(单词翻译:单击)
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Are we allowed to speak yet? said Ron grumpily. Hermione ignored him.
“我们现在可以说话了吧?”罗恩没好气地说。 赫敏不理睬他。
Nicolas Flamel, she whispered dramatically, is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone!
“尼可勒梅,”她像演戏一样压低声音说,“是人们所知的魔法石的惟一制造者!”
This didn't have quite the effect she'd expected.
她的话并没有取得她预期的效果。
The what? said Harry and Ron.
“什么石?”哈利和罗恩问。
Oh, honestly, don't you two read? Look—read that, there.
“哦,怎么搞的,你们俩平常看不看书?瞧——读读这一段。”
She pushed the book toward them, and Harry and Ron read:
她把书推给他们,哈利和罗恩读道:
The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Sorcerer's Stone, a legendary substance with astonishing powers.
古代炼金术涉及魔法石的炼造,这是一种具有惊人功能的神奇物质。
The stone will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal.
魔法石能把任何金属变成纯金,还能制造出长生不老药,使喝了这种药的人永远不死。
There have been many reports of the Sorcerer's Stone over the centuries,
许多世纪以来,关于魔法石有过许多报道,
but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera lover. Mr. Flamel,
但目前惟一仅存的一块魔法石属于著名炼金术士和歌剧爱好者尼可勒梅先生。
who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, Perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight).
他去年庆祝了六百六十五岁生日,现与妻子佩雷纳尔(六百五十八岁)一起隐居于德文郡。
重点讲解
一.be allowed to:被允许做某事
e.g.:Or, perhaps we should ask, will he be allowed to?
或者我们应该问,他会被允许这么做吗?
二.effect:n.效应, 结果, 影响, 印象, 效果, 要旨, (pl.)财产 v.使产生, 引起
【语法用法】
ref;affect
动词affect的意思是“对……产生影响,影响于……”。
The cold weather affected everybody's work.
冷空气对每个人的工作都有影响。
effect多用名词,指影响、结果,作动词指“……招致,引起”。
We did not effect much improvement in sales last year.
去年我们在销售商没有引起很大的进步。
“to the effect that”属于公文中的陈套语,但是效果不如将其省略来的好,如“Our opinion is to the effect that ...”指“我们的意思是……”。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句: Too much salt effects the lungs.
订正: Too much salt affects the lungs.
翻译: 吃盐过多不利于肺部健康。
分析: 句中意思是对肺部产生影响,应用affect。
【词义辨析】
1.affect, effect, influence
均可表示“影响”。
affect动词(及物),主要指一时的影响,着重影响的动作,可指一般意义的影响(不分好坏),也可指不良影响。
To affect a policy is to have an effect on it.
影响一项政策就是对该政策具有一种影响。
The news did not affect her at all.=The news had no effect on her at all.
这条消息对她没有一点影响。
effect名词(可数或不可数),affect=have an effect on。effect有时虽用作动词(及物),但不表示“影响”,而表示“实现”或“产生”等。
They effected their escape in the middle of the night.
他们半夜逃脱了。
He effected great changes in the company.
他使公司发生了巨大的变化。
influence表示“影响”,主要指对行为、性格、观点等产生间接的或潜移默化的影响。可用作动词(及物)或名词(通常不可数,但有时可连用不定冠词)。
What you read influences your thinking.
你读的东西对你的思想有影响。
It’s clear that her painting has been influenced by Picasso.
她的画显然受了毕加索的影响。
Television has a strong influence on people.
电视对人有很大的影响。
2.consequence, result, effect, outcome
这些名词均含“结果”之意。
consequence多指随某一事件引起的,必然或自然的不良结果,不强调直接的因果关系,而侧重事件发展的逻辑关系。
result普通用词,含义广泛,侧重因某种原因所产生的最终结果,而不是眼前的结果。
effect指因某种原因直接产生的结果,着重持续稳定与其影响。
outcome普通用词,多指事物经过一系列发展变化所导致的最终结局,而不是某种原因的直接结果。常可与result通用。
【短语词组】
effect on 对…的作用
in effect 实际上;生效
no effect 无效果;没有作用
to the effect 大意是;带有那个意思
adverse effect 不利影响;副作用
take effect 生效;起作用
cause and effect 因果关系;原因与结果
put into effect 执行
have effect 生效;对…有作用;对…有效果;见效
