《美国文化选本》上册

熟悉,了解：make acquantance with 最近一两年：for the last year or two 从某种这个意义上说：in some / this sense 走过去,消逝：go by 确实,的确,无疑：certainly 粗俗的：profane 只是熟悉某事：sb is acquainted only with 关注,专心留意于某事,照顾护理：attend to sth 只是从…了解认识某人：sb had known A only as sth were through…. 眺望天空：look at way up in the heavens 和…一样：no less…than.. 流量,体积,重要性,星的亮度:the star of least magnitude 只是看上去就是如此：only as sth appears to us so 不匀称,不相称：disproportionate to sth 值得做某事：however much it may be worth sb to do ( to be) 同样地对应的会得到产生…：reciprocally (p41) 思潮：a tide in one’s thought 归因于,认为…起源于:：sb refer sth to… / sth is referred to … 在某方面不如比不上：A is (very) inferior to sb in sth / A is inferior in sth to sb 烦人，烦恼心烦的事：the current distractions of the day 观点：point of view 带有点…特征，气息，味道，色泽，迹象：with a tincture of 两者相同一样：as is likewise sth (p42) 为此,因而,因此（指承接上句意思）：from which (p42) 丝毫没有一丁点的：have not he least tincture of 是…的结果：sth is the effect of 交谈,谈论：converse with 特别沉闷忧郁：peculiar dreariness 似乎是,可以说是：as it were 住所：abode 从各方面都表现出,显示出：on all sides sth present themselves (p43) 从容不慌不忙：deliberate 王牌，最后一招，喇叭声，响声：trump 飞快的,迅速的：apace 引人注意：conspicuous 显得,显示出：appear + adj / look like / appear of 凹陷处,深处：recesses 沉睡：slumber 林间小道：wood paths 寻求庇护：take refuge in 正如某人所说：as sb says of sth (p44) 森林深处：in the recesses of the forest 星星点点的光,微光：small fractions of light 为首,领先：take the lead 也：as well 山坡上：High up n the sides of hills 穿过：pass through 走近，过来，生成：come up from (p45) 闷热的，炎热的，易激动的：sultry 以前从未有过：which sb never detected before (p45) 述说着，讲述着：it tells of 正午时分：noon-tide hours 阳光充足的，阳光照耀的，撒满阳光的，开朗的，令人愉快的：sunny

继续做某事：go on with sth 来回到处四处游荡：circulate about 整天整夜：all day and all night 保留，保持：retain 一起：along 某人也是如此：and so do sb (p45) 辛勤劳作,擦去汗水：wipe one’s brow 躺着,仰卧：lie on one’s back on sth 半夜，午夜：at midnight 思索,沉思,推测,投机：speculate 想象,设想：fancy 满天星：the starry canopy / sky 无遮掩的,无阻碍的,不遮遮掩掩：unobstructedly (47) 穷困潦倒：though sb was considerably reduced in his circumstances (p46) 凝视：gaze on 某人也说过：and also sb as saying…(p47)

对某人来说并不重要：it dose not concern sb that (p47) 月光的夜晚：in moonlight night 宁静的,安详的：serene 开始：commences to do 斗争,搏斗：wage continual war with sb (p47) 为了某人：on sb’s behalf 开始…起来：come on 晴空：clear sky 走过：go one’s way through (48) 挡着路：lie in one’s way 驱散，消散：dissipate 把…说成是：speak of sth as (p48) 不停地，连续的，接连不断的，连绵的：incessant 开创出一条路：fight one’s way through 欢喜,高兴：rejoice in one’s heart 俯视：brood over 无法容忍,难以忍受,无理由的：insupportable 低垂的,耷拉,萎靡不振：the drooping sth (48) 悄悄的,偷偷地前进：steal forth 沉思的,酝酿中的：the brooding sth 原始的,早期的：primeval 夜色，暮色：the shades of night / the shads of evening 黑暗：shades / darkness 寂静的夜晚：in the hush and quiet of darkness

两者同样一样的：for the same reason as…..(49) 领悟,领会，担心，忧虑：apprehend 弥漫,充满：be charged with 休息：take one’s repose 做白日梦：have one’s dreams awake 公正的：impartial 也不亚于,不比逊色：not secondary to sth / no less 圣人：a saintly being 混淆，惊慌失措：confound 有教养的：instructed 与…一样不：no more…..than 最辉煌的时刻：our most illuminated moments 与…相比A与B更相称：the light is more proportionate to our knowledge than that of day (p51) 暗淡的：dusky / dim 停止：come to rest 存在,留下,逗留：let me abroad remain 户外逗留。 衣物鲜艳夺目，花花绿绿：garish 耀眼的：glaring 狂欢寻欢作乐,得意洋洋：revel 透过…看到：see through …..into sth 按照,根据：according as 无论,与….无关：without reference to 无论：regardless of

也是如此,也适用于：is true of (p89) 显得突出：signalize 对…没用处，不奏效,不起作用：sth would probably be of no service to.sth (p90) 思想着眼于：thought is directed wholly to sth 亦步亦趋：move along thoroughly-beaten paths / track (p90) 日常事务：matter of routine 一次了结,一劳永逸,完全的,彻底的：once for all 更接近目标：bring sb no nearer to one’s goal 误入歧途：carry / lead sb entirely astray 恰好.碰巧：it os happens that.. 想，略微思考,考虑一下就会发现：a moment’s thought will show that 抽空做某事：study at odd moment 孝顺：filial obedience

心态：states of mind 可以相互转换：a passage from one to the other is possible 不应该再有：it cannot be supposed to be any longer of sth (p91) 在开始时：at the outset 从一开始：from the outset 起初,一开始时：to start with 本身，本来就是如此：this is the case with sth (92) 像这样的，像那样的：sth as such 奉命做某事：do sth at one’s command 听命于,顺从：obedience to sth (p93) 力求：struggle to do sth 赴汤蹈火：rush into death at one’s least command (p92) 幸福,福气,措辞恰当,巧妙：felicity 根据...而定：so it is with every sth, according to its..(p93) 使某人成为..：make oneself sth (p99) 心神不安：uneasy 不满：dissatisfied 摆脱：free oneself (p93) 代替,替代：in the place of 恪守,顽强坚持：sb cling tenaciously, not merely to sth ,but to 由此产生的…：sth produced thereby (p93) 只有这样做：it will only do so by (p94) 明显，显然：it is clear that 不容置疑的：indubitable 充分相信：sb is fully convinced of sth 停止,终止,也将怎样：comes to an ends (p95) 达到期望的目标：attain the desired end 反复，重申：reiterate 毫不动摇：without wavering 得到，衍生，源自：derive from 在许多情况下,事情往往是这样的：in many cases it may very well be that…(p97) 直接到：go straight to 某某事：so-and-so 来临,逼近：approach 度过一生：go through life 等于是,相当于是：amounts to / be equivalent to 一样，相同：be quite as good as…./ be equivalent to (p98) 不准进入,避开,躲开：keep out of 清醒时：in some saner moment (p98) 随他去吧 爱怎样就怎样：so let sb do as he pleases (p98) 恐惧，忧虑，担心：apprehensions 不一致,相违背：think otherwise than they do (p99) 远古以来：from the earliest times

在某人看来：in the eyes of sb 优势，优越：superiority to sb (p99) 感觉不到，难以察觉：imperceptible