1) Sth. is often referred to as/defined as...
+ G% |9 d7 i0 P" e4 z# b 某事物常常被视为/定义为……；人们常常将某事物视为/定义为……。 (e.g. Corrupt officials are often referred to as the most dangerous borers in our government bodies, who are nibbling away the healthy organism of our party by dishonest means.)
1 v. \* }/ E( V) W& r# Y 例：腐败官僚常常被视为我们政府机构中最危险的蛀虫，他们行为不轨，蚕噬着我们党的健 康肌体。. W) d4 a, k8 J h: T. |
2) (Doing) Sth. is just the same as.../is compared to.../is likened to.. ./is like..., _; ~4 s X% @3 {
（做）某事物就如同……/可以比作……/类似于……/就像……。 (e.g. Life in the middle of marriage is often compared to wire walking, for in the early years spouses attract each other and in late years they need each other.)
: M) [- d- U5 N2 z8 G( U5 G; {4 Z) u 例：婚姻生活常被比作走钢丝绳，最初几年里夫妻相互吸引，而往后的岁月里他们则相互需 要对方。4 |4 s0 J* l: c7 B3 O% P( M
3) Sth. is to...what sth. else is to...1 B' K- k7 G7 [6 i2 |3 h! Q8 y
某事物之于……就像另一事物之于…… (e.g. An individual human existence is to the human society what a river is to the ocean, small and busy rushing past rocks at first, but gradually growing wider and quieter until it becomes merged in the ocean in the end.)
5 e! y* Q F: r: R 例：个体自然人的存在之于人类社会就如同河流之于海洋，起初细流跳涌，穿砂过石，然后 渐渐变得宽阔而深沉，直到最后汇入大海。& I( i" ?: j1 Y" [7 b* B9 r
4) To/For/With most people/sb., sth. is/means...* p5 ]/ |3 f) O. f
对大部分人/某人来说，某事物就是/意味着…… (e.g. To dishonest people, a friend means a target or an object that is of some use to them at present or in the future.)4 E* ?' c# N, V& _ q" V
例：对心怀叵测的人来说，朋友就是一个靶子或者一个目标，在当前或未来有利可图。
. K# ]7 J$ p9 j 5) Sth. is the symbol/mark/equivalent of.../is symbolic of.../is equivalent to..., D1 A7 J9 e. D& \/ L4 Q! J
某事物是……的象征/标志/对等物//相当（等同）于……/象征着…… (e.g. If selling one's sex is the mark of degeneration, selling one's power is equivalent to committing crime.)/ {: T- z [; N/ v9 W
例：如果说出卖肉体是堕落的标志的话，出卖手中的权力就等同于犯罪。
5 P& L7 b: A0 M8 w 6) Suppose/Imagine that.../Let's suppose/assume/imagine (that)... 4 c7 ], ^2 U3 Q
假设/试想……；我们假设/假定/试想…… (e.g. Suppose, by any chance, you heartily disagree with anything that is going on about you, you are less likely to stay on the good side of people around you.)9 [3 z/ \; d$ h/ y
例：假设，不管怎样，你自己内心都不认同自己，你就更不可能取得周围人的好感。
6 \/ a" ^; c) ` r2 ? 7) We often find ourselves caught/involved in a dilemma whether...
/ i" ^9 R2 J5 n 我们常常不知不觉地陷入了一种窘境：是……还是……呢。 (e.g. We often find ourselves caught in a dilemma whether we should reach for the bear's paw or for the shark's fin/whether to reach for...)- \( z. H0 V7 n: ? l
例：我们常常不知不觉就陷入了这样一种窘境：我们谋熊掌还是鲨鳍。; E* L) u3 W" g
8) If/In case/In the event that..., it is better to.../a better course is to.../sb. has no choice/option/alternative but to.../all we want to know is ho w...
7 G% u* t2 b# |& U; S 如果/万一/在……的情况下，最好……/……更为妥当/某人将只能……，除此以外别 无选择/别无他途。/我们只想知道怎样…… (e.g. In the event that you fall in a love river, all we want to know is how you will swim in it, as you are no longer a fisherman.) |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:35:50
