翻译硕士英译汉现代散文选

1. Phrasal Expression Words

a blade of grass

A chill in the air

A constellation of fine arts异彩纷呈

a grain of sand

a later invention/practice

A propensity for

a red streak of dawn 一道红霞

a string of cash 一吊钱

a suckling baby 乳儿

A tremulous voice 颤抖的声音

A vast expanse of white

Abandon oneself to= be lost in

Absence of any feeling

add in passing 顺便说道

ajar 门半开

All the more = more

Alley = alleyways

Amble along

amphitheater

Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment 抗日游击队

arrive on the scene

Artifice 诡计

At an opportune moment 碰巧

at long last 终于

At one go = in one sitting

At ones insistence

At the suggestion of

awning 遮阳蓬

base cowardice 卑怯

bayonet 刺刀

Be ablaze with 通明

be adequately fed and clad 丰衣足食

be at loggerheads with 与斗争/不合

be bereft of = be deprived of

Be bogged down in a mire 陷入泥淖

Be clad in

be confined to bed by sickness

be daubed with 散漫地涂有

Be given to doing 习惯于

be immensely overjoyed 欣喜若狂

Be of long standing 老资格

Be on an equal footing with 与平起平坐

be on/at ones heels 紧跟着

Be ordained by fate

Be overgrown with grass

Be pleasant to the ear: 悦耳动听

Be pregnant with meaning

Be shrouded / veiled in 笼罩在

Be sloppy in thinking

Be subject to the law of nature

Be thoroughly drenched / soaked

Be uncalled for 不合适

begrudge doing = be unwilling to do

Bemoan the transience of youth

Best serve for an answer

blood debt(s) 血债

Blot out 抹去

Boundless expanse

Bring about a mood

Broad and liberal 胸径宽广

bronchial tube 支气管

Burst into fits of abuse

Buzz with activity 活跃起来

by and large

cadence 抑扬顿挫

Call forth tears = trigger tears

canine phobia 怕狗

Canvass (for) support 游说以获得支持

cessation

Chalk up 用粉笔写下

chant Buddhist scripture

Chestnut: 栗树/子

Chin up and chest out 抬头挺胸

Choke with sobs

chorus of wild yells

Clog 阻碍，木屐

Cluck 咯咯叫

Come of = result from

Come to the fore 崭露头角

Congenial response 共鸣

consult sb on

Consummate = skillful = perfect

Copious tears of joy

Crestfallen = dejected

cringe = cower

Dabble in water 戏水

Damp down ones 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 ones eyes on 凝视

dye red 染红

Eatery 餐饮店

Ebony eyes/skin 黑眼睛/黝黑皮肤

Edible birds 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

gloss over 掩饰

glower 怒视

gobble up 狼吞虎咽

Good wishes = blessing = auspicious 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 wouldnt 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 arms length 保持距离

keep up with the trend of times

Kick sb. when hes 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

luminous 发光的

Lush greenery 草木青青

Lush 茂盛的

Make a bungle of 弄错

man of heroic mettle 有血性的人

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

Railing 栏杆

Rain pelted/poured down

rain-drenched 雨湿的

Rank weeks: 丛生的杂草

recall to ones mind

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

Standoffish 冷淡的

status quo

Status quo现状

Steer/keep/stay clear of

stem the tide of progress

stirring = exciting

Strands of silk 屡屡丝线

Straw-laden

stretch far into the distance 伸向远处

Strike / touch a (deep) chord

Strike up a funeral hymn 奏挽歌

swoop down 向下猛冲

take to ones heels 溜掉

Tame = docile

Tarry = linger

Tauntingly = jokingly

Thats a hard nut to crack.

The clatter of mahjong tiles

The droning of machine 机器响声

the endearing grandeur of nature

The living present

The rattle of sabres(军刀)

Thump/throb with emotion

Tip sb. a wink 使眼色

touch upon = make mention of

Touch/strike a chord

Transience 短暂，易逝

Treasure / cherish memory

treat me like dirt

Tremor: 小颤动

underdog 弱者

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 ones 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

2. Sentence

A creamy white ray streamed in.

a large attendance of several thousand

be at the end of resources = exhaust all ones wits/means/tricks 黔驴技穷

Be emaciated and have a sallow face 面黄肌瘦

be engraved / imprinted / etched / embedded on ones 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 ones 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