内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard.
2. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the two suits I had brought with me in the cupboard.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 we all have secrets but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard;which we do not want even our closest friends to learn 为定语从句,修饰先行词secrets。
【词汇精讲】
varying /'veəriɪŋ/ adj. 不同的 【动】vary 变化 【名】variety 多样性 【形】various 各种各样的
skeleton /ˈskel.ə.tən/ n. 骨骼,框架 【组】skeleton key 万能钥匙 【俚】a skeleton in the cupboard/closet 家丑
Salary scales vary from state to state. 工资水平每个州都不同。
The skeleton of my book is written – now I just have to add the details.
我的书已经有了框架——现在我只需要添加细节了。
【参考译文】
从不同程度上讲,我们都有连最亲密的朋友也不愿让他们知道的秘密,但我们当中很少有橱柜里藏骷髅的。
2. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the two suits I had brought with me in the cupboard.
【语法详析】
本句的主干 I decided to hang one of the two suits。1. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers 为时间状语从句;2. I had brought with me 为定语从句,修饰先行词 suits。
【词汇精讲】
stack /stæk/ n. 一堆,一摞 v. 堆放整齐【组】stack up 比得上,讲得通【辨】stock 库存,贮存
drawer /ˈdrɔːər/ n. 抽屉
hang /ˈhæŋ/ v. 悬挂,吊死 【组】hang around/about 闲逛,闲呆着
A mobile home simply doesn’t stack up against a traditional house.
活动房屋怎么也比不上传统房屋。
There have been a number of explanations, but none of them stack up.
已经有好几种解释,但没有一个站得住脚。
【参考译文】
在我把衬衫和内衣摆放在两个空抽屉之后,我决定把带来的两套西装中的一套挂在衣柜里。
3、 长难句拓展
1.The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality, identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many languages which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraints.
①小词典
empirical [ɪmˈpɪrɪkl]
adj. 经验主义的,完全根据经验的