内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.
2. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer’s dream to create ‘an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible’.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1.It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 It has been estimated that…,it为形式主语,that从句为主语从句。if the bridge were packed with cars为虚拟条件句,用一般过去时were虚拟现在,主句it would still only be carrying…虚拟将来,would be doing为将来进行时,强调对将来情形的描述。
【词汇精讲】
estimate /ˈes.tɪ.meɪt/ v. n. 估计 【组】it is estimated that 据估计
pack /pæk/ v. 打包,塞满 n. 一包,一群【名】package包裹 【反】unpack 取出 【组】pack up 停止
capacity /kəˈpæs.ə.ti/ n. 容量,能力 【近】capability 能力
Thousands of fans are packing into the stadium. 数千名球迷正涌入体育馆。
The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000. 这个体育场能容纳5万人。
【参考译文】
据估计,即便桥上停满了汽车,也不过是其总承载力的三分之一。
2.Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer’s dream to create ‘an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible’.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 it is both simple and elegant。1. Despite its immensity作让步状语;2. fulfilling its designer’s dream…作伴随状语,因fulfill与其逻辑主语it存在主动关系,故用doing;3. to create ‘an enormous object’ 作dream的定语;4. drawn as faintly as possible作object的定语,因draw与object存在被动关系,故用done。
【词汇精讲】
immensity /ɪˈmen.sə.ti/ n. 巨大 【形】immense 【辨】immerse v. 使沉浸于
elegant /ˈel.ɪ.ɡənt/ adj. 优雅的 【名】elegance 【近】graceful 【辨】element 因素
enormous /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ adj. 巨大的 【近】immense, tremendous, colossal
object /ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/ n. 物体 v. 反对【形】objective 客观的【组】Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) 不明飞行物
faintly /ˈfeɪnt.li/ adv. 轻微地 【辨】fainthearted 胆怯的
【参考译文】
尽管桥很大,但它结构简练、造型优美,实现了其设计师“造一个靠尽可能轻的线条牵引的庞然大物”的梦想。
3、 长难句拓展
1. Circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us and if we feel that we have been “wronged” then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to escape from our situation.
①小词典
circum