-
Translation means translating meaning
Take the initiative
采取主动
With (one
’
s)
tongue in (one
’
s)
cheek/tongue in cheek
无诚意的，假心假意的
Everyday things
日常事情
Have a passion for
对
…
极度热爱
Poverty line
贫困线
Spring from
发源于，出身于
In any company
在任何交际场合，在客人面前
They prefer to discipline themselves
rather than be disciplined by others
他们宁愿自律，而不愿受制于人
?
Prefer...rather
than
的两种用法
Prefer
…
to/rather
than
后面可接名词，代词，动名词作比较，两个作比较的部
分
在形式上保持一致
Prefer
…rather
than
后面接动词不定式做宾语，
其中
prefer
接不带
to
< br>的不定式，
rather than
接不带
to
的不定式
They
pride
themselves
on
their
independence,
their
right
to
make
up
their
own
minds
他们为能独立行事和有权做出自己的决定而感到自豪
?
Pride oneself
on/upon something
是以
…
< br>感到自豪
He pride himself on
his ability to speak 20 languages
?
Take a pride in
sth
以
…
自豪，对
< br>…
感到得意
She
takes pride in writing beautiful essays
I am prepared
They will take any sort of job anywhere
rather than be unemployed
他们愿意到任何地方干任何工作，而不愿意失业
不少情况下，
rather
than
不连在一起用，而是
rather
和<
/p>
than
后面分别跟动词，
表示宁可
…
而不
…
的意思<
/p>
此外，
rather than
还有与其说
…
不如说
...
，不是
…
而是
< br>…
的意思
They love to boast, though often with
tongue in cheek
他们喜欢自吹自擂，尽管多数情况下只不过是说说而已
With tongues in their cheeks, they say
they will honor the agreement
< br>CAN
与表示时间，频率的状语连用，而是作为“有时候”解
No high hope for their
future
对未来不报太大希望
It is said/stated/asserted
和
it is a well-known fact
据说，有人说，众所周知
The manual worker is usually quite at
ease in any company
体力劳动者在任何场合通常都相当自在
No
exception(
无复数
)
没有例外，无一例外
Be typical of
特有的，独特的
We, or
the things we do, are typical of our nation
That is typical of
him
只有他才能干得出来
Individuals different
个性差异
Place emphasis on
重视，强调
Stem from
起源于，由
…<
/p>
造成
At
first thought
乍一想
Less
apparent
at
first
thought
is
that
much
of
what
was
once
said
to
be
typically
American is often
no longer just American
乍一想不那么明显的是，
许多过去曾被说成只有美国人才会做的事情，
现在常常
< br>不再仅仅是美国人在做了
Take hold
生根，固定下来
I advised him to get rid of his bad
habit before it could take hold
Convenience food
方便食品
Frozen food
速冻食品
A throw-away culture
使用一次性物品的生活方式
Generation gap
代沟
Similarly, to talk about a
car culture, a throw-away culture, or the
generation gap as
exclusively American
concerns makes little sense today
同样的，<
/p>
如果今天还说以车代步的生活方式和热衷于使用一次性物品的生活习惯，
< br>或者代沟问题只有美国人关注，那就没有什么意义了
KGB
is
a
multi-purpose,
clandestine
arm
of
power
…
more
than
an
intelligence
or
counter-intelligence organization
与其说克格勃是个情报或反情报组织，
不如说它是个具有多种目的的秘密权
力机
构
Flood of immigrants
It was not so much her appearance he
liked as her character
与其说他喜欢她的外表，不如说喜欢她的性格
Take every opportunity
抓住一切机会
While abroad
在国外的时候
Ethnic minorities
少数民族
Ethnic
种族的
the White race, the Yellow race, the
Black race
race>ethnic groups
racial conflict
种族冲突
ethnic
conflict
