张培基英译现代散文选1

张培基英译现代散文选1 1. Phrasal Expression & Words

…amid(st) thun derous applause a bare subsistence

A be characteristic of B

= B be characterized by A

A bend in a river / mountain

A blind alley

A brass drum 小铜鼓

A bygone age

a clot of blood

A cobbled path

A con fused mass of …

A faint scent of

A forgone conclusion 预料中的必然结局A hired hand on contract

A jumble of … 一大堆

A keen sense of

A long-timer of Beijing

A loose community of smaller family

A man of profound learning

A mere drop in the ocean

A niche in the temple of fame

A passing glance

A philosophical approach to life

a positive outcome

A scene of poetic charm

A sensation of blissfulness

A speck of mud

A stone's throw

A trace / shade / tint/ sprinkle of … aptly 恰如其分地Art troupe 文工团At a

stretch/sitting At one'scommand at the

present moment Avaricious desires 贪念

Bark up the wrong tree 攻击错了目标

bashful

Bask in the sunshine Be ablaze/aglow

with light be advanced in years be an

encumbrance to … Be beset/troubled

with/by Be blurred by …

Be bogged down = be trapped Be bound

up with …密切关联be

central/indispensable to sb.

Be cooped up = be caged

be deeply grieved to learn of …

be distinguished by Be en grossed in …

Be exquisite and nicely arranged be

forever cherished / treasured Be hale and

hearty Be havened from be humanly

impossible

Be imprinted/carved/engraved/ingrained

on/upon …

be in a fix

Be instrumental in

交织着

be irrelevant / foreign to Be keenly aware

of be keyed up 紧张Be led by the nose

be of southern breed Be off and on

be on an equal footing with …

Be on the lips of … Be on the minds of..

be out to do … be

overgrown with wild

woods be packed

with …

Be plagued =

annoyed = upset

Be possessed

Be possessed of be

reconciled to … be

reduced to be

saddled with be sent

to gallows

Be short of/devoid of

Be shrouded in = be

covered in

= be enveloped in

Be sloppy in thinking

Be

strewn/covered/festooned with …

Be stumped by = baffled

Be tantamount to ??= equal

Be tinted / colored by …

Be troubled / seized with …

Be tucked away in …

Be weaned 断奶

Be weighed down/ troubled with be wet

with perspiration/ …

Be wide of / far from the mark 离谱

Be wild with excitement / joy

Be worthy of … 无愧于

Beam = a big smile on face Bear a thi n

coati ng of … begin by degrees 逐渐开始

Beguile = while / idle / fritter away

Bibliomania bicker

Birds of a feather flock together Blackout:

(战时)灯火管制

Blurt 脱口而出bookish / pedantic /

impractical view Border sth on the west

boudoir 闺房

Bountiful free gifts

Bow down to

Brazenly claim / credit 厚颜无耻邀功

Break into uncontrolled sobs Brilliant

talent burst with vitality

Bury the hatchet Button up clothes By

dint of 凭借Capon

Carcass: slaughtered animal for food

Cavernous mouth

Chant ancient Chinese books 诵读古籍

chicken-and-egg 因果难断的

Chit chat

Click away the seconds

Come dimly into sight

Come out exceedingly well

Come to pass 出现，发生

Come up against

Come upon a windfall Come/be of age

A Treasury of Best Chinese Prose 古文观Be interwoven with 止

A vast tract of land

A virtuous man / a man of supreme virtue

/ moral integrity A widening expanse of water abandon … to fate Ache/agonize with pain Adjoining room admire sb for sth affected 做作aim high amiable by nature Amuse on eself by =-do …for fun Amusing episode an enlightened king An odd-jobber An opportune moment 合适时机Ancestral home Approach senility

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Confirmed = habitual

Confirmed = habitual

Congenial disposition 天性convulsive sob cool one 's heel

Cordially cotton-padded gown 棉衣Court ladies = palace maid

Crackling: sound made by burning wood Crane one's necks

Credit A with B = attribute B to A Crumble into dust

Curl up curtly = rudely Cut down on = economize on decadent 颓废的Decorated archway 牌楼degeneration of public morality Deliberately make a mystery of … depart one 'slife Develop a liking for … diehard 顽固分子Dignitary dingy = dark + dirty Discontinuation of heartbeat disheveled hair Dispel darkness dissipate

one'sfatigue Dizzy = giddy

Do … a / an + adj + justice

Do one'sbit

Do sb a good turn

Do.. by instinct dog-tired double sure = fully convinced Drab = dull, boring, monotonous Drag on : (neg.) last Drain one'steardrops / blood Draw an analogy between A and B Drawn-out = prolonged dream = longing = aspiration 憧憬Dwell on dwindle away

Eat into …

Eat with gusto 津津有味地吃edge away 慢慢离开eke out a living 勉强度日Elegiac Address to My Nephew S 祭祀十二郎文

