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

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