民族冲突或族裔冲突
market yourself
a picture of
…
as
…
it
is
not
just
British
’
s
breathing
in
which
makes
it
so
international,
but
also
its
breathing out
英国之所以成为如此国家化的国
家，
不仅仅在于她所吸收国外的人力和物力资源，
而且还在于她
向国外输出其人力和物力资源
tens
of
thousands
of
students
in
their
“
gap
”
year
inflict
themselves
o
India
and
Australia
数万学生在工作尚未找到之前，不邀自请
地前往印度和澳大利亚谋生
Wit
h+
名词
+
现在分词
< br>
The ticket hall, which
is just below street-level, is a vast circular
hall with showcases,
hired by various
stores, let into the walls
售票厅是个宽敞的圆形大厅
，
那里摆放着许多嵌进墙壁的展品陈列橱窗，
出租给
各种商店
The
British Commonwealth
英联邦
I leave Beijing tonight,
Mr. Premier, heartened with the agreements we have
reached,
cheered by the frankness and
fullness of our discussion, grateful for the
hospitality
you have
accorded our party
总理先生，
今晚我就
要离开北京，
我们所达成的协议使我受到鼓舞，
我们坦率而
又充分的会谈使我感到高兴，你们给予我们一行的款待，十分感激
On credit
以赊账方式
The bank or credit-card company settles
the client
’
s bills,
invoicing him monthly and
charging
interest on any outstanding debts
银行或信用
卡公司结清客户的账单，
按月给客户开列其消费清单，
收取欠款
的利
息
Generous at first
, he became
stingy with his money after marriage
省略
主谓语的短语结构，
其主语必须与主句中的主语保持一致，
这种
结构在英语
语法中叫做五动词分句
起初，他慷慨大方，但婚后他变得吝啬钱财
Although
credit
cards
are
becoming
a
more
acceptable
part of the
financial
scene,
they are still regarded
with
suspicion
by many as being a major part
of the
“
live now,
pay later
”
syndrome
以怀疑眼光看待
,
为了生活先购物，欠款后再支付
虽然信用卡正成为金融业越来
越能接受的付款方式，
但许多人依然心存疑虑，
把
信用卡看成是“寅吃卯粮“的生活方式的主要表现
It is only the foolhardy who succumb to
the temptation to live, temporarily at least,
beyond their means, and such people
would no doubt manage to do so even without
credit cards
只有没有头脑的人才经不起诱惑去
过入不敷出的日子，
至少暂时如此，
其实，
即
使没有信用卡，这种人也无疑会这样做
his uncle has managed to
live within his means
, but
his aunt always lives
beyond her
means
他的舅舅设法过着量入为出的日子，但他的阿姨则总是入不敷出
It is worth your
while
shopping around
=time
Shop around
到处看看后再买
Decide
on
选定，决定
vi. + on
动词短语
sit on a potential goldmine
有大发横财的机会
Late fees
滞纳金
Fertilized ovum
受精卵
Critical point
临界点
Planned economy
计划经济
For its size
就其体积而言
Number in the thousands rather than in
the billins
只能数以千计，不是数以亿计
The instant
(that)
…
That
we
might
like
to
define
“
thinking
”
in
terms
of
the
creativity
that
goes
into
writing a great play or composing a
great symphony, in conceiving a brilliant
scientific
theory or a profound ethical
judgment
我们也许喜欢用创造力，
那种用于创作伟大
剧本，
谱写伟大交响曲，
构思卓越科
学
理论，创立深奥理论观点的创造力，来界定思考的意义
Hot-oil death match
To suppose anything else is to suppose
that there is more to the human brain tan the
matter that composes it
如果假设
电脑还有什么更高超的本事的话，
那就等于假设人脑除了构成它的物质
< br>之外还有其他什么别的东西
It is tantamount to saying
那就等于说
More is meant than meets the ear
言外之意
