汉语妙译

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汉语妙译

1.草率行事：do something at the drop of a hat He is always doing his homework at the drop of a hat. 他总是草率地完成作业。 解析：to do something at the drop of a hat可以理解为草率行事，也就是不认真对待某事。英语含义是do something quickly and easily, without thinking about it。 2.达成协议：bring somebody to terms

We finally brought them to terms. 我们最终与他们达成了协议。

解析：达成协议可以用bring somebody to terms 这个词组来表示，它等于come to an agreement。在英语中解释为make someone agree to do something。 3.大喜日子：a red-letter day

It was a real red-letter day for me when my son came home. 我儿子回家的日子对我来说真是个大喜的日子。

解析：从字面上我们就可以看出来a red-letter day是指值得纪念的大喜日子，其英语含

义为a special, happy and important day that you will always remember。 4.光说不练：be all bark and no bite

Don’t be afraid. He’s all bark and no bite. 不要怕，他只敢动口不敢动手。 解析：be all bark and no bite的意思是光说不练，只敢说不敢做。用英文解释为threatening to do something to you, but is not really willing to do it。

5.胡说八道：（all）my eyes —John said you owed him ten dollars.

—That’s all my eye! Just now I lent him $200. ——约翰说你欠他十元。

——胡说八道！刚才我还借了两百元给他呢。 解析：（all）my eyes一般用于口语对话中，它表示胡说八道的意思，尤指所说的话意

在欺骗人或使人误解。英语中的意思是something that is completely untrue or nonsensical。 6.化为泡影：go up in smoke

Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in office. 办公室出了问题，彼得的假期泡汤了。

解析：to go up in smoke（also to go up in flames）是化为泡影、泡汤了的意思。英语中

的含义是to fail completely to happen as planned or hoped。 7.挥霍无度：play ducks and drakes

Jack spends money like playing ducks and drakes. His rich parents have over-spoiled him by giving him too much pocket money. 杰克花钱挥霍无度。他富有的父母把他冲坏了，他们给他太多的零用钱。

解析：ducks and drakes指的是“打水漂游戏”。打出去的扁石最终沉入水底，无法回收。该短语使用此游戏来比喻金钱也是一旦挥霍掉就无法收回的，可以解释为挥霍无度。 8.口无遮拦：shoot from the lip

Believe him and tell him the secret. He won’t shoot from the lip. 相信他，把这个秘密告诉他吧。它不会口无遮拦的。

解析：shoot from the lip解释为口无遮拦，什么都往外说。英语中的含义是speak rashly without any hesitation。此外，shoot-from-the-lip 还可以作形容词哦！ 9.满城风雨：the talk of the town The film star’s engagement with the mayor became the talk of the town. 那个电影明星和市




长的订婚闹得满城风雨。

解析：the talk of something是指（某地）谈论的主要话题，因此the talk of the town的意思就是满城风雨，是大街小巷都在讨论的话题，它还有一种说法是topic of the town。起英语含义为the person or thing that everyone is talking about because they are very interested, excited or shocked。

10.面临威胁：hang over somebody’s head

I now have a major financial obligation hanging over my head. 我如今正面临着严峻的债务

威胁。

解析：hang over somebody’s head可以解释为某人正面临着威胁或某些问题，或有烦心事一直悬在心头，挥之不去。 11.弄清真相：get to the bottom of

It has been very difficult getting to the bottom of some complicated problems in the company. 弄清公司中一些繁琐问题的真相真是很困难。

解析：短语get to the bottom of解释为弄清„„的真相，也就是find out the real cause of

something。

12.请发言：give the floor to somebody

Now, I give the floor to you. 现在请你发言。

解析：the floor可以指议员席或者是在议会上的发言权，因此请某人发言就是give the floor to somebody。此外，hold the floor可以指长篇演讲或慷慨陈词；take the floor指起立发言；ask for the floor是要求发言的意思。不过要注意，这些短语一般都用于比较正式的场合。

13.随波逐流：go with the flow

The person who has no personality always goes with the flow. 没个性的人往往随波逐流。 解析：to go with the flow就是随波逐流、从众、别人做什么你就做什么的意思。用英文

解释为to do or say something which most people are doing or saying。 14.脱离实际：be divorced/detached from reality Some of his ideas are completely divorced from reality. 他的一些想法完全是脱离实际的。

解析：be divorced/detached from reality的意思是脱离实际、超脱现实。英语中解释为not

based on real things or sensible thinking。 15.妄下定论：jump to（a）conclusion

Don’t jump to a conclusion. We have to figure it out first. 不要妄下结论，我们得先把事情搞清楚。

解析：to jump to（a）conclusion是在没有搞清楚事实之前妄下定论的意思。用英文来解释就是to make an incorrect assumption without being in possession of all the facts。

16.犹豫不决：drag one’s feet/heels —Has Tom decided how to deal with the matter?

—No, he’s still dragging his heels. ——汤姆决定如何处理此事了吗？ ——没呢，他还在犹豫不决。

解析：drag one’s feet/heels可以解释为犹豫不决，故意拖沓或怠工。这里顺便提一下另一个相似词组：take to one’s heels，它的意思是“逃走，溜之大吉”。

17.出身皇族：born in the purple He was born in the purple and was brought up in the grand palace. 他出身皇族，在宏伟的宫

殿中长大。

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