每日一譯：血濃于水

來(lái)源：網(wǎng)絡(luò)發(fā)布時(shí)間：2010-09-11

　　1.血濃于水。
　　Blood is thicker than water.
　　2.為熱烈歡迎外賓，準(zhǔn)備工作已經(jīng)做好。
　　Arrangements have been made to give the foreign guests a warm welcome.
　　3.這些早期的汽車速度緩慢，行動(dòng)笨拙，效率不高。
　　There early cars were slow, clumsy, and inefficient.
　　4.約翰現(xiàn)與父母同住在紐約市；他不擔(dān)任樂(lè)隊(duì)指揮已經(jīng)三年了。
　　John is now with his parents in New York City;it is already three years since he was a bandmaster.
　　Since 從句中的過(guò)去式聯(lián)系動(dòng)詞was 或were 是指一種狀態(tài)的結(jié)束。
　　5.要參加這個(gè)俱樂(lè)部并非易事-他們只吸收手頭闊綽的人，而不是普通百姓。
　　It’s not easy to become a member of that clud-they want people who have plenty of money to spend, not just every Tom, Dick, and Harry.
　　Tom, Dick, and Harry都是英美常見(jiàn)的人名，這里泛指任何人，相當(dāng)于漢語(yǔ)的張三、李四、王五
　　6. They have done their best to ensure that their children do not go without.(英譯漢)

　　他們盡量保證孩子們不缺少所需要的東西。

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