The researchers reckon that bosses
themselves are as much to blame as anybody for
the state of affairs
研究人员认为，老板们也应对这种状况负责
some
companies
envisaged
two-tier
management:
a
highly-paid
group
of
mobile
generalists on the fast track and a
second, more sedate group destined for a gentler
pace from plateau to plateau
有的公司采取双层管理制，
高薪聘请一组快速反应的多面手，
同时聘请一班按部
就班，沉稳办事的管理人员
Every foot soldier will be
silent and attentive, wait for orders and reserve
his fire until
he is sure of doing
execution
每个步兵都枕戈待旦，整装待命，一旦出击，必歼强敌
ATM: AUTOMATIC TELLER
MACHINE
Basket case: a
person or a thing regarded as useless or unable to
cope with
As with other
triumphs of the mass market, they are reached a
point when people
forget what it was
like before they existed
就像大宗产品市场上的其他畅销
货一样，
手机的普及已经使得人们忘记手机出现
之前生活是什么
样子
The same is
true for (or with)
同样如此
As the economics of all
countries and regions are closely interrelated, no
country or
region can develop in self-
seclusion . the same is true with China
所有的国家个地区的经济都是相互关联的，
没有哪个国家个地区是在自我封闭的
状态下得到发展的
Critical workers needed at a
moment
’
s notice
召之即来的急救人员
Commit no
nuisance
此处不准小便
No
nuisance here
此处不准倒垃圾
Subject sb/sth. to sth.
使
sb/sth
经历或遭受
…
I will ask the next person
I meet
回头我遇到人就问
Cell phones, an irresistible force,
will soon pull ahead
手机是一股不可阻挡的力量，其用户将很快超过固定电话
Price-chopping
砍价的
Take to the streets
上街游行
Self-employment
个体经营
Crack down
对
…
采取严厉制裁措施
Roll back
使褪去，使会降
the
number
of
insecure
freelance
positions
is
rising
(as
are
working
hours)
while
stable jobs with good
benefits are being cut
从事没有保障的自由职业的人数（及
其工作时间）正在增加，而稳定的，福利又
好的工作岗位则在减少
Laid-off workers
下岗工人
We free agents needed big corporation
less than needed us
与其说我们这些自由择业人需要大公司，不
如说大公司更需要我们这些人
The rule holds in any case
这条规则适用于任何情况
The offer we made to you last week
still holds
我们上周发出的要约仍然有效
Silk leave
病假
Governments are cracking down on excess
sick days taken by overworked employees
政府正在对劳动过度的工人的超期病假采取限制措施
Extended family
大家庭
Beyond the capability
束手无策
he was touched beyond words
她感动得无法用言辞形容
His article has been changed beyond
recoginition
他的文章被改的面目全非
Be coupled with
…
和
…
联系在一起
Make
…
impossible
使
…
成为可能
Throw (toss, put, cast) on
the scrapheap
把
…
仍
在废物堆上
Many
people think they will enjoy their time in
retirement, but when it does come it
may fail to satisfy
许多人认为，
退休后将颐养天年，
但当他们真的退休了，
却发现退休生活也许满
足不了他们的这一心愿
Only 41 percent
of the women,
as against
62
percent of the men, preferred to retire
at the pensionable age
只有
41%
的妇女愿意在可领退休金的年龄退休，
而男性中却有
62%
的人愿意这样
做<
/p>
As against
…
与
…
比较，与
…
相对照
Would
have opted
本来会那样做，但实际上却没有那样做
On a
…
basis
表示时间频度
On a
regular basis
定期
Better wear out than rust our
与其锈掉不如用坏；与其闲死不如忙死
At best
?
从最为乐观的角度来看
?
