大学英语第四册汉译英
我们这一年-正风肃纪
Unit 1
1. His conclusion sounds
reasonable, but it is actually a fallacy.
他的结论听起来合理，但实际
上却是个谬误。
2. His skill in
negotiating earned him a reputation as a shrewd
businessman. 他的谈判技巧使
他赢得了精明商人的名声。
3.
Yesterday, Canada's foreign minister met his
Russian counterpart in Moscow to discuss their
trade issues. 昨天加拿大外长在莫斯科会晤了俄罗斯外长，商讨两国贸易问题。
4. The hotel is an ideal venue for conferences
and business parties. 这家酒店是开会及商业聚
会的理想场所。
5. He never arrives on time, and my inference
is that he feels the meetings are useless.
他从不
准时，我的推断是他觉得这些会议都没用。
6. This argument is
based on the premise that there is life on the
planet Mars. 这一论点是以
火星上有生命为前提的。
7. It may
be difficult to discern the difference between the
two paintings at first, but if you look
carefully, it will become apparent.
一开始要看出这两幅画的差异可能很难，但仔细看就明
显了。
8. I am sure
that evidence can be found to support the newly
elected politician's proposition.
我相信能够找到证据，支持这位新当选的政治家的主张。
9. They're
attacking the honest and ingenious scientist
because his ideas are new, not because
his
ideas are wrong.
他们攻击这位诚实并富有独创能力的科学家，是因为他的观点新颖，
而不是因为他的观点错误。
10. Though private schools are popular, she
retorted that she could get a fine education in
the
public schools.
虽然私立学校很受欢迎，但她反驳说她能在公立学校受到良好的教育。
Unit 2
1. The school choir does not have enough
rehearsal time to prepare for public performances.
学校合唱队没有足够的排练时间来准备公开演出。
2. In the long
history of human civilization, all arts we now
have are transient in that they may
disappear
sometime in the future. 在人类漫长的文明史上，我们现在拥有的所有艺术作
品都是短暂的，因为它们也许在将来某个时间就会消失。
3. In the past
decade, many US states have decreased their budget
allotment to higher
education.
在过去十年中，美国许多州都减少了对高等教育的预算分配。
4. Her writing was
influenced by various strands of thought popular
in Europe in the early 20th
century.
她的作品受到了20世纪初欧洲多种不同流行思潮的影响。
5. Older people are
more likely to be deficient in vitamins and
minerals than younger people.
6.
7.
8.
9.
老年人比年轻人更有可能缺乏维生素和矿物质。
To reduce the
risk of chronic disease, it is important to have
physical exercises every week.
要降低患慢性病的风险，重要的是每周都要进行体育锻炼。
Various studies
have shown that the mountain village has a very
homogeneous population.
多项研究表明，这个山村的人口很单一。
The two countries attempted to appease
international opposition by promising to hold
talks.
两国承诺举行会谈，以试图平息国际上的反对声音。
Most people
think that the evidence is not sufficient to bring
a prosecution against him. 多
数人都认为目前的证据还不足以起诉他。
10. The project was meant to
complement, not replace, local authority programs.
该工程是为
了补充而不是替代地方政府的计划。
Unit 3
1.
The gathering last night changed into a riot, and
the police had to use tear gas to disperse the
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
crowd. 昨晚的集会演变成了一场骚乱，警方只好用催泪瓦斯驱散人群。
As I
passed each exquisite painting, I said to myself
that he was a real artist.
当我在一幅幅
精美的画作前走过时，我心想他是一位真正的艺术家。
They are
discussing whether juvenile cases should be moved
to adult court. 他们在讨论未
成年人犯罪案件是否该被转到成人法庭。
A
lot of alumni attended the grand celebration of
the 50th anniversary of their school.
许多
校友参加了母校50周年校庆的盛大活动。
They continued
working for 10 days and succeeded in designing a
prototype for their product.
他们持续工作了十天，终于成功设计出了产品的模型。
They haven't been
able to quantify the loss yet, as the statistics
were kept a secret. 他们一
直都不能测定损失，因为统计数据是保密的。
A month or so might have elapsed before the
results of his experiment would turn out.
等他
的实验结果出来怕是个把月都过去了。
She started acting as
an intermediary between the patients and the
doctors, trying to help
with their
communication. 她开始承担起了病人与医生之间调停人的角色,
努力帮助他
们进行沟通。
The advertisement was devoted
to encouraging consumer frugality rather than
celebrating 9.
unchecked spending.
