[背景]由于英汉两种语言有着不同的表达习惯,我们在翻译一些常见的短语(联合式)时,要注意一个搭配的顺序问题。例如英语的track and field,track是“跑道,径赛”,“field”是“场地,田赛”,而汉语的习惯表达与之相反,通说为“田径”。
[目标]掌握一些更符合英文表达习惯的用法,在翻译和写作的时候力求准确而达意。
I 顺序相同
1)up and down:上上下下,起伏地
The boat bobbed up and down in the water
那只小船在水中颠簸。
2)more or less:或多或少,有点儿
He more or less thought it was his duty to tell me.
他或多或少认为告诉我是他的责任。
3)rock and roll:摇滚乐
4)deaf and dumb:又聋又哑
5)heart and soul:全心全意地,满腔热情地
He devoted himself heart and soul to his work.
他全心全意地致力于工作。
6)day and night:日日夜夜,夜以继日
7)husband and wife:夫妻,夫妇
They have lived together as husband and wife for years.
他们结为夫妇共同生活了很多年。
8)black and white:(指电影、电视、照片等)黑白
I changed my black and white television for a color set.
我把黑白电视机换成了一台彩色的。
9)black and blue:青一块、紫一块的
10)wax and wane:(力量或重要性)兴衰,盛衰
Throughout history em pires have waxed and waned.