英语专业综合教程第四册课后翻译答案
大连理工大学城市学院-教育教学叙事
Unit 1
1.I had arranged for them to
meet each other at the pub but the young man never
turned
up.
我安排他们在小酒吧见面，但那个小伙子一直都没有来。（turn
up）
cannot tell merely from appearance
whether things will turn out unfavorable
to us
or not.
你无法仅凭表象判断形势是否会变得对我们不利。（tell from
appearance）
soldier, who stood in the gap in
every battle, gained the highest honors of
the
country.
那个士兵每次打仗都冲锋在前，从而赢得了国家最高的荣誉。（stand in
the gap）
chairman spoke so forcefully that
the rest of the committee yielded to his
opinions.
主席讲话很有说服力，委员会其他成员都听从他的意见。（yield
to）
are well-to-do now, but along the way
they had their ups and downs.
他们现在生活富裕了，但也曾经历坎坷。（ups and downs）
are two
questions to which I will address myself in this
lecture.
这次演讲我将说明两个问题。（address oneself to）
are planning a big Christmas party in your
honour.
我们正筹划为你举办一次盛大的圣诞聚会。（in somebody’s
honour）
g that tune threw my mind back to my
childhood.
听到那个曲子，我回想起了儿童时代。（throw one’s mind
back）
Unit 2
pigeon was wedged in
the fork of a branch but fell off after a while.
那只鸽子被卡在树杈里，不一会儿就跌落下来。（wedge sth. sb. in）
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payment that the motorist will
have to make will be proportional to the amount
of damage he has done to the other person’s
car.
驾车人该付多少钱需要根据他对别人车子造成损坏的程度而定。（be
proportional to）
can only enter the cave by
inching through a narrow tunnel on your stomach.
你只有伏在地上慢慢爬过一条狭长的地道才能进入山洞。（inch）
stammered
some apology as she sidled towards the door.
她一面结结巴巴地说着道歉的话，一面羞怯地朝门口走去。（sidle）
took
pains to explain to me that I was being dismissed
not because I didn’t
do my work well but
because the company could not pay my wages.
他尽力向我解释说不是因为我的工作不好而解雇我，而是因为公司支付不了我的工资。（take
pains to）
enlistment of young soldiers
infused new hope and morale into the army.
年轻士兵的入伍给军队带来了新的希望并鼓舞了士气。（infuse into）
the
older boys stake a claim to the lawn, no other
boys dare go on it.
一旦大一些的男孩子们声称草坪属于他们，别的孩子就不敢去玩了。（stake a claim
to）
man following her made her uneasy and she
couldn’t help quickening her steps.
跟在她身后的人让她心神不安，她不由得加快了脚步。（make sb. uneasy）
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tape recorder installed in the
office of secretary of the Treasury brought
the government down in less than 3 months.
秘密安装在财政部长办公室里的录音机使该政府不满3个月九就倒了台。（bring…down）
action that is the detrimental to the cause
of peace will be condemned by people
all over
the world.
任何不利于和平事业的行动都会受到全世界人民的谴责。（be
detrimental to）
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ministers’
decision to resign is a departure from the hard-
nosed,
fight-to-the-end tradition of the
political circles.
两位部长的辞职决定背离了政界一贯强硬的（hard-
nosed）、一拼到底的传统。（departure
from）
negotiation with the workers got bogged down for
the third time on the question
of working
time.
与工人们的谈判在工作时间问题上第三次陷入僵局。（get bogged down）
Clarke is a very pleasant girl, but sometimes
her judgment is clouded by
her bad temper and
jealousy.
Lousia Clarke是一个很讨人喜欢的女孩，不过有时她的坏脾气和嫉
妒心使她不能做出正确
的判断。（cloud）
either worked
harder, or dropped out of school. In such
circumstance,
what other alternatives could
he make? He had to choose the former.
他要么更加用功，
要么就退学。在这样的情况下，他还有什么可以选择办法呢？
（alternative）
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is quite at home here therefore he could stay a
few more days even without
the invitation of
the host.
Richard在这里混得太熟了，所以他想多呆上一阵子根本不需要主人的邀请。（at home）
was badly taken in by his honest-looking
appearance.
她觉得他看上去老实而上了大当。（take in）
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the sake of your family, you
should look before you leap and not venture so
much.
为了你的家庭，你要三思而后行，不要冒那么多的险。（for the
sake of）
2.I felt somewhat out of sorts
because of last night’s heavy drink.
昨晚喝了太多的酒，我感到有点不太舒服。（out of sorts）
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father pulled endless wires and helped
him find a position in an overstaffed
government department.
他的父亲找了无数的门路，帮他在一个已经臃肿不堪的政府机构找到一个位置。（pull
wires）
you go through his letter
carefully, you can find his real intention between
his lines.
如果你仔细读这封信，就会在字里行间发现他的真正用意。（between the lines）
5.I knew I was downright rude to him, but I
found enough excuse for myself.
