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he nerve poison is the more primitive of the two, that the blood poison is, so to speak, a new product from an improved formula. Be that as it may, the nerve poison does its business with man far more quickly than the blood poison.46. if at all是一個由if引起的主謂結(jié)構(gòu)不完整的短句結(jié)為即將……,即使……等。clock, when a very big, very tall man, accosted them and demanded their purses.53. too…to句型Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the splendor of it all.54. so much that…句型But he developed gradually a very musical English. He learnt to write sentences that fall away on the ear with a misty languor and it delighted him so much that he could never have enough of it.55. when引導(dǎo)狀語從句有時并不好譯,不能一看到when從句就考慮譯為當(dāng)……的時候,它還有許多種譯法。這是以形容詞作表語的倒裝,翻譯實(shí)踐中多把倒裝部分譯到最前面。I remember once being on a bus and looking at a stranger. He suddenly looked back at eyes met. My instinctive reaction was to avert my gaze. It occurred to me that if I had continued to maintain eye contact, I would have been rude and aggressive.64. It follows that…=It happens as a result…常常被譯為由此可見,因此,從前,可以推斷等等。The chances are you will never attempt that speed with poetry or want to race though some passages in fiction over which you wish to linger.67. Feel, see, leave引起賓語的賓語補(bǔ)足語,或在被動語態(tài)中引起主語補(bǔ)足語的某些慣用句型,有時see和feel這兩個詞的被動式不大好譯。在翻譯成漢語時,往往可獨(dú)立成句,外形上不保留修飾的痕跡。Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfil needs which have hitherto been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of libing.70. 某些省略情況,應(yīng)清單確認(rèn)省略的內(nèi)容。If I39。這樣賓語從句就變成了雙重否定,譯時可以按雙重否定譯,也可按肯定來譯。 nor, because she had more readers, was Ella wheeler Wilcox a better poet than Father Hopkins.57. so…that, such…that是一個普通的句型,但在同一個句子里有兩處使用它卻比較少見。Use is made of solar energy in heating houses.2)雙重定語引起的分隔。We have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery made by Edison to see the significance of it.40. not (no) …unless…句型No increase in output can be expected unless a new assembly line is installed.41. better…than…句型Better my life should be ended by their hate, than that hated life should be prolonged to live without your love.42. as it were是一個非常常用的插入語,意思是好象,可以說等。Return to your work , and that at once.34. at once…and結(jié)構(gòu),這個結(jié)構(gòu)譯為既……又……,起相關(guān)連接的作用,相當(dāng)于both…and…。Be it ever so humble (let it be ever so hum