14.2 同 源 宾 语
同源宾语在英语中比较常见,而汉语中相对少见,因此值得去关注。
1. How many a woman, eager for widows’ weeds,(指与人野合的放荡行为) has given
her husband a drink at bedtime and let him sleep his last sleep in her bosom.
指女人有外遇,表面上抱着醉酒的丈夫,实际上却加害于他。
2. Both negroes grinned a horrid grin at this intimation.
两名黑人都对此通告咧嘴一笑,笑得让人恐怖。
3. They too hugged a most loving, tender hug.
他们也来了一个非常深情而温柔的拥抱。
4. Not only that, but most of the krill surrounding the bergs die natural deaths and
float to the bottom of the sea—taking with them the globe-warming carbon dioxide
pulled from the atmosphere by the phytoplankton they fed on.
不仅如此,冰山周围的磷虾大多会自然死亡并漂流到海底——磷虾以浮游植物
群落为食,后者从大气里吸取了使全球变暖的二氧化碳,所以这些二氧化碳就随着
磷虾尸体一起落入海底。
5. He died a natural death. 他死得安详。
6. He died a dog’s death. ( He died like a dog.) 他死得很惨。
7. He died a poetic death. 他死得富有诗意。
8. He fought his bravest (war). 他打得最勇敢。
9. He won a surprise electoral victory.(China Daily)
他在选举中惊人获胜。
10. patent 100 patents. 申请 100 项专利。
11. experience experiences. 阅历丰富。
词 汇 积 累
1. corporate n 企业
corporate bonds. 企业证券。
2. correction n 修改;矫正
a. vision correction. 视力矫正。
b. correction jail. 劳教。
3. correspondence n 相符;一致
a correspondence of the forces and the relations of production.
生产力与生产关系相适应。
4. corruption n 腐化;败坏
a. carnal corruption. 肉体堕落。
b. moral corruption. 道德败坏。
5. council n 政务会
college council meeting. 学术委员会。