54. "so much that…"句型
But he developed gradually a very musical English. He learnt to write sentences that fall away on the ear with a misty languor and it delighted him so much that he could never have enough of it.
55. "when"引導(dǎo)狀語(yǔ)從句有時(shí)并不好譯,不能一看到when從句就考慮譯為"當(dāng)……的時(shí)候",它還有許多種譯法。
Anything is better than not to write clearly. There is nothing to be said against lucidity, and against simplicity only the possibility of dryness. This is a risk that is well worth taking when you reflect how much better it is to be bold than to wear a curly wig.
56. "not…because…",有時(shí)可否定前面,有時(shí)可否定because本身,往往出現(xiàn)歧義。應(yīng)根據(jù)上下文面判定。
In 1600 the earth w(更多外語(yǔ)考試資訊盡在http://waiyu.kaoshibaike.com)as not the center of the universe because the majority then supposed it was; nor, because she had more readers, was Ella wheeler Wilcox a better poet than Father Hopkins.
57. "so…that, such…that"是一個(gè)普通的句型,但在同一個(gè)句子里有兩處使用它卻比較少見(jiàn)。
The truth is, that in one point of view, this matter of national literature has come to such a pass with us, that in some sense we must turn bullies, else the day is lost, or superiority so far beyond us, that we can hardly say it will ever be ours.
58. "by doing…"結(jié)構(gòu)。這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)的意思是"通過(guò)(做)……",但翻譯實(shí)踐中不能拘泥于這種釋義,不少情況下需要靈活變通。
The hippos, by depositing dung in the water, fed the fish that support the storks that destroy the rare trees.