每天记住5个"烦人"单词第37期:单相思
日期:2011-12-29 14:34

(单词翻译:单击)

词汇讲解It was Shakespeare who also said, Love is blind.
莎士比亚还说过:爱是盲目的。
Now that is something I know to be true.
现在我知道这也是千真万确的。
For some, quite inexplicably, love fades.
有些爱情的火焰无缘无故地就熄灭了。
For others, love is simply lost.
simply: <非正>的确,完全
还有一些已经随风而逝。——《 恋爱假期》

inexplicably: 无缘无故地,莫名奇妙地
inexplicable adj. 无法说明的,无法解释的,费解的
His inexplicable debts were a byword in his circle.
他那些来历不明的借款成为那圈子里人议论的话题。
Her inexplicable absence worried me.
她的缺席无法解释, 令我担忧。

fade: 逐渐消失,褪色,凋谢
As evening came the coastline faded into darkness.
夜晚来临,海岸线融入茫茫夜色中。
Flowers soon faded when they have been cut.
花剪下后很快就会枯萎。

【词义辨析】
vanish, disappear, fade, evaporate
这些动词均有消失之意。
vanish: 语气强,指完全、往往是神秘而突然的消失,不留任何蛛丝马迹。
disappear: 普通用词,强调从视线或脑海中消失。这消失可能是暂时的、突然的或永久的,视上下文而定。
fade: 侧重逐渐消失。
evaporate: 指像水蒸发时那样悄然逝去,也指某人悄悄地、突然退出或离去。

But then, of course, love can also be found, even if just for the night.
当然爱情也可重拾哪怕只是一夜温存。
And then there's another kind of love, the cruelest kind, the one that almost kills its victims.
还有一种爱情,是最残酷的那种。让深陷其中的人身心交瘁。
It’s called unrequited love.
那就是所谓的,单恋。——《 恋爱假期》

cruel: 残忍的,残酷的
That emperor was a cruel despot.
那个皇帝是个残酷的专制君主。
The death of their daughter was a cruel blow.
女儿的死对他们是一个残酷的打击。

unrequited: 无报答的,一厢情愿的
unrequited love: 单恋
He was disappointed because his love of her was unrequited.
他感到失望,因为他对她的爱没有得到回报。

and I have willingly loved that man for over three miserable years,
我死心塌地地爱着那个男人,整整3年。
the absolute worst years of my life.
我生命中最痛苦的3年。——《 恋爱假期》

miserable: 痛苦的,凄惨的
Her wretchedness made him feel miserable.
她的不幸让他感到十分难受。
The handmaid led a miserable life.
婢女过着悲惨的生活。

翻译练习前几天你莫名其妙地生我的气,我不知道为什么。

和平解决的希望正在消失。

命运有时是残酷的。

她单恋那位艺术家。 

我怎么能靠这少得可怜的工资养家?
  
参考答案A few days ago you inexplicably angry with me, I do not know why.
前几天你莫名其妙地生我的气,我不知道为什么。
  
Hopes of a peaceful settlement are now fading.
和平解决的希望正在消失。

Destiny is sometimes cruel.
命运有时是残酷的。  

She fell in an unrequited love with the artist.
她单恋那位艺术家。  

How can I keep a family on such a miserable wage?
我怎么能靠这少得可怜的工资养家?

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重点单词
  • evaporatev. 蒸发,失去水分,消失
  • fell动词fall的过去式 n. 兽皮 vt. 砍伐,击倒 a
  • willinglyadv. 乐意地,心甘情愿地
  • peacefuladj. 安宁的,和平的
  • disappointedadj. 失望的
  • circlen. 圈子,圆周,循环 v. 环绕,盘旋,包围
  • miserableadj. 悲惨的,痛苦的,贫乏的
  • vanishvi. 消失,不见了,绝迹 vt. 消失
  • inexplicableadj. 无法说明的,无法解释的,费解的
  • despotn. 暴君,专制者