全国翻译资格考试备考：11个经典句型
英语课
1、leave sb the choice of … or … 要么…，要么… ★(选择类经典句)Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the choice of brave resistance or the most abject 1 submission 2。
敌人冷酷无情/铁石心肠，我们要么顽强抵抗，要么屈膝投降。
The age of 30s leaves you the choice of marriage or remaining a bachelor。
年过三十，要么成婚，要么单身。
2、be the instrument of sth 引来某事物的人或事 ★(使动类经典句)The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have the blessings 3 and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated 4 against them。
全国同胞都在关注我们，如果我们有幸能够拯救他们脱离强加于身的暴政/把他们从强加于身的暴政中解救出来，那将得到他们的祝福和赞颂。
他所建立的组织最终使他垮了台。
The organization he had built up eventually became the instrument of his downfall。
能够让你幸福，我愿意付出我的一切。
If I can be the instrument of your happiness, I will sacrifice all my belongings 5。
3、it was the memories of 追溯到… ★(回忆类经典句)Perhaps it was the memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, which were considered turning points in their nations’ development。
追溯到1964年东京及1988年汉城举办的奥运会，可能分别被视为日韩两国发展的转折点。
4、on the premise 6 / ground/ prerequisite/ proposition/ hypothesis/presupposition that 基于一个前提… ★(假设类经典句)中国政府在宣布实行和平统一的方针时，是基于一个前提，即当时的台湾当局坚持世界上只有一个中国，台湾是中国的一部分。
The Chinese proclaimed/declared to adopt/implement the policy of peaceful reunification on the premise that the then Taiwan authorities maintained that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is only one part of China。
Advice to investors 7 was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall。
对投资者的建议是以利率会继续下跌为根据的。
5、be bound to 必定…;一定… ★(意愿类经典句)西部大开发一定能成为沟通世界各国和中国的一座桥梁，促进中国和世界经济共同发展，共同繁荣。
The Great Western Development is bound to be a bridge between China and the rest world, promoting the common economic development and prosperity of China and the world at large。
Just wars are bound to triumph over wars of aggression 8。
正义战争必然要战胜侵略战争。
adj.极可怜的，卑屈的
- This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.这一政策最后以惨败而告终。
- He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr.Alleyne for his impertinence.他不得不低声下气，为他的无礼举动向艾莱恩先生请罪。
n.服从，投降；温顺，谦虚；提出
- The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
- No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。
n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福
- Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
深思，沉思，冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 )； 内心策划，考虑
- He meditated for two days before giving his answer. 他在作出答复之前考虑了两天。
- She meditated for 2 days before giving her answer. 她考虑了两天才答复。
n.私人物品，私人财物
- I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
- Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。
n.前提；v.提论，预述
- Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
- We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害
- So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
- Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
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