我知道我对他真是无礼透顶，但我为自己找了各种理由。（downright）
of
the outstanding figures of the past were
exceptionally versatile. Leonardo
da Vinci,
for instance, was a paiter and inventor, rolled
into one.
过去杰出的任务有许多事出类拔萃的多面手，像达芬奇就集画家与发明家于一身。（roll
into one）
finally committed suicide after
being under the torment of insomnia for many
years.
在多年遭受失眠的折磨之后，他终于自杀了。（under the
torment of）
was struck dumb with shock.
他惊讶得说不出话来。（be struck dumb with）
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lights fingered across the black water.
探照灯光在黑漆漆的水面上纵横交错。（finger across）
a
robbery happened in this building, the night
watchman became more careful
and made his
rounds once every hour.
自从这座大厦发生了一起抢劫案之后，守夜人就更加小心了，他每小时都要巡视一次。（make
one’s rounds）
stuck to his plan, though
there was nothing left to prop him up.
他坚持着自己的计划，虽然已经没有任何支持他的力量了。（prop up）
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is paid by the police to spy on the
activities of the terrorists.
他被警方收买，暗中监视恐怖分子的活动。（spy on）
time they
will come to accept the harsh reality.
总有一天他们会接受这个残酷的现实的。（in time）
man’s
behavior looks very suspicious. He is pretending
to sleep, but now
and then he steals a furtive
glance at the passers-by.
那个人的行动非常可疑。他在假装睡觉，可是又不失地偷看过往的行人。（furtive）
social and economic changes that have taken place
in this country are so
sweeping that it has
dwarfed all its neighbors.
这个国家近几年发证的社会、经济变化如此彻底，使所有邻国相形见绌。（dwarf）
the dim light of the daybreak, I saw a dark shape
looming athwart the door.
在拂晓前昏暗的光线中骂我看到一个黑影挡在门口。（athwart）
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were flooding in from the
countryside nearby.
人们正从周围农村涌进来。（flood）
performance has come close to perfection.
他的表现已经接近完美。（come close to）
was in a daze
all the way to London.
Mary去伦敦时一路上神情恍惚。（in a
daze）
can find the best climate in the
country in this mountain retreat.
在这个山区疗养所你会找到全国最好的气候。（retreat）
learned
against the seat, relaxed and savoring the
confront.
他倚到座位上，浑身放松，细细体味那份舒适。（savor）
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young couple are proud of the
fact that their child could recite poems from
memory at the age of three.
让这对年轻夫妇引以为荣的是他们的孩子3岁就能背诗了。（recite…from memory）
repeated in public what he had said in
private.
他当众重复了他私下说的话。（in public）
8.A
family vibrant with life and love needs the joint
efforts of all its members.
建立一个充满生机和爱意的家庭需要全家人的共同努力。（vibrant with）
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stood his ground, though his
friend said that he was wrong.
John的朋友都说John错了，但他坚决不承认。（stand one’s ground）
wounded elephant charged at the tree with
terrific violence.
受伤的大象向那棵树猛冲过去。（charge at）
shrugged of our question for being unwilling
to tell us what had happened.
他回避了我们的问题，不愿告诉我们发生了什么事。（shrug off）
detective discovered among them his prey which he
sought for a long time.
侦探在他们当中发现了他长期以来所要搜捕的对象。（prey）
5.A good
holiday will buck you up.
一个美好的假日会是你精神振奋。（buck
up）
saluted, span round and rushed out.
他敬了个礼，一个转身冲出门去。（spin round）
a fit of
rage, he took out a gun and shot his opponent.
他一怒之下掏出枪打死了对手。（in a fit of rage）
would
jump at any chance of getting o promotion.
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一有今生的机会他就想抓住。（at jump ）
Unit 12
1.I’ll give you a week to sort
your men out, then I expect things to run
smoothly.
我给你一周时间把你手下的人都整顿好，然后我希望一切都顺利运转。（sort
out）
er we move to a new house, we always
cling to too many possessions.
每逢我们搬迁新居，总是有许多东西舍不得丢弃。（cling to）
is such
a talkative woman that whenever she takes her turn
to start talking,
her words will com out in
rapid succession.
她非常健谈，一旦轮到她讲话，她就滔滔不绝。（in
rapid success）
will always help n time of
need, on this you can reckon.
需要是他总会帮忙，这一点你可以相信。（reckon on）
slid hid
pistol into his pocket.
他偷偷的把手枪塞进衣袋里。（slide
into）
mind is in time of need, on this noise,
so I cannot think clearly.
这些噪声吵得我头昏脑胀，无法清醒地思考。（in a whirl）
farmer
took in the lost travelers for the night.
那位农民把迷路的旅行者接到家里过夜。（take somebody in）
smiled, relishing the idea of a long journey.
他微微一笑，憧憬着一次长途旅行。（relish）
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