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再如：(形容詞→單句 a. That region was the most clearly identifiable trouble spot．
那個(gè)地區(qū)是個(gè)麻煩的地方，這是大家都容易看得出來(lái)的。
Then and there he named the startled General lying wounded on his cot the new Commander in Chief of the Air force…
他就在當(dāng)時(shí)當(dāng)?shù)厝蚊@位躺在榻上治傷的將軍為空軍總司令，使這位將軍吃了一驚。
Yet it is painfully apparent that millions of Americans, who would never think of themselves as law-breakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with the legal codes that are designed to protect and nourish their society?
顯然，數(shù)百萬(wàn)美國(guó)人從來(lái)沒(méi)有想過(guò)自己會(huì)違法，更不用說(shuō)犯罪了，而就是他們正在越來(lái)越肆意歪曲旨在保護(hù)和培育這個(gè)社會(huì)的法律條文，這真令人痛心。
（原文中painfully apparent如照字面譯成"痛心地明顯的"，不合漢語(yǔ)表達(dá)習(xí)慣，將painfully單譯成句，既突出了重點(diǎn)，表明作者對(duì)這一現(xiàn)象感到痛心的心情，又使語(yǔ)言自然流暢。）
At present people have a tendency to choose the safety of the middle-ground reply.
現(xiàn)在，人們都傾向于采取不偏不倚的態(tài)度來(lái)回答問(wèn)題，因?yàn)樗踩徽酗L(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
（choose the safety of the middle-ground reply如機(jī)械直譯成"選擇不偏不倚回答問(wèn)題的安全"，語(yǔ)言晦澀難懂。將safety分譯出來(lái)則較好地解決了這一問(wèn)題。）
Auntie Julia vainly asked each of her neighbours in turn to tell her what Gabriel had said.
朱利亞姨媽接連向坐在旁邊的人打聽(tīng)加布里埃爾剛才說(shuō)了些什么，卻沒(méi)有問(wèn)出個(gè)所以然來(lái)。
