2016考研英语长难句(三)
Of all the words a proud, ambitious man might use to describe himself, perhaps only Abraham Lincoln would choose strange. Yet there it is. In one of his earliest wisps of autobiography,Lincoln wrote that he was “a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy”when he emerged from the backwoods in his early 20s to make his way in the world.(中公考研)
词汇突破:
1wisp 一小捆(一般这个单词是a wisp of hair一缕头发 )(这里结合语境理解为:片段)
2Ambitious 具有雄心壮志的
3Penniless 一文不名,贫穷的
4Backwoods 偏僻的地区
5Makeone‟s way (前进,出人头地,打拼,谋生) 例句:That youngman will make his way in the world. (那个年轻人是会有出息的)
6there it is 情况就是这样
emergedfrom 本意是出现,崛起,whenhe emerged from the backwoods结合这个语境可以翻译为:从偏僻的地区走出来的时候(中公考研)
句子解析:
第一句:
句子主干:perhapsonly Abraham Lincoln would choose strange.
状语:of all the words a proud, ambitious man might use to describe himself 定语从句(中公考研)
参考译文: 初译:在骄傲的和具有雄心的人会用来描述自己的单词中,可能只有林肯会选择“奇怪”这个词汇。
这样翻译的明显不通顺;可以把定语从句单独成句:
一个骄傲的且具有雄心的人会用各种词来描述自己,但可能只有亚布拉罕.林肯会从这些词汇中选择“奇怪”这个词。
第二句: Yet there it is. 近乎于固定用法;(但是,情况确实是这样的) 提示:这里的yet从语境来看应该表示递进;(中公考研)
第三句:
主干:Lincoln wrote that he was “astrange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy”
状语:when heemerged from the backwoods in his early 20s to make his way in the world.
状语:In one of his earliest wisps of autobiography
参考译文:在他早期自传的一些片段中,他这样写道:“我是一个“奇怪的,没有朋友的(无依无靠),没有受过教育的穷小子”。那个时候,他20出头刚从偏远地方出来打拼。(中公考研)
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