内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products.
2. Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens, building garages and making furniture.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1.Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 Gifts poured in。1. not only from…but from…作地点状语;2. who wished to advertise their products 作manufacturers的定语从句。
【词汇精讲】
pour in 涌入 【俚】pour oil on troubled waters 平息争端
manufacturer /ˌmæn.jəˈfæk.tʃər.ər/ n. 生产商 【动】manufacture 制造
advertise /ˈæd.və.taɪz/ v. 做广告,宣传 【名】advertisement 广告,advertiser 广告商
Refugees have been pouring into neighbouring countries to escape the civil war. 难民大量涌入邻国以逃避内战。
My husband’s always arguing with my father, and I’m the one who has to pour oil on troubled waters. 我丈夫老和我父亲争吵,我不得不做他们的调停人。
Germany is a major manufacturer of motor cars. 德国是汽车生产大国。
He advertises his services on the company noticeboard. 他在公司的布告牌上张贴广告来宣传其业务。
【参考译文】
礼物不但从不认识的人们那里涌来,而且从希望给他们的产品做广告的婴儿食品和香皂生产商那里涌来。
2.Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens, building garages and making furniture.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 Men spend hours of their leisure time,installing…laying out…building…and making 为动名词,前面省略了in,作宾语。
【词汇精讲】
particularly /pəˈtɪk.jə.lə.li/ adv. 特别,尤其 【同】in particular
leisure /ˈleʒ.ər/ n. 休闲 【组】at (one’s) leisure 空闲时
install /ɪnˈstɔːl/ v. 安装,正式任命 【名】installation 【辨】instalment (分期付款的)一期
lay out 铺开,阐述,规划
I didn’t particularly want to go, but I had to. 我并不是特别想去,但我不得不去。
You can take the documents home and study them at (your) leisure. 你可以把这些文件带回家,有空时再好好看一看。
She has installed a couple of young academics as her advisers. 她任用几名年轻的大学教师作为顾问。
When we laid out the car parks, we reckoned on one car per four families. 规划停车场时,我们预计的是每四个家庭有一辆车。
【参考译文】
尤其是男人,在他们的休闲时间花费