2018年大学英语四级汉译英练习(16)
1. I am all but ready. 我几乎准备好了。
【分析】① all but = almost; nearly表示“几乎”。它是个含有副词功能的词条。 ② all but… 有时可表示“差一点就…”的意思。③ all but…有时也表示“除…外,全部都…”的意思,这时all but = all except。
2. That little bridge is anything but safe. 那座小桥一点也不安全。
【分析】① anything but=not at all; far from, 表示强烈否定,是“决不”的意思。② anything but有时也可以表示“除…之外的任何…”等意思。
3. It is far from all of the students who are able to speak Chinese. 并不是所有的学生都讲中文。
【分析】It is far from all…not. 表示“并不是所有的…都”。
4. You must leave her a message, and immediately at that. 你必须给她留言,而且马上就要行动。
【分析】at that放于句尾表示强调
5. 协力成功式
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges. (T. W. Higginson)
伟人很少是突兀的山峰;他们是众山中的最高峰。(希金森)
【点评】这是一个绝佳的句子用在最后一段的开头,例如可以这样写:Just as T. W. Higginson said, “Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges.” We should make efficient use of the wisdom to seek the best solution for this.
6. 前人种树,后人乘凉式
We should live and labor in our time such that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress. (H. W. Beecher)
我们一生应该这样地生活和劳动,使给予我们的种子能在下一代开花,使给予我们的花朵能在下一代结果,这就是我们所说的进步的意义。(比彻)
【点评】这是such that句型的一个复杂变体,我们可以欣赏一下,高手可以尝试使用。