张培基英译现代散文选1
张培基英译现代散文选1
1. Phrasal Expression & Words
… amid(st) thunderous applause a bare subsistence A be characteristic of B = B be characterized by A A bend in a river / mountain A blind alley A brass drum 小铜鼓 A bygone age a clot of blood A cobbled path A confused mass of… A faint scent of A forgone conclusion 预料中的必然结局 A hired hand on contract A jumble of… 一大堆 A keen sense of A long-timer of Beijing A loose community of smaller family A man of profound learning A mere drop in the ocean A niche in the temple of fame A passing glance A philosophical approach to life a positive outcome A scene of poetic charm A sensation of blissfulness A speck of mud A stone’s throw A trace / shade / tint/ sprinkle of… A Treasury of Best Chinese Prose 古文观止 A vast tract of land A virtuous man / a man of supreme virtue / moral integrity A widening expanse of water abandon … to fate Ache/agonize with pain Adjoining room admire sb for sth affected 做作 aim high amiable by nature Amuse oneself by… = do … for fun Amusing episode an enlightened king An odd-jobber An opportune moment 合适时机 Ancestral home Approach senility aptly 恰如其分地 Art troupe 文工团 At a stretch/sitting At one’s command at the present moment Avaricious desires 贪念 Bark up the wrong tree 攻击错了目标 bashful Bask in the sunshine Be ablaze/aglow with light be advanced in years be an encumbrance to… Be beset/troubled with/by Be blurred by… Be bogged down = be trapped Be bound up with…密切关联
be central/indispensable to sb. Be cooped up = be caged be deeply grieved to learn of… be distinguished by Be engrossed in…
Be exquisite and nicely arranged be forever cherished / treasured Be hale and hearty Be havened from be humanly impossible Be imprinted/carved/engraved/ingrained on/upon… be in a fix Be instrumental in Be interwoven with 交织着 be irrelevant / foreign to Be keenly aware of be keyed up 紧张 Be led by the nose be of southern breed Be off and on be on an equal footing with… Be on the lips of… Be on the minds of.. be out to do… be overgrown with wild woods be packed with… Be plagued = annoyed = upset Be possessed Be possessed of be reconciled to… be reduced to be saddled with be sent to gallows Be short of/devoid of Be shrouded in = be covered in = be enveloped in Be sloppy in thinking Be strewn/covered/festooned with… Be stumped by = baffled Be tantamount to…= equal
Be tinted / colored by… Be troubled / seized with… Be tucked away in… Be weaned 断奶
Be weighed down/ troubled with be wet with perspiration/…
Be wide of / far from the mark 离谱 Be wild with excitement / joy Be worthy of… 无愧于
Beam = a big smile on face Bear a thin coating of… begin by degrees 逐渐开始
Beguile = while / idle / fritter away Bibliomania bicker
Birds of a feather flock together Blackout: (战时)灯火管制 Blurt 脱口而出
bookish / pedantic / impractical view Border sth on the west boudoir 闺房
Bountiful free gifts Bow down to
Brazenly claim / credit 厚颜无耻邀功 Break into uncontrolled sobs Brilliant talent burst with vitality Bury the hatchet Button up clothes By dint of 凭借 Capon
Carcass: slaughtered animal for food Cavernous mouth
Chant ancient Chinese books 诵读古籍 chicken-and-egg 因果难断的 Chit chat
Click away the seconds Come dimly into sight
Come out exceedingly well Come to pass 出现,发生 Come up against
Come upon a windfall Come/be of age
Confirmed = habitual Confirmed = habitual
Congenial disposition 天性 convulsive sob cool one’s heel Cordially
cotton-padded gown 棉衣 Court ladies = palace maid
Crackling: sound made by burning wood
Crane one’s necks Credit A with B = attribute B to A Crumble into dust Curl up curtly = rudely Cut down on = economize on decadent 颓废的 Decorated archway 牌楼 degeneration of public morality Deliberately make a mystery of… depart on e’s life Develop a liking for … diehard 顽固分子 Dignitary dingy = dark + dirty Discontinuation of heartbeat disheveled hair Dispel darkness dissipate one’s fatigue Dizzy = giddy Do … a / an + adj + justice Do one’s bit Do sb a good turn Do.. by instinct dog-tired double sure = fully convinced Drab = dull, boring, monotonous Drag on : (neg.) last Drain one’s teardrops / blood Draw an analogy between A and B Drawn-out = prolonged dream = longing = aspiration 憧憬 Dwell on dwindle away Eat into… Eat with gusto 津津有味地吃 edge away 慢慢离开 eke out a living 勉强度日 Elegiac Address to My Nephew Shi’erlang 祭祀十二郎文 Emaciated = fragile