《英语日常口语、习惯语1500句》
第25节作者:
信天优 648. Stop dreaming. Back to reality for a moment, OK? Tell me what you are going to do now. 不要做梦了,谈谈眼前吧,好吗?告诉我你现在想干嘛。back to reality,回到现实世界。 有部电影,叫Back to the Future,我想片名大概就是根据这个词组来的吧。
649. branch out: 成立分支机构,向什么副业发展。I would like to branch out into drama. 我想慢慢向演艺发展。This restaurant is branching out into several major cities now. 这家餐厅现在已经在好几个大城市开设了分店。(或者译为开设了连锁店)
650. I hope you know what you get yourself into. 但愿你会好自为之吧。(直译:但愿你清楚你现在在干嘛!)
日期:2008-9-4 19:41:21
651. 白领人喜欢说:我很忙。这句话有好几个说法:I have my hands full. I have too many irons in the fire; I am sorry I cannot help you right now. My life right now is in the fast track. “我的生活节奏太快。我的生活驶入了快车道”等等。
652. A normal life in Beijing means time is scarce, stress is high and an ordinary day- filled with chatter and other noise-permits barely a moment for the mind to rest in silence.这是描述北京生活的一个很好的句子。“在北京一般人的生活是,没时间,压力大,每天被喋喋不休、杂音所包围,根本就不会有片刻安静的时间,让大脑休息不想事。”
653. The Politburo is made up of faceless bureaucrats hardly known in their own country let alone abroad. 注意,这里的faceless不是“没有脸面、不要脸”,而是作“神秘”解释,就是“你看不到这些人”。“在国内谁也不熟悉中央政治局的这些官僚,更不要说对海外的人了。”
654. He is just a flunky of the Party secretary. 他不过是党支部书记的跟屁虫。flunky 奴仆,跟屁虫,走狗。或者说stooge, He is a stooge for the Party secretary. 类似的词还有yes-man, pushover, lackey, toady, hanger-on, puppet, camp-follower
655. Everywhere you look in this small American town, there are red, white and blue banners. Denver has rolled out the red, white and blue carpet for the delegates. 这里的“红、白、蓝”三色是美国国旗的图案,所以这句话可以译为“在这个美国小镇,到处都可以看见小巧的美国国旗”。“丹佛为迎接代表们铺上了印有国旗图案的地毯。”如果直译为“红白蓝旗子”或“红白蓝地毯”,中国的读者可能一般体会不到这是什么样的旗子。
656. He is a genuinely self-made man. 他完全靠个人奋斗才成功。如果是靠在哈佛读书才成功的人,就是Harvard-made man。
657. He is photogenic. 他这个人很上镜头。很多人在网上的相片楚楚动人,在实际生活中却很普通,这就是photogenic。如果你不善上镜头,可以说:I always come out hideous in photos.
658. You need always ask: Is this all there is? 你要常常问:已经达到目标了吗?潜力都挖掘出来了吗?
659. cash cow 来钱来得快的生意、项目。The sale of land is the holy cash cow to the government. 政府靠出卖土地获得了巨额资金。
660. 这个黑心律师贪污了顾客数百万。This ruthless attorney embezzled millions from clients. embezzle, 贪污,这是书面语。口语说法有两个词:一是This lawyer fleeced his clients by millions. fleece 原意为拔羊毛,转义为贪污、剥削。 二是He skimmed millions of dollars for his lavish lifestyle. skim: 烧牛奶时,表面会起一层膜,也就是奶酪,你把这层奶酪捞起来的过程就是skim,转义为非法侵占、掠夺、贪污、逃税。The casino skimmed two million a year. 这家赌场每年逃税两百万。
日期:2008-9-4 19:48:05
651. 白领人喜欢说:我很忙。这句话有好几个说法:I have my hands full. I have too many irons in the fire; I am sorry I cannot help you right now. My life right now is in the fast track. “我的生活节奏太快。我的生活驶入了快车道”等等。
652. A normal life in Beijing means time is scarce, stress is high and an ordinary day- filled with chatter and other noise-permits barely a moment for the mind to rest in silence.这是描述北京生活的一个很好的句子。“在北京一般人的生活是,没时间,压力大,每天被喋喋不休、杂音所包围,根本就不会有片刻安静的时间,让大脑休息不想事。”
653. The Polit-buro is made up of faceless bureau-crats hardly known in their own country let alone abroad. 注意,这里的faceless不是“没有脸面、不要脸”,而是作“神秘”解释,就是“你看不到这些人”。“在国内谁也不熟悉中-央政-治局的这些官僚,更不要说对海外的人了。”
654. He is just a flunky of the P-arty s ecretary. 他不过是党-支部书记的跟屁虫。flunky 奴仆,跟屁虫,走狗。或者说stooge, He is a stooge for the P-arty se-cretary. 类似的词还有yes-man, puppet, camp-follower等。
655. Everywhere you look in this small American town, there"re red, white and blue banners. Denver has rolled out the red, white and blue carpet for the delegates. 这里的“红、白、蓝”三色是美国国旗的图案,所以这句话可以译为“在这个美国小镇,到处都可以看见小巧的美国国旗”。“丹佛为迎接代表们铺上了印有国旗图案的地毯。”如果直译为“红白蓝旗子”或“红白蓝地毯”,中国的读者可能一般体会不到这是什么样的旗子。
656. He is a genuinely self-made man. 他完全靠个人奋斗才成功。如果是靠在哈佛读书才成功的人,就是Harvard-made man。
657. He is photogenic. 他这个人很上镜头。很多人在网上的相片楚楚动人,在实际生活中却很普通,这就是photogenic。如果你不善上镜头,可以说:I always come out hideous in photos.
658. You need always ask: Is this all there is? 你要常常问:已经达到目标了吗?潜力都挖掘出来了吗?
659. cash cow 来钱来得快的生意、项目。The sale of land is the holy cash cow to the government. 政府靠出卖土地获得了巨额资金。
660. 这个黑心律师贪-污了顾客数百万。This ruthless attorney embezzled millions from clients. embezzle, 贪-污,这是书面语。口语说法有两个词:一是This lawyer fleeced his clients by millions. fleece 原意为拔羊毛,转义为贪污、剥削。 二是He skimmed millions of dollars for his lavish lifestyle. skim: 烧牛奶时,表面会起一层膜,也就是奶酪,你把这层奶酪捞起来的过程就是skim,转义为非-法侵占、掠夺、贪-污、逃税。The casino skimmed two million a year. 这家赌场每年逃税两百万。
日期:2008-9-5 16:52:37
Show me the place to put the level and I shall move the world.- Archimedes 阿基米德说,给我一个杠杆的支点,我就可以撬动世界。
662. You are tossing the baby out with the bathwater. 你在把婴孩连同洗澡水都一起倒掉。
663. Life can be such a juggling act. We need to learn the difference between the urgent and the important things. 生活犹如玩杂耍,我们要搞清楚急事与要事之间的区别。
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