最多，充其量
Reluctance among men to retire was
associated with anticipated deprivation, mainly
of money rather than of attachment to
work
男性不愿意退休，
与他们预想中将要失去的东西有关
。
其中主要是失去赚钱的机
会，而不是失去对工作的依恋之情<
/p>
On
one
’
s own
term
按自己定的条件
Retirement is believed to be necessary
for all working people sometime in their life
大家认为工作的人终归要退休
Jacobson
remarked
that
for
both
sexes
a
favorable
orientation
towards
retirement
appeared to
reflect constraints or resignation rather than
chice
Jacobson
指出，
无论是男是女，工人们在退休问题上所表现的赞同倾向，看来并
不表明退休是他们的自愿
选择，
而是反映了他们所受到的种种制约及无可奈何的
心态
They
had
no
wish
to
change
the
system
itself,
or
if
they
did,
through
idealistic,
utopian schemes
他们并不希望改变制度本身
，
即使他们有这种愿望，
那也只是想通过乌托邦式的
理想主义方案来改变
Standing together, we can further peace
and security,. Great nations, if adversaries,
cannot draw from each
other
’
s strengths
站在一起，我们就能推进和平和安全。如果伟大的国家互相为敌，那么，我们无
法相互
汲取长处
Before Jack
London, the fiction dealing with the working class
was characterized by
sympathy
for
labour
and
the
underprivileged,
but
chiefly
in
the
spirit
of
Christian
principles of
brotherhood, proclaiming as its massage that if
only labour and capital
could
be
persuaded
to
follow
the
teachings
of
Christ,
all
social
and
economic
problems could be
solved
在杰克伦敦之前，
以工人阶级为题材的小说有这
样的特点，
即同情劳工和社会地
位低下的人们，
但这种同情主要出于基督教提倡的兄弟友爱精神。
这些小说公开
宣扬这样的思想：
只要能说服劳资双方遵从基督教教义，
那么一切社会问题和经
济问题都能解决
Jack London poured into his
writing all the pain of his life, the fierce
hatred of the
bourgeoisie that
it
had produced
in
him,
and
the
conviction it had
brought to
him
that the
world could be made a better place to live in if
the exploited would rise up
and take
the management of society out of the hands if the
exploiters
杰克伦敦在作品中写下了他生活中遭受过的一切痛苦，
倾诉了这种痛苦在他的心
中形成的对资产阶级的刻骨仇恨和给他带来的这
样的一种信念：
如果被剥削者能
站起来，
从剥削者手中夺取社会管理权，
那么世界就会变成一个热人们有好日子
过的地方
Canada
has long subscribed to the view that no state
should use its territory or allow
it to
be used in such a way as to injure the environment
of another state or of the
“
international
commons
”
长期以来，
加拿大一致认为，
任何国家都不应该用自己的领土或允许别国利用其<
/p>
领土来破坏另一个国家或国际社会的环境
The complexities of
combining the needs of a working mother with the
needs of her
employer are illustrated
by the case of Jessical Starmer
既要照顾就业母
亲的需要，
又要适应其雇主的需要，
其间的复杂性可以以杰西卡
的例子来说明
Financial statement
财务报表
These
supplies
were
pressing
Spencer
Company
for
prompter
payment
of
their
invoices
这些供应商正在催促斯班瑟公司尽快支付发票所开出的金额
Deeper fear
The
company
had
been
unable
to
take
advantage
of
many
prompt
payment
discounts because of
its delays in making remittances
因为公司延迟
付款，公司也就未能得到及时付款所能享受的种种折扣
Bring sb. up to date on sth.
就某事让某人了解其最新进展情况
Reflecting
the
diversified
lines
carried
in
stock
as
well
as
the
climate
in
his
region,
sales
of Spencer Company were not markedly seasonal
公司的销售往往反映出该公司的货物品种贮备情况和公司所在地的气候状况，
就
此而言，斯班瑟公司的销售情况没有明显的季节性
We
had
not
been
told
beforehand,
or
at
any rate,
I
did
not
know,
the
date
of
the
decisive trial
?
关于这个决定性的实验日期，事先没有任何人告诉过我们，不管怎样说，我
对此一无所知
(
被动
)
?