Embellishment 点缀 Empty into 注入,流入 Enormously magnificent / generous Entertain ambition Every hook and cranny 每个角落 Exemplary 模范的 Expanses of vacancy Extol 称赞 Fall through = bubble = be disillusioned Falteringly 结巴地 Family rules of good behavior Fare likewise Fascinating=imposing =peerless=breath-taking fawn on / flatter / toady to Feebly Fickle man 薄情男子 Fierce-browed Fighting scene First-hand experience Flagstone flower cultivation Follow one’s bent/inclination/will for one’s part 就某人而言 Forsaken roses Frame/state of mind Frolic 嬉闹,玩耍 Frostbitten fruits of labor Gain access to Gentle gracefulness Gesticulate = gesture Get up to mischief Get wind of… Gloomy sternness gloomy sternness Gnaw at sb = afflict / torture sb go out of one’s way 特地 Go out to…(be emotionally drawn to) Go soldiering 军旅生涯 go through the wringer 历尽幸苦 God of Longevity Grove 树林,果园 Grow by/in leaps and bounds grow in luxuriance Grow in rich abundance Guileless 老实的,不奸诈 Hang on to one’s presence 不肯离开 hardier species Harp on Harp on 唠叨 have … to one’s name = be in one’s possession Have attachment for … Have blind faith in… Have designs on… Have no claim to… 对…无拥有权 Have nothing to live on hawk one ’s wares Heart-rending = grievous Heavenly abode Herculean strength Hoary-headed 头发花白 Hoodwink = cajole household chores humor editors 应付编辑 I find them all. 尽收眼底 Impassioned speech / essay In all earnest 再三,尽力,竭力 In anticipation of In defense of…= in one’s defense in every way 彻头彻尾 in line with 符合 In spite of oneself 不由自主
In the boom / prime of youth In the morning haze In the prime of life In unison
Inadvertently 无意间 indomitable = steadfast
ingratiate sb with…= toady to sb ingratiate 讨好 Inkling = hint In-laws
Inspiration gushes
/comes gushing to one’s mind. Intermittently = continually Inwardly
Irreparable loss Jeer at 奚落 jeering voice Jujube tree 枣树
Jump down one’s throat 猛地回击 keep a wary eye Keep early hours
Keep one’s body and soul together Keep up appearances Kitchen-maid
Knack of farming 劳作技能 Labyrinth
Lack of propriety = impropriety Lackluster 单调的
Lament with a deep sigh
Languid = lethargic = sluggish Laud sb to the sky lavish attention on lazybones Lie waste
Lie/remain unknown Liken / compare sb to … Limpid brook Listless 无精打采 Literati 文人学士 Locust tree 槐树
Longing note 杜鹃啼血 look askance at 斜视
Look over one’s shoulder loving/fond memories
Make a clean break with… Make a fanfare Make for … 有助于 Make light of 无视 malicious squint malinger
man of letters mandarin jacket mean everything Meritorious service mist-shrouded Model … after …
Money-shop
moral excellence
More dead than alive
Morning glory 牵牛花
Moult one’s shell
Myriads of fireflies荧光千点Mysterious lore
nameless fear/atrocity/loneliness Negotiate gorges
Next to none
Not sleep a wink
nuptial chamber 洞房
Obsequious = flattering Octogenarian 八十岁的人
Old home
Omen
on sentry duty 站哨
On the pretext of… 以…为借口/理由Ostrichlike
Overflow with material desire
pack the hall
Palpable = noticeable = tangible Parting sorrow
Pass for = be regarded as
Pass out of existence
peaceful calmness
pendant 坠饰
People of all strata
Perennially young
Personal inclination
Personal liking = preference perspire / blood profusely
Perusal
Pet phrase
petticoat influence = nepotism pigsty
Pit – a – pat = pitter – pattering Pitch-darkness
Play up to = fawn on bigwigs pleasure of life
Ply sb with sth 不断供应
Pounce on… 猛地扑向
Prostrate oneself 顺重
Prowl 潜行
Puddles of rainwater雨水坑
Put sb in the mind of…
Quite a few varieties of…Reddening glow of setting sun Reed
Refrain from…
Reign supreme 占优势
Render a service to…
respect = reverent = well-mannered Reverberating bell
Rhapsody on E’pang Palace 阿房宫赋rosary 念珠
Royal edict Rubble 碎石
Rules and regulations
safe haven = soft / peaceful shelter
Sallow 蜡黄,灰黄
Sapphire mountains and emerald rivers
save up for
sb grow out of … 长大
Scarlet cloud
scheme against each other
Scrape along/by艰难度日
Scurry/hasten homewards
sedan-chair
See the light of day 出版问世
Seek a living
seek solace
Sentimental value 纪念价值
Servant girl
Set one’s mind on sth/ to do sth
Shadow boxing
shed tears over…
shoulder pole 扁担
Shout / yell one’s head off
Shrug off one’s words = distrust
Shy away from…= avoid…
Sicken to see
sidelong glance
sideway growth
Sign with regret
Sit bolt upright
Size sb up
Sleep on/over
smart aleck
snatch away
Social strata
Sodden 浸湿的
Sound trailed off.
