大学英语4翻译

1.据报道有七八位官员收受贿赂，市长决定亲自出马调查这件事。（be reported to;look into) Seven or eight officials are reported to have taken bribes and the mayor has decided to look into the affair in person.

2.这些工人后悔当时接收管理部门的意见重新回去工作。现在他们再次面临失业的危险了。（regret doing sth;yield to;be faced with)

These workers regret yielding to the management's advice and going back to work. Now they are again faced with the threat of losing their jobs.

3.你只需填写一张表格就可取得会员资格，它可以使你在卖东西时享受打折的优惠。（fill out)

You only need to fill out a form to get your membership, which entitles you to a discount on goods.

4.不知为什么他们的汽车在半路坏掉了，结果他们比原计划晚到了三个小时。（break down) Their car broke down halfway for no reason. As a result they arrived three hours later than they had planned.

5.那位官员卷入了一场丑闻，数周后被迫辞职。（get involved in)

The official got involved in a scandal and was forced to resign weeks later.

6.这个靠救济过日子的人开始慢慢地建立起自己的市场，生意日渐兴隆。（buuild up;one step at a time)

The man living on welfare began to build up his own market, one step at a time and his business is thriving.

Unit5

1.这个小个男子并不如他看上去那么单纯。（not so...as)

This little man is not so innocent as he appears.

2.对这个问题我已束手无策了，所以你不妨去求助于王教授吧。(might as well)

There's nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.

3.双方高度评价了在不同领域合作取得的成果，并希望合作进一步加深。（speak highly of) Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that the cooperation can be furthered.

4.一方面，亲民形象能使新政策更易于被民众接受，另一方面，它也能“广直言之路，启进善之门”。（on the one hand,on the other hand)

On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted. On the other hand, it will "encourage people to speak their minds and come up with constructive suggestions".

5.他孤独的感觉时起时落，他有时会对自己、对宠物、对电视机唠叨不休。（rise and fall,at length)

His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his pets and the television.

6.毕竟，金钱不是万能的，最富有的人不一定是最幸福的。（after all)

After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.