这则广告旨在鼓励消费者节俭而不是颂扬不加节制的消费。
10. If this bill
passes in California, it may well be used as a
precedent to urge other states to pass
similar
bills.
如果这个法案在加州获得通过，那么它就很可能被当作先例，促使美国其他
州通过类似的法案。
Unit 4
1. When the vote was
announced, all the constituents broke into cheers.
当宣布投票结果时，
所有的选民都欢呼起来。
2. The students were
segregated according to their proficiency in
English. 学生按英语水平的
不同进行了划分。
3. May the
friendship ties between our two countries be
further developed and consolidated!
希望我们两国间友谊的纽带能够得到进一步发展和巩固！
4. The ability
to speak differentiates humans from other animals.
言语能力使人类有别于其他
动物。
5. The survey also studied
the correlation between age and job satisfaction
in school settings.
该调查也研究了学校环境中年龄与工作满意度之间的关系。
6. The study shows that the obesity-related
cognitive effects might be partly reversible.
这项研
究表明，肥胖对认知能力所产生的影响或许是部分可逆的。
7. As an
experimental school, it keeps expanding the
parameters of its curriculum.
作为一所实
验学校，它在不断扩大课程范围。
8. The new
constitution aims to protect public and individual
liberties and establish the
sovereignty of
law. 新宪法旨在保护公众及个人的自由，并建立法律的最高权威。
9. In
order to understand the legislative process, it is
necessary to know something about the
nature
of the lawmaking body itself.
为了了解立法过程，有必要对立法机构本身的性质有
所了解。
10. She
maneuvered him into a dirty and dishonest deal.
她使用计策让他参与了一项肮脏且
不诚实的交易。
Unit 5
1.
They are at a confidential meeting where important
personnel matters are discussed.
他们
正在开一个机密会议，讨论重要的人事问题。
2. The 30-year-old
female writer is the recipient of numerous awards.
这位30岁的女作家获
得过无数奖项。
3. The poor can get
treatment here at only nominal fees.
穷人只需付些象征性的费用就可以
在这里获得治疗。
4. It is proper
etiquette for people to shake hands at a business
meeting. 握手是商务会谈中
的正确礼节。
5. I don't want to
fabricate an excuse for coming late, so I told
them the truth. 我不想编造迟
到的理由，所以对他们实话实说了。
6.
The union insists that scientists have freedom to
speak their minds to the public without
censorship. 该协会坚持认为，科学家有对公众发表观点的自由，无需经过审查。
7. A good parent-child relationship is based
on trust, and trust is a reciprocal feeling.
父母和孩
子之间的良好关系是基于信任的，而信任是一种相互的情感。
8. In the
diagram, arrows denote the direction of the water
flow. 在图表中，箭头表示水的流
向。
9. No one knows why
there is such inconsistency in his behavior.
没有人明白为什么他的行为
如此变化无常。
10. Before the trial,
they said they had full confidence in the
judiciary and the court.
审判之前，
他们说他们对司法部门和法庭满怀信心。
Unit 6
1.
In the British political system, members of the
cabinet are selected by the Prime Minister.
在
英国的政治体系中，内阁成员都由首相选定。
2. In a certain
sense, coffee can lubricate social interactions
and even the relationship between
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4.
5.
6.
co-workers.
在某种意义上，咖啡能够使社交顺利进行，甚至促进同事之间的关系。
He is a
warrior and martyr for his nation's freedom.
他是为了国家自由而战的勇士和烈士。
I kept tightening the filter
with a wrench until it was finally sealed.
我不停地用扳手拧紧过
滤器，直到它最终密封为止。
By tradition the
king could not levy taxes at will. 根据传统，国王不可以随意征税。
We were pleased to find that the island's
paths were not only filled with natural wonders
but
also easily traversed.
我们很欣慰地发现，岛上的道路不仅充满了自然奇景，而且也很容
易穿行。
The
teacher is quite satisfied with the students'
deductive abilities. 老师对学生的推理能力
相当满意。
She
thinks women need to emancipate themselves and
give themselves as much
independence as they
can. 她认为女性需要解放自己，并且使自己尽可能独立。
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9. I want the furniture in the living
room to be symmetrically arranged.
我想让卧室里的家具
对称摆放。
10. To work with your
former enemy may not be easy, so you may need a
mediator to help you
establish a cooperating
relationship.
与曾经的敌人一起共事可能不那么容易，所以你也许
需要一位调解人来帮助你们建立合作关系。