中级口译翻译经典

SLM Corporation, Sallie Mae: 美国学生贷款市场营销学会

GSE: government sponsored enterprise

Fannie Mae

Federal National Mortgage Association联邦国民抵押贷款协会

Freddie Mac

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation联邦住房抵押贷款公司

Farmer Mac

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

联邦农业抵押贷款公司

Ginnie Mae

Government National Mortgage Association

政府国民抵押贷款协会

naught/nought

naught point five

all for nought

徒劳无用

bring to nought

使落空/化为乌有

come to nought

毫无结果, 一事无成

三权分立

The constitution divides the power of the government into three branches:

The Executive

The Legislative

The Judicial

Legislative: Congress

the House of Senate

the House of Representatives

Judicial: Supreme Court

Chief Justice of the United States: John Roberts

At the inauguration, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swore in the new President.

在总统就职仪式上,联邦最高法院总检察长主持了新总统宣誓就职。

Shameful

It was shameful of them to surrender.

他们投降是可耻的。

无颜见江东父老。

Be too ashamed/shameful to go back to one’s people after a defeat or a failure.

10 Downing Street / 11 Downing Street

The White House/the Oval Office/ Camp David

Elysee Palace

The Blue House

Greater London: 大伦敦

City of London伦敦市

32 London boroughs 伦敦自治市

Metropolitan county:都市郡

Metropolitan borough：都市自治市

Metropolitan district：都会区

The United Kingdom is a unitary, not a federal state.

Parliament : the Sovereign; the House of Lords; the House of Commons

Labor Party: ruling party

cabinet

Conservative Party: opposition

shadow cabinet

London Heathrow Airport伦敦希思罗机场

Charles de Gaulle Airport戴高乐机场

Frankfort International Airport法兰克福国际机场

Aristotle亚里士多德

Peripateticism

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato

柏拉图

A good beginning is half done.

Socrates苏格拉底

Xanthippe 粘西比

Conundrum

谜语，伤脑筋的问题

An issue that is a real conundrum for the experts

使专家们大伤脑筋的问题

Problem/ enigma/ mystery/ perplexity/ puzzle

Lay/put a finger on

If you lay a finger on that boy, I will never forgive you.

Lay/put one’s finger on

I can’t quite put my finger on the flaw in her argument.

我看不出她的论点有何不妥．

lend itself to

适用于(便于…)

Any system of taxation lends itself to manipulation by clever or unscrupulous men. 任何税收制度都有可能被那些狡猾诡诈的人或无耻之徒钻空子。

lend oneself to

同意参与不良行动

I will not lend myself to dishonest schemes.

我不愿参与不光彩的阴谋。

context

上下文;文章脉络

You can often tell the meaning of a word from its context.

我们往往可以从一个字的上下文知道它的意思。

(事件的)来龙去脉,环境，背景

Crime has to be studied in its social contexts.