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

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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

glazed tile 琉璃瓦 luminous 发光的 gloss over 掩饰 Lush greenery 草木青青 glower 怒视 Lush 茂盛的 gobble up 狼吞虎咽 Make a bungle of… 弄错

Good wishes = blessing = auspicious man of heroic mettle 有血性的人 Railing 栏杆

Rain pelted/poured down rain-drenched 雨湿的 Rank weeks: 丛生的杂草 recall … to one’s mind

remark Good-for-nothing = lazybones gosling 小鹅，没经验的年轻人 grizzled feather 灰白的羽毛

Hanker after 渴望

Happen by mere coincidence harbor/bear hatred/grudge/against…Haughty 高傲的

Have the audacity to do … 胆敢做

Have… all to oneself 独占… Heartening = encouraging hearty thanks

High aspiration / ambition

Hoard for speculation 囤积居奇 Hold sway 控制

Homing / carrier pigeon hoodwink 欺骗

I wouldn’t presume 岂敢 immense joy Imprint 印记 In a daze

in expectation of…

in spite of oneself 不由自主 in the /at dead of night 深夜 In the face of the waning sun in the twinkling of an eye 瞬息之间 Inhibition 拘谨

Into the bargain 而且还… irk = irritate

Jet black: 乌黑发亮 joss stick 香

Keep sb at arm’s length 保持距离 keep up with the trend of times Kick sb. when he’s down 落井下石 Knitted brow

Lay… to rest 安葬，平息 Limpid, insipid

Linden tree 菩提树 loll 懒洋洋地依靠

mandarin jacket 马夫 Maxim 格言 Megalomania 夸大狂

Merit and demerit Merry-making Mope around 闷闷不乐地闲逛 Motley: 混杂的

Mulish=stubborn murky 浑浊的，昏暗的 Myopia 近视

not a soul in sight

Old fogey 老顽固

On an empty stomach 空着肚子 On end 连续，接连 Oriole 黄鹂

out of the common 非同寻常 pallor 苍白脸色

Pampered / spoilt child Pauper = beggar perennial youth

Persimmon: 柿子 Piping: 尖叫声 piteous 可怜的

Plaintively = mournfully

play the fugitive / pursuer 逃/追 plumage 全身羽毛 Plunge sb. into gloom

Poetic feeling/sentiment 诗意 Polish up 润色

pound away 连续打击 preen 刻意打扮 present a view 立论 Privation 贫困

Propriety 行为/举止得体或恰当 Prosaic 平凡的

pure and simple 不折不扣，全然 put … to shame 使…黯然失色 Put forth buds: 抽芽 Quail: 鹌鹑

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red orb 红日

Relive the old days remnant 遗留物 reticence 缄默不语

retracted lips 凹陷的嘴唇

retrogression in history 历史的退步 rickshaw boy/man 黄包车/人力车夫Roost 鸟类栖息处 run amok 发狂

sanguine = optimistic scamper over 蹦蹦跳跳 Scamper: 小动物/孩快蹦 scholarly dignity 书生气 Second self = bosom friend set pen to paper Shanghailander shut… out of view shy away

Silver dollar 银元 sit idle 空坐，空等 skirt around 绕开

Slipshod 懒散的，随便的 slushy = snow-clad, sentimental smugly 沾沾自喜

Social development / progress solicitude 担心

somehow or other 不知怎的 somersault 空翻

Sparingly 慎用，节省

speak volumes for … 充分说明 Spick-and-span 干干净净 spick-and-span 干净，清爽 Spiritual barrenness

Spongy fine sand 细软沙子 Sprightly = energetic stage a demonstration Stale

stand guard

Stand lost in reverie

Stand to do = be likely to do Tauntingly = jokingly

Standoffish 冷淡的 That’s a hard nut to crack. status quo

The clatter of mahjong tiles

Status quo现状

The droning of machine 机器响声 Steer/keep/stay clear of the endearing grandeur of nature stem the tide of progress The living present

stirring = exciting

The rattle of sabres(军刀) Strands of silk 屡屡丝线 Thump/throb with emotion Straw-laden

Tip sb. a wink 使眼色

stretch far into the distance 伸向远处 touch upon = make mention of … Strike / touch a (deep) chord Touch/strike a chord Strike up a funeral hymn 奏挽歌 Transience 短暂，易逝 swoop down 向下猛冲 Treasure / cherish memory take … to one’s heels 溜掉 treat me like dirt

Tame = docile Tremor: 小颤动 Tarry = linger underdog 弱者

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A creamy white ray streamed in.

a large attendance of several thousand

be at the end of resources = exhaust all one’s wits/means/tricks 黔驴技穷 Be emaciated and have a sallow face 面黄肌瘦

be engraved / imprinted / etched / embedded on one’s mind Be exposed to the serenity of the elements

Be filled with sentiment = sentiment swells up in heart. be flogged by the scourge of life 受到鞭策 Be next door to = stand next to = border on Be tucked away in the depth of memory endure the torments of hunger 忍饥挨饿

Ever lingering love for you despite our separation. 藕断丝连 Give sb a sidelong glance over one’s glasses Glance at sb out of the corner of glasses Identify oneself with broad mass of people Look earthward instead of skyward

lord it over … = reign over… = resume domination over… Most apt / liable to slip away / slip through fingers My heart palpitates with awe. Pass through life all but once

Play ducks and drakes 水面掷石子比赛 rise laboriously bit by bit 努力慢慢上升

Susceptibility is always better than / preferable to insensibility. Through all lands and all eternity

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Undeserved reputation 名不副实 unflagging energy = energetic Unsheathe 出鞘 uphold justice

usher in a new century 迎接新世纪 Vent … on/onto… Verdant 翠绿色的 Wait on sb伺候 Waning sun 残阳 Wax and wane

Weigh heavily on one’s mind = bother sb whisk sth. away/off 匆匆带走 White fungus 银耳 window pane 窗玻璃 with gusto 兴致勃勃