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1、 实用英语口译教程实用英语口译教程 （第三版） （上）（第三版） （上） 口译练习口译练习参考译文参考译文 （仅供参考）（仅供参考） 第第 3 3 单元单元 1. Interpret the following Chinese idioms into English. (1) to harbor/have/out of/with ulterior motives; with malicious intent; to have an axe to grind (2) to go back on ones words; to play fast and loose; to blow hot and
2、 cold; to chop and change; inconsistent/ undependable/self-contradictory (3) to lord it over (others/all); to play the tyrant; to dominate/domineer and swashbuckle (4) to act in bad faith; to play foul/false; treacherous; to go back on ones words (5) arrogant and conceited; self-important; to ride t
3、he high horse; false pride; to get too big for ones boots (6) to work hand in glove with; to band together; to collaborate/collude with sb. in evil doing (7) Courtesy demands reciprocity; to exchange on an equal basis/footing (8) The united will of the masses is like a fortress; People with one will
4、 are stronger than a fortress; Unity is strength. (9) blinded by ones gains (by the lust for gain/the love of gain/self-interests); to bend ones principles to ones interests; to be so obsessed with the idea of profit-making that one loses all sense of righteousness (10) to eat ones own bitter fruit
5、(the fruit of ones own doing/the fruit of ones own making); to reap what one sows; to bite off ones own head; to face the consequences of ones own action (11) Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear. (12) to court ones own ruin/doom/disaster; to invite ones own destruction; to cut ones own throat; to
6、 bring destruction to oneself; to take the road to ones doom (13) to go against the trend of the times; to set back the clock; to push a reactionary policy; retrogressive/perverse acts (14) to intensify ones efforts to do sth; to become aggravated; to be further intensified; with ever-increasing int
7、ensity (15) to be obvious to all; as clear as day (16) as always; just as in the past; as before (17) to exaggerate just to scare/frighten people; alarmist talk; sensational (18) to make irresponsible remarks/criticisms (19) to surrender a countrys sovereign rights under humiliating terms; to humili
8、ate the nation by forfeiting its sovereignty (20) to invite/bring a wolf into the house; to open the door to an enemy (21) no end of trouble for the future; Endless troubles will follow. (22) to be filled with indignation (23) the trend of the time; the general trend (24) to run counter to (25) to c
9、ling obstinately to ones course; to act willfully; to insist on having ones own way (26) to reap the spoils of victory without lifting a finger; to profit from others conflict (27) Neighbors are dearer than distant relatives. Neighbors are more helpful than distant relatives. A remote kinsfolk is no
10、t as good as a near neighbor. (28) the same medicine prepared with different water; the same old stuff with a different label; a change in form but not in essence (29) to lift a rock only to crush/squash ones own feet; to tread on ones own tail (30) to defy public opinion (the will of the people); t
11、o fly/go in the face of the will of the people (public opinion); to face universal condemnation (31) Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Love sees no fault. Beauty lies in the lovers eyes. Love blinds a man to imperfections. (32) Many kiss the baby for the nurses sake; The drinkers heart is not i
12、n his cup he has something else in his mind. One talks about one thing, but tries to do another. (33) While the magistrates are free to burn down houses, the common people are forbidden even to light lamps. One may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge. (34) Living near a wolfs den,
13、you can never be too cautious. (35) Of all the living things nurtured between heaven and earth, the most valuable is the human beings. (36) You want the horse to run fast and yet you dont let it graze. (37) Storms gather without warning in nature, and bad luck befalls men overnight. The weather and
14、human life are both unpredictable. (38) A person cannot be judged by his appearance, just like the sea cannot be measured with a bucket. A person can no more be judged by his looks than the sea be measured with a bucket. (39) Man cannot be always fortunate just as flowers do not last forever. (40) B
15、lood is thicker than water, the falling leaves settle on the roots. (41) Haughtiness invites losses while modesty brings profits. (42) Ones position alters the temperament, just as nourishment affects the body. Honors change manners. (43) Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as s
16、trength. (44) Like the Eight Fairies/Immortals crossing the sea, each displays his own talent/magic power. (45) On festive occasion, more often than ever, we think of our dear ones far away. (46) Among bosom friends, a thousand cups of wine are not too many/enough. A thousand cups of wine are too few when drinking with close friends. (47) As the saying goes, “Whats near cinnabar goes red, and whats next to ink turns black.” (48) Those who are meant to
