科技英语翻译

1.The power plant is the heart of a ship.

动力装置是船舶的心脏。

2.Semiconductor devices, called transistors, are replacing tubes in many applications.

半导体装置也称为晶体管，在许多场合替代电子管。

3.Einstein’s relativity theory is the only one which can explain such phenomena.

爱因斯坦的相对论是能解释这种现象的唯一理论。（直译）

4.An electron is an extremely small corpuscle with negative charge which rounds

about the nucleus of an atom.

电子是绕原子核转动且带有负电荷的极其微小的粒子。（动词）

5.When the war was over, it was discovered that the Germans were nowhere near

success in developing nuclear weapons.

第二次世界大战结束后，人们发现德国人在研制核武器方面离成功还很远。

6.Earthquakes are generally more destructive of life than volcanic eruptions.

地震对于生命的破坏通常大于火山爆发。

7.Once out of the earth’s gravity, an astronaut is affected by still another problem ---

weightlessness.

一旦离开了地球的引力范围，宇航员又遇到了另一个问题——失重。

8.Studies have shown that information can be communicated to people many times

faster in a graphic form than in written form.

众多研究表明，以图形表示的信息被人们接受的速度比以文字表示的快许多倍。

9.There are a number of devices that give an electric current when light falls on them,

without any chemical changes taking place.

有许多器件在受光照射时能产生电流，但不发生任何化学变化。

10.In an unusual application, this organization uses a fingerprint scanner to monitor the

comings and goings of its residents.

一个不同寻常的用途是：这个机构使用指纹扫描器监视居住人员的进出。

11. A capacitor is used to eliminate sparking when a circuit containing inductance is

suddenly opened.

当含有电感的电路突然断开时，可用电容器消除火花。

12. A bearing can be defined as a member specifically designed to support moving

machine components.

轴承可以定义为一种专门用于支撑运动着的机器零件的构件。

13.Energy can neither be created, nor destroyed by any means known to man.

用人们已知的方法，既不能创造能量也不能消灭能量。

14.Drawing electrons away from the atom causes it to have a net positive electric

charge.

将电子与原子分离会使原子带上纯净正电荷。

15.Every element retains its identity no matter how it is finely divided.

每种元素不论分得怎样细小，它仍保持其特征。

16.All atoms, except those of hydrogen, contain one or more neutrons in the nucleus.

除了氢原子外，所有的原子都有一个或几个中子。

17.The geometry of the test specimens differs from the geometry of those used in

tension tests.

所用试件的形状和尺寸与拉伸试验的试件不同。

18.Heat is a form of energy and that is known to all of us.

热是能的一种形式，这是大家都知道的。

19.They used the transformers of poor quality, and this caused the whole power supply

system break down.

他们用了一批劣质的变压器，使得整个供电系统陷于瘫痪

20.Almost all who die of AIDS actually die of starvation.

几乎所有丧命爱滋病的患者都是死于饥饿。

21.All the currents at node were not to add up to zero.

并非所有节点上的电流总和为零。

22.Not all the energy from an antenna is radiated in the main beam.

天线能量并不都是由主波束辐射的。

23.Not all people who test positive for the AIDS antibody get the disease AIDS.

并不是所有的爱滋病抗体试验为阳性的人都患有爱滋病。

24.Which, if any, of the three statements below are false?