Emaciated = fragile

Embellishment 点缀

Empty into 注入，流入

Enormously magnificent / generous Entertain ambition

Every hook and cranny 每个角落Exemplary 模范的

Expanses of vacancy

Extol 称赞

Fall through = bubble = be disillusioned Falteringly 结巴地

Family rules of good behavior

Fare likewise

Fascinating=imposing =peerless=breath-taking fawn on / flatter / toady to

Feebly

Fickle man 薄情男子

Fierce-browed Fighting scene

First-hand experience

Flagstone

flower cultivation

Follow one 's bent/inclination/will for

one 'spart 就某人而言

Forsaken roses

Frame/state of mind

Frolic 嬉闹，玩耍

Frostbitten

fruits of labor

Gain access to

Gentle gracefulness

Gesticulate = gesture

Get up to mischief

Get wind of …

Gloomy sternness gloomy sternness

Gnaw at sb = afflict / torture sb go out of

one 'sway 特地

Go out to - -(be emotionally drawn to)

Go soldiering 军旅生涯go through the

wringer 历尽幸苦God of Longevity

Grove 树林，果园

Grow by/in leaps and bounds grow in

luxuriance

Grow in rich abundance

Guileless 老实的，不奸诈

Hang on to one 's presence 不肯离开

hardier species

Harp on

Harp on 唠叨have …to one 'n ame =

be in one 's possession

Have attachment for …

Have blind faith in …

Have designs on …

Have no claim to … 对…无拥有权

Have nothing to live on hawk one

'swares

Heart-rending = grievous

Heavenly abode

Herculean strength

Hoary-headed 头发花白

Hoodwink = cajole household chores

humor editors 应付编辑

I find them all. 尽收眼底Impassioned

speech / essay

In all earnest 再三，尽力，竭力

In anticipation of

In defe nse of -= in on e 'defe nse in

every way 彻头彻尾

in line with 符合

In spite of oneself 不由自主

In the boom / prime of youth

In the morning haze

In the prime of life

In unison

Inadvertently 无意间indomitable =

steadfast ingratiate sb with ?- =

toady to sb ingratiate 讨好

Inkling = hint

In-laws

Inspiration gushes

/comes gushing to one 'smind.

Intermittently = continually Inwardly

Irreparable loss

Jeer at 奚落

jeering voice

Jujube tree 枣树

Jump down one 'sthroat 猛地回击

keep a wary eye

Keep early hours

Keep one'sbody and soul together

Keep up appearances Kitchen-maid

Knack of farming 劳作技能

Labyrinth

Lack of propriety = impropriety

Lackluster 单调的

Lament with a deep sigh

Languid = lethargic = sluggish

Laud sb to the sky lavish attention

on lazybones

Lie waste

Lie/remain unknown

Liken / compare sb to …

Limpid brook

Listless 无精打采

Literati 文人学士

Locust tree 槐树

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Longing note 杜鹃啼血look askance at 斜视Look over one 's shoulder loving/fond memories

Make a clean break with …

Make a fanfare Make for … 有助于Make light of 无视malicious squint malinger man of letters mandarin jacket mean everything Meritorious service mist-shrouded Model …after … Money-shop moral excellence More dead than alive Morning glory 牵牛花Moult one 'sshell Myriads of fireflies 荧光千点Mysterious lore nameless fear/atrocity/loneliness Negotiate gorges Next to none Not sleep a wink nuptial chamber 洞房Obsequious = flattering Octogenarian 八十岁的人Old home Omen on sentry duty 站哨

On the pretext of 以…为借口/ 理由Ostrichlike

Overflow with material desire pack the hall Palpable = noticeable = tangible Parting sorrow

Pass for = be regarded as Pass out of existence peaceful calmness pendant 坠饰People of all strata Perennially young Personal inclination Personal liking = preference perspire / blood profusely Perusal Pet phrase petticoat influence = nepotism pigsty

Pit -a —pat = pitter -pattering Pitch-darkness Play up to = fawn on bigwigs pleasure of life

Ply sb with sth 不断供应

Pou nee on…猛地扑向

Prostrate oneself 顺重

Prowl 潜行

Puddles of rainwater 雨水坑

Put sb in the mind of …

Quite a few varieties of …

Reddening glow of setting sun

Reed

Refrain from …

Reign supreme 占优势

Render a service to … respect = reverent = well-mannered Reverberating bell Rhapsody on E'pang Palace 阿房宫赋rosary 念珠

Royal edict

Rubble 碎石

Rules and regulations safe haven = soft / peaceful shelter

Sallow 蜡黄，灰黄

Sapphire mountains and emerald rivers save up for sb grow out of … 长大

Scarlet cloud

scheme against each other

Scrape along/by 艰难度日

Scurry/hasten homewards sedan-chair

See the light of day 出版问世

Seek a living seek solace

Sentimental value 纪念价值

Servant girl

Set one'smind on sth/ to do sth

Shadow boxing shed tears over …

shoulder pole 扁担

Shout / yell one 'shead off

Shrug off one'swords = distrust

Shy away from ?- = avoid …

Sicken to see sidelong glance sideway

growth Sign with regret Sit bolt upright

Size sb up

Sleep on/over

smart aleck snatch away

Social strata

Sodden 浸湿的

Sound trailed off.

