Stars on a Snowy Night –Bing Xin我怡然一笑，也指着对山的一星灯火说：“那边是丘比特（Jupiter）呢！” 愈指愈多。I beamed and said pointing to a tiny lamplight on the opposite mountain, “It’s Jupiter over there!” More and more lights came into sight as we kept pointing here and there.Q：“愈指愈多”怎么翻译？🎈虽然只有四个字，但是直译是无法成句的，核心的要点就是把四个字到底表达了什么意思解释出来。前面指的是一处灯火，“愈指”就是指的次数变多了， “愈多”相应地就是说看到的灯火也变多了。松林中射来零乱的风灯，都成了满天星宿。真的，雪花隙里，看不出天空和森林的界限，将繁灯当作繁星，简直是抵得过。Lights from hurricane lamps flickering about in the pine forest created the scene of a star-studded sky. With the distinction between sky and forest obscured by snowflakes, the numerous lamp-lights now easily passed for as many stars. Q:其中的pass for as怎么理解？🎈“将繁灯当作繁星，简直是抵得过”译为the numerous lamplights now easily passed for as many stars，其中短语to pass for的意思是“被看作”、“被当作”等，后面的as不是固定搭配中的成分，是as stars，像星星一样。一念至诚的将假作真，灯光似乎都从地上飘起。这幻成的星光，都不移动，不必半夜梦醒时，再去追寻它们的位置。 于是雨雪寂寞之夜，也有了慰安了。Completely lost in make-believe world, I seemed to see all the lamplights drifting from the ground. With the illusory stars hanging still overhead, I was spared the effort of tracing their positions when I woke up from my dreams in the dead of night. Thus I found consolation even on a lonely snowy night！Q：这里的I was spared怎么理解？🎈spare可以接双宾语，spare sb. sth.所以这里是将sb.作为主语转换成了被动态，强调这份“省下的努力”来源于“不移动的星光”而不是“我”本身。Q:dead作为名词不是“死亡”的意思吗？这里怎么理解？🎈dead作为名词是有“死亡/死者”的意思，但这里是俚语in the dead of night，表示夜深人静的时候，作为固定搭配背诵，积累。🔥必背词汇beam（熟词生义） v.笑容满面；眉开眼笑英义to have a big happy smile on your face例句He beamed at the journalists. 他笑容满面地面对记者。 例句She was positively beaming with pleasure. 她的确喜不自胜。近义词laugh: 最常用词，指因喜悦、愉快或轻视而出声的笑或大笑。smile: 指面露微笑，侧重于无声。siggle: 指发出咯咯的笑声，较多地用于女人或孩子。grin: 指露齿而笑。beam: 书面用词，指人因心情舒畅而发出的笑，即喜形于色地笑。sneer: 指冷笑、嘲笑。flicker v.闪烁；闪现；忽隐忽现；摇曳英义(of a light or a flame 灯光或火焰)· to keep going on and off as it shines or burns例句The lights flickered and went out. 灯光闪了闪就熄了。 obscure v. 使模糊；使隐晦；使费解英义to make it difficult to see, hear or understand sth例句The view was obscured by fog. 雾中景色朦胧。consolation n.使感到安慰的人(或事)；安慰；慰藉英义a person or thing that makes you feel better when you are unhappy or disappointed例句If it’s any consolation, she didn’t get the job, either. 不知道这能不能安慰你，但她也没有得到那份工作。扩充consolation prize 安慰奖🔥重点表达看到…sth. come into sight繁星点点的star-studded被看作；被当做to pass for假装的；假想的make-believe从地上飘起drift from the ground夜深人静的时候in the dead of night满天星宿a star-studded sky繁灯the numerous lamp-lights寂寞之夜a lonely night慰安consolation🔥句子回译1、我怡然一笑，也指着对山的一星灯火说：“那边是丘比特（Jupiter）呢！” 愈指愈多。2、这幻成的星光，都不移动，不必半夜梦醒时，再去追寻它们的位置。🔥表达对比我们来看看「追寻」除了文中的trace，在不同的语境中还可以怎么翻译呢？1、她「追寻」历险，“害怕渺小”。She sought adventure and was “afraid of smallness.”2、这种需求通常来自「追寻」快速资本利得的投机性投资者。Such demand often comes from speculative investors looking for a chance of quick capital gains. 3、「追寻」一段永世难忘的史实In the Pursuit of a Haunting and Timeless Truth
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