关于这个决定性的实验日期，我们
事先没有得到任何消息，不管怎样说，我
对此一无所知
(
主动
)
Venture capitalist
风险投资家
Technology-related
与技术相关的
Initial public offering IPO
首次公开发行股票或证劵
the availability of venture capital
financing to young, high technology companies has
been
a
primary
contributor
to
the
dramatic
revenue
growth
enjoyed
by,
and
the
increased
competitiveness
of,
America
’
s
high
technology
industry
and
to
the
economic
expansion
and
increased
employment
levels
experienced
in
California
’
s
Silicon Valley and other areas of high
technology company concentration
新开业的高技
术公司可以获得风险资本融资，
这对美国高技术产业收入的大幅度
增长和竞争力的提高，
以及对加州硅谷和其他高技术公司集中地所取得的经济发
展和就业水平的增长，都起了重要作用
It
Is
estimated
that
a
majority
of
funding
currently
committed
to
venture
capital
entities has been
provided by public or private pension funds,
which are allocating
increasing
percentages
of
investment
funds
to
“
alternative
investments
”
such
as
venture
capital
据估计，目前投入风险资本实体的资金，大部分是由公共或私人养老金
提供的，
这些基金正在将投资资金中越来越多的部分拨给诸如风险资本那样的
“非传统投
资”
What does he want to do beyond showing
off his wealthy?
除了炫耀其财富之外，他还会想要什么呢？
I will do nothing beyond what I am told
to do!
除了做叫我做的事情之外，其他的我一概不做
Venture
capital
investments
by
a
large
corporation
in
a
maller,
emerging
growth
company
can
provide
various
benefits
beyond
the
opportunity
for
superior
investment returns
大公司对小型新兴公
司进行风险资本投资，
除了有机会获得丰厚的投资回报之外，
还
可以获得其他多种好处
As
well
as
create
opportunity
for
the
emerging
company
to
leverage
off
of
the
corporate
partner
’
s marketing and
distribution network or administrative services
同时还可以为新兴公司创造享用大公司合伙人的营销和销售网络或行政服务之
便利的机会
Entrepreneurial company
创业公司
Growth cycle
增长周期
Start-up investment
启动资金
Seed investment
原始资金
Growth equity
增长中股本投资
Critical
mass
足够数量
Public equity market
公募市场
Work ethic
职业道德
Just as
…
正像
…
Just as
venture capital
firms invest in various industries, they also
invest in companies
at various stages
of development
风险资本公司在各种产业中投资，
同时
也在公司发展的各个阶段对公司进行投资
You must take me just as I
am
我就是这样一个人，你就这样看待我
The president did not say a word about
it, and his advisers were just as tight-lipped
总统对此事不置一词，他的顾问们也守口如瓶
Just as
…
< br>so
…
正像
…
< br>一样也
…
Just as
they must put aside their prejudices, so we must
be prepared to accept their
good faith
正如他们必须抛弃成见，我们也必须准备接受他们的诚意
The
negotiators
finally
reached
the
point
where
they
were
ready
to
make
concessions to each other
谈判者终于走到了互相准备让步的一步
You will eventually find
yourself in a situation where every decision has
to be made
by yourself
你终将面临一个不得不自己做出每个决定的情况
Growth
equity
venture
capital
or
“
late
stage
”
capital
is
typically
provided
to
an
established
company
to
enable
it
to
reach
the
critical
mass
necessary
to
attract
additional financing
through the public equity markets
增长中股本
风险资本或“后期资本”
，一般是提供给现有公司的，使之达到足够
的资本，得以通过公募市场吸引更多的融资
In evaluating the quality of a
management team, venture capitalists frequently
look
for managers with entrepreneurial
vision, integrity, intelligence, a strong work
ethic,
relevant
industry
experience,
a
track
record
for
success
and
an
ability
to
prioritize
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