Sparkling star

Speak volubly 口若悬河

Spell disaster

Spell disaster spin cotton into yarn 纺纱

Spring drizzle

Spur oneself on

Stand to benefit in … 可能/ 将会有利于

Starry

= star-studded

= a constellation of performers and artists

Stereotyped essay

Sth be ingrained 根深蒂固sth be written

all over one 'sface

Strengthen/toughen/brace up one 'sspirits

stride over / brush / whiz / flit past Stroke

the scar / chin

Superb attraction supercilious 高傲的

supplicate 恳求

Supreme duty 最大责任swagger 昂首阔步

走sweat streams down face.

Tadpole

Take…at face value 只看表面take …very

much to heart

Take sb to task

= severely reproach/reprimand sb

take to sth/doing taste of = look like

Tattered clothes

Tear itself away from

Temple 太阳穴，鬓角That's final.

the asking price 要价

The hooting of an owl The long night wore

on amid(st) its dripping sound.

The sea of mortals = the living

There'sno limit to learning.

Thinning hair

Time and money he had none

To complicate matters

= to worsen the situation

To one'sheart s'content to the effect

that … 大意是

To the neglect of meals and sleep

To the tune of … touch off = spark Tower

to the sky Tram 有轨电车

Treat sb/sth to … 让某人享受…

Tricolor 法国三色国旗

Tumultuous = turbulent

Turbid, sordid, corpulent

Twig 树枝twine and climb 盘旋而上

Twinkle / sparkle with …

Twist and turn

Umbilical cord 脐带unbosom oneself

Under one 'swing / protection

Undiminished

= remain strong = not receding

Unflinchingly

Unkempt = untidy unruffled = calm = placid

unsettled life

Unshirkable responsibility

Usurp the throne

Utter/let out a sound

Venerable Guo

venomous = malicious veranda

Vermin = harmful people / object Vie in

doing sth

wane = pine away = wear away

Wayside flower 路边野花

Waywardness 任性

Wear an air of casual indifference Wear

and tear of time

Weeping willow

Well up

Wheat in the ear 芒种whetstone 磨刀石

Whimper = sob

Whims and desires 奇思幻想white poplar

白杨

Wide erudition 博学

Wind up staying …

With no strings attached

Wither away in solitude 在孤寂中凋零

Without a soul in sight wryly = ironically

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A feeling of forlornness will begin to creep up on you.

A glimmer of light filters into …

A keen / biting/ stinging / cutting / savage satire

A life free from worries and cares

A matter of survival or extinction

A soldier knows no compromise.

As fresh as ever in my memory

As smooth as a mirror 道滑如拭

Be beside oneself / overwhelmed with joy / rage

Be entranced / attracted / enthralled / enticed

Be fraught with (dreams/concerns)

Be more than eager to do …

Be reserved and content to live in obscurity

Be worthy of remembrance

Brin g …into closer con tact with …

Convey one 'regards to …

Cries gradually recede from hearing. discredit / disgrace sb in public

Drink non stop to ??= propose repeated toasts Endure countless hardships

Graduate with honors Harbor/have an enmity against …

Hardly be able to escape censure

Have sth to recommend itself 总是好的

He never made enough money.

His debts mounted with each passing year. how many days I've got = I m' entitled to

I feel duty-bound to … = I feel it incumbent on me to …

It filled me with much concern to learn of your indisposition. Lapse into sympathetic silence

Make a still better place of …

Merge into a harmonious whole

muffled

My heart was tramping / racing / pounding.

My heart 'sthrobbing with gratitude. nocturnal merry-making under candle-lights Register/record the days of youth relive old days/times

See through the vanity of human society The choice is yours / lies in you.

There reigns peace and quietness. There'sno denying the fact that … There'snothing but stillness there.

A strip of water should have become so vast a distance=keep us poles apart

Be representative/typical/symbolic/emblematic/quintessential of …

Climb (up) the social ladder = rise to power and position

Fulfill the task imposed on you and your father by history

If I were the sea-tide, I 'dmarshal rolling waves to cleanse the beach of all accumulated filth. Lots of things are apt to fade away as one 'slife experience accumulates Plunge/throw/thrust/thrash the house into deep darkness the greatest / best … that ever breathed since time immemorial With/have a slight touch/portion/shade/trace/tint of regret 微叹

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