中级笔译：汉译英难点解析(1)
英语课
1. 一根筋儿 one track-minded.
别跟他较劲了。他一根筋，你还不知道?
Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
2.出众的人 a lulu
要说漂亮，我们公司新来的秘书可算是个相貌出众的女孩子了。
Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
3.两面派 two-faced
我知道怎样对付两面派，而且一眼就能看出谁是一贯两面讨好的人。I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare 1 and hunting with the hounds 2.(注：run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人两面讨好，不得罪任何一方的做法。)4.傻大个儿 a lummox
听说那个傻大个儿把他们公司的买卖搞得一团糟。
It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.
5.收破烂儿的人 a rag man
那些收破烂儿的人走街串户，有时也能挣不少钱。
Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.
6.乡巴佬 a hayseed
她说她决不会嫁给一个乡巴佬，不管他多有钱。
She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
7.不三不四的人riff-raffs
老张的家里总来些不三不四的人，可想而知老张不是什么好东西。
There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.
8.受气包儿 doormat
她天生就是个受气包儿，什么事都不敢说个不字She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
9.面无表情的人 a deadpan 3
和那些面无表情的人在一起工作真让人憋气。
You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
10.扫帚星 a jinx
有人说那个女人是个扫帚星，谁跟她结婚谁倒霉。
She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.
n.野兔
- The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.兔子正睡觉时，乌龟赢得了比赛。
- I saw a hare in my backyard this morning.今天早晨我看见后院有一只野兔。
猎狗，猎犬( hound的名词复数 )
- The huntsman was whipping in his pack of hounds. 猎人正在用鞭子把他那群猎犬赶到一处。
- The hunter has twenty more hounds. 那猎人有二十几条猎狗。
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