Sparkling star
Speak volubly 口若悬河
Spell disaster
Spell disaster
spin cotton into yarn 纺纱
Spring drizzle
Spur oneself on
Stand to benefit in … 可能/将会有利于
Starry
= star-studded
= a constellation of performers and
artists
Stereotyped essay
Sth be ingrained 根深蒂固
sth be written all over one’s face
Strengthen/toughen/brace up one’s
spirits
stride over / brush / whiz / flit past
Stroke the scar / chin
Superb attraction
supercilious 高傲的
supplicate 恳求
Supreme duty 最大责任
swagger 昂首阔步走
sweat streams down face.
T adpole
T ake … at face value 只看表面
take … very much to heart
T ake sb to task
= severely reproach/reprimand sb
take to sth/doing
taste of = look like
T attered clothes
Tear itself away from
Temple太阳穴,鬓角
That’s final.
the asking price 要价
The hooting of an owl
The long night wore on
amid(st) its dripping sound.
The sea of mortals = the living
There’s no limit to learning.
Thinning hair
Time and money he had none
To complicate matters
= to worsen the situation
To one’s heart’s content
to the effect that… 大意是
To the neglect of meals and sleep
To the tune of…
touch off = spark
Tower to the sky
Tram 有轨电车
Treat sb/sth to… 让某人享受…
Tricolor 法国三色国旗
Tumultuous = turbulent
Turbid, sordid, corpulent
Twig 树枝
twine and climb 盘旋而上
Twinkle / sparkle with…
Twist and turn
Umbilical cord 脐带
unbosom oneself
Under one’s wing / protection
Undiminished
= remain strong = not receding
Unflinchingly
Unkempt = untidy
unruffled = calm = placid
unsettled life
Unshirkable responsibility
Usurp the throne
Utter/let out a sound
Venerable Guo
venomous = malicious
veranda
Vermin = harmful people / object
Vie in doing sth
wane = pine away = wear away Wayside flower 路边野花Waywardness 任性
Wear an air of casual indifference Wear and tear of time
Weeping willow Well up
Wheat in the ear 芒种
whetstone 磨刀石
Whimper = sob
Whims and desires 奇思幻想
white poplar 白杨
Wide erudition 博学
Wind up staying…
With no strings attached
Wither away in solitude 在孤寂中凋零
Without a soul in sight
wryly = ironically
2.Sentence
A feeling of forlornness will begin to creep up on you.
A glimmer of light filters into …
A keen / biting/ stinging / cutting / savage satire
A life free from worries and cares
A matter of survival or extinction
A soldier knows no compromise.
As fresh as ever in my memory
As smooth as a mirror道滑如拭
Be beside oneself / overwhelmed with joy / rage
Be entranced / attracted / enthralled / enticed
Be fraught with (dreams/concerns)
Be more than eager to do…
Be reserved and content to live in obscurity
Be worthy of remembrance
Bring… into closer contact with…
Convey one’s regards to…
Cries gradually recede from hearing.
discredit / disgrace sb in public
Drink nonstop to…= propose repeated toasts
Endure countless hardships
Graduate with honors
Harbor/have an enmity against…Hardly be able to escape censure
Have sth to recommend itself 总是好的
He never made enough money.
His debts mounted with each passing year.
how many days I’ve got = I’m entitled to
I feel duty-bound to… = I feel it incumbent on me to…
It filled me with much concern to learn of your indisposition.
Lapse into sympathetic silence
Make a still better place of…
Merge into a harmonious whole
muffled
My heart was tramping / racing / pounding.
My heart’s throbbing with gratitude.
nocturnal merry-making under candle-lights
Register/record the days of youth
relive old days/times
See through the vanity of human society
The choice is yours / lies in you.
There reigns peace and quietness.
There’s no denying the fact that…
There’s no thing but stillness there.
A strip of water should have become so vast a distance=keep us poles apart
Be representative/typical/symbolic/emblematic/quintessential of…
Climb (up) the social ladder = rise to power and position
Fulfill the task imposed on you and your father by history
If I were the sea-tide, I’d marshal rolling waves to cleanse the beach of all accumulated filth. Lots of things are apt to fade away as one’s life experience accumulates
Plunge/throw/thrust/thrash the house into deep darkness
the greatest / best … that ever breathed since time immemorial
With/have a slight touch/portion/shade/trace/tint of regret 微叹