张培基英译现代散文选2

张培基英译现代散文选2

1. Phrasal Expression & Words a blade of grass Be on an equal footing with… 与…平起Copious tears of joy A chill in the air

平坐

A constellation of fine arts异彩纷呈 be on/at one’s heels 紧跟着 a grain of sand

Be ordained by fate a later invention/practice Be overgrown with grass A propensity for …

Be pleasant to the ear: 悦耳动听 a red streak of dawn 一道红霞 Be pregnant with meaning a string of cash 一吊钱 Be shrouded / veiled in… 笼罩在 a suckling baby 乳儿

Be sloppy in thinking

A tremulous voice 颤抖的声音 Be subject to the law of nature A vast expanse of white

Be thoroughly drenched / soaked Abandon oneself to…= be lost in… Be uncalled for 不合适

Absence of any feeling

begrudge doing = be unwilling to do add … in passing 顺便说道 Bemoan the transience of youth ajar 门半开

Best serve for an answer All the more = more blood debt(s) 血债 Alley = alleyways Blot out 抹去 Amble along Boundless expanse amphitheater

Bring about a … mood Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment 抗Broad and liberal 胸径宽广 日游击队

bronchial tube 支气管 arrive on the scene Burst into fits of abuse

Artifice 诡计

Buzz with activity 活跃起来 At an opportune moment 碰巧 by and large

at long last 终于

cadence 抑扬顿挫

At one go = in one sitting Call forth tears = trigger tears At one’s insistence canine phobia 怕狗

At the suggestion of … Canvass (for) support 游说以获得支持 awning 遮阳蓬

cessation

base cowardice 卑怯 Chalk up… 用粉笔写下 bayonet 刺刀

chant Buddhist scripture Be ablaze with… 通明

Chestnut: 栗树/子

be adequately fed and clad 丰衣足食 Chin up and chest out 抬头挺胸 be at loggerheads with… 与…斗争/不合 Choke with sobs be bereft of … = be deprived of… chorus of wild yells Be bogged down in a mire 陷入泥淖 Clog 阻碍，木屐 Be clad in…

Cluck 咯咯叫

be confined to bed by sickness Come of = result from be daubed with… 散漫地涂有 Come to the fore 崭露头角 Be given to doing 习惯于

Congenial response 共鸣 be immensely overjoyed 欣喜若狂 consult sb on …

Be of long standing 老资格

Consummate = skillful = perfect

Crestfallen = dejected cringe = cower

Dabble in water 戏水 Damp down one’s passion day in and out

dazzling brilliance 炫目/夺目的光辉 Deadly dull 极其乏味

Delicate features 纤细的面貌 Denude trees of leaves

despotic 专制的 detachment 小分队 Diehard 顽固分子

Din = hubbub: loud sound Dine and wine

Domineering 专横的 Downy: fluffy + soft

Dream away = dawdle away drool copiously 垂涎三尺 Drudge 苦工，辛苦劳作 drudgery 苦差

Dwell one’s eyes on… 凝视 dye… red 染红 Eatery 餐饮店

Ebony eyes/skin 黑眼睛/黝黑皮肤 Edible bird’s nest 燕窝

End up in a complete fiasco 惨败 Enfeeble = weaken epithet 绰号

Ethereal 超凡的，优雅的 Failing = if without Falcon 鹰隼(sun)

feel conscience-stricken

Feel instantly refreshed 顿时神清气爽 feel overawed 肃然起敬 Fellow provincial 老乡 firmament 苍穹 get a good thrashing Get on in years 上年纪

Get the worst of it 处于劣势 Gild… 使…金子般发光

give sb. the slip 把某人甩掉