.醉翁之意不在酒。

●Much ado about nothing无事忙

●much coin, much care钱多劳神

●neither fish nor flesh不伦不类

●No use cry over spilt milk覆水难收

●not to stir a finger袖手旁观

●Nothing venture, nothing gain.不入虎穴，焉得虎子

●on the horns of a dilemma进退两难

●once in a blue moon千载难逢

●practice makes perfect业精于勤

●Pride goes before fall谦受益，满招损

●put on airs摆架子

●rain or shine风雨无阻

●skin deep肤浅

●slow and steady稳健

●strike while the iron is hot趁热打铁

●The longest day must have an end.世上没有不散的宴席。

●the memory of a good deed lives流芳百世

●the prime of life壮年

●the year of snow, the year of fertility瑞雪丰年

●tit for tat一报还一报

●to be at sixes and sevens乱七八糟

●to be in the same boat同舟共济

●to be in two minds三心二意

●to be lean as a lath骨瘦如柴

●to beat with one's own stuff自相矛盾

●to become a household word家喻户晓

●to become cocksure自以为是

●to break a fly upon the wheel杀鸡用牛刀

●to bull in a china shop闯祸

●to burn the midnight oil开夜车

●to buy off 收买

●to carry coal to Newcastle多此一举

●to cast pearls to the swine对牛弹琴

●to count one's chickens before they are hatched打如意算盘●to cudgel one's brain绞尽脑汁

●to cut the Gordian knot 快刀斩乱麻

●to do something by halves半途而废

●to end in smoke烟消云散

●to fish for compliments沽名钓誉

●to fish in the air缘木求鱼

●to fish in troubled waters混水摸鱼

●to flog a dead horse徒劳无功

●to go through thick and thin赴汤蹈火

●to go with the tide随波逐流

●to hail the rising sun趋炎附势

●to hang by a thread千钧一发

●to have a card up one's sleeves锦囊之计

●to have a finger in the pie染指，干预

●to help a lame dog over the still救人之急

●to hold a candle to the devil助纣为虐

●to hold the cards in one's hand操胜券

●to kill two birds with one stone一石二鸟

●to know the ropes熟门熟路

●to leave no stone unturned不遗余力

●to make a mountain of a mole hill小题大做

●to one's heart's desire称心如意

●to play ducks and drakes with one's money挥金如土●to play with fire玩火

●to pour oil on the flame火上浇油

●to praise to the skies捧上天去

●to provide against a rainy day未雨绸缪

●to put a fifth wheel to the coach画蛇添足

●to put all one's eggs in one basket孤注一掷

●to put the cart before the horse本末倒置

●to read between the lines字里行间

●to see how the wind blows看风势

●to see the world 见世面

●to see through at a glance一眼看穿

●to see through the trickery看穿把戏

●to seek truth from facts实事求是

●to shed crocodile tears猫哭老鼠

●to spare no effort不遗余力

●to spring up like mushrooms雨后春笋

●to stand on ones's own feet自立

●to talk black into white颠倒黑白

●to teach one's grandma to suck eggs不自量力

●to tread the heel of步其后尘

●to turn for the better好转

●to turn over a new leaf改过自新

●to vanish like smoke烟消云散

●to warm a snake in one's bosom养虎为患

●to wear one's on one's sleeves心直口快

●to wound one's feelings伤感情

●wait-and-see attitude观望态度

●Well begun is half done.事半功倍

●Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

●Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl近朱者赤，近墨者黑●