内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1.However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prize-fighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1.However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prize-fighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 boxing was very crude。for there were no rules…为原因状语从句,for可替换为because, since, as;during a match 作时间状语。
【词汇精讲】
boxing /ˈbɒk.sɪŋ/ n. 拳击运动【名】boxer 拳击手
crude /kruːd/ adj. 简陋的,粗鲁的 n. 原油【近】rude 粗鲁的【辨】cruel 残忍的
prize-fighter /ˈpraɪzˌfaɪ.tər/ n. 拳击手
seriously /ˈsɪə.ri.əs.li/ adv. 严重地,严肃地 【组】take…seriously 认真对待…
Seriously now, did he really say that or are you just being silly?
现在说正经的,他真的这么说,还是你在瞎编?
These young actors take themselves so seriously! 这些年轻演员太把自己当回事了!
【参考译文】
然而,拳击运动很粗暴,因为没有规则,拳击手在比赛中可能会伤得很重,甚或死亡。
2.Though he was technically a prize-fighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport。1. Though he was technically a prize-fighter 为让步状语从句;2.for he brought science to the game 为原因状语从句。
【词汇精讲】
technically /ˈtek.nɪ.kəl.i/ adv. 技术上,严格说来
prize-fighter /ˈpraɪzˌfaɪ.tər/ n. 拳击手 【名】prizefighting 拳击运动
crude /kruːd/ adj. 简陋的,粗鲁的 n. 原油【近】rude 粗鲁的【辨】cruel 残忍的
It was a technically brilliant performance.
从技艺的角度来看,这是一场精彩的表演。
Technically, thecountry’s economic problems are over, but recovery will be slow.
理论上,这个国家的经济问题已经过去了,但恢复将会很慢。
【参考译文】
虽然严格来说门多萨是个职业拳击手,但他为把粗野的拳击变成一项运动居功甚伟,因为他将科学引入这项运动。
3、 长难句拓展
1.Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not: challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.
①小词典
constitutionality [ˌkɒnstɪˌtjuːʃəˈnæləti]
n. 符合宪法;立宪
constitution [ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n]
n. 宪法,章程;体质,体格;组成,结构
desperate [ˈdespərət]
adj. 不顾一切的;令人绝望的;极度渴望的
②句子分析:句子的主干是 Instead, the company h