2.2.1 英语中用作定语的形容词译成汉语谓语（续）

11. There is no known cause for idiopathic autism, a rare single gene disorder.

先天自闭症的成因还不为人知，它是罕见的单一基因病症。

12. Many factors affect equipment reliability.

影响设备可靠性的因素很多。

我们力求通过扩大我们之间的经济、文化、科学、技术及人员交往来加深双方的

相互理解。

13. We seek a better understanding through multiplication of our economic, cultural,

scientific, technical, and human ties.

14. She had seen the dictionary, flying over the pavement of the little garden, fall at

length at the feet of the astonished Miss Jemima.（Vanity Fair）

她眼看字典飞过小花园的甬道，最后掉在吉米玛小姐的脚边，吓了她一大跳。

15. American movie star Angelina Jolie is making her directorial debut with a film set

during Bosnia's civil war in the 1990s.

美国电影明星安吉丽娜·朱莉（Angelina Jolie）正在拍摄她执导的首部电影，

故事以 20世纪 90 年代的波斯尼亚内战为背景。

16. Now Foster is ready to get behind the camera for the third time since her 1991

directorial debut, Little Man Tate.

现在福斯特准备退居幕后，自 1991 年导演处女作《神童泰德》以来第三次执导影片。

拓展学习：Beginning with her memorable big-screen debut in Garry Marshall's klutz-

turned-swan family comedy, six of Hathaway's eight films have been either G- or PG-

rated affairs.

她在加里·马歇尔那部丑小鸭变天鹅的家庭喜剧中初登大银幕，从那次令人难忘的

首演开始，海瑟薇参演的 8 部影片中有 6 部都被划为了 G 级或 PG（parental guidance）级。

17. It was a fateful call. 这个电话改变了我的命运。

18. Boucher's delicate, lighthearted depictions of classical divinities and well-dressed

French shepherdesses delighted the public, who considered him the most

fashionable painter of his day.

布歇对古希腊罗马诸神和穿着考究的法国牧羊女的描绘不仅细腻，而且轻松愉快，

为公众带来愉悦的享受，布歇也因此被认为是那个时代最时尚的画家。

拓展学习：fashionably dressed 装扮入时的

19. sent provocative telegram 发电报寻衅滋事

20. Research and anecdotal evidence suggest that distant analogies lead to new ideas

—like when a heart surgeon bounces things off an architect or a graphic designer.

研究成果及一些传闻轶事表明，将相去甚远的事物进行类比能促成新的想法——譬如，

一位心脏外科医生能从一位建筑设计师或一位图表设计师那儿得到启发。

21. She is almost two generations distant from Robert Frost.

她几乎与罗伯特·佛罗斯特差了两代人。

22. There is not a single adequate text. 没有任何一个单独的文本足以阐释这门课。