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1704794525 I do not want there to be any misunderstanding between us.(我不要我们之间有什么误会。)
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1704794527 (4)也可以接现在分词:
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1704794529 I never dreamt of there being a picture on the wall.(我做梦也没有想到墙壁上挂画。)
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1704794531 I was wrong about there being some misunderstanding between us.(说我们之中有误会是我的错觉。)
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1704794533 There being nothing else to do, we went home. (没有什么事了,所以我们就回家了。)
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1704794535 (5)也可以接过去分词:
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1704794537 There was born a child to them.(他们喜获麟儿。)
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1704794539 Here, there were found various relics of Franklin’s expedition.(这儿可以发现富兰克林探险的各种遗迹。)
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1704794541 (6)在这种造句中常将关系代名词省略:
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1704794543 There is a man at the door wants to speak to you.(门口有人要跟你说话。)
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1704794548 英文疑难详解 [:1704787144]
1704794549 英文疑难详解 150.作 understatement 用的 rather
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1704794551 “She is rather good-looking.”一句英文,译为“她颇(有几分)漂亮。”有人说译错意思了,不知 rather 一字还有什么别的意思?
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1704794553 【解答】rather 一字普通有五种意思,即宁愿,更为合理,更正确,有几分,相反地。但除此以外,在英国的口语当中,还可用作反语地以加强肯定的回答,有 Yes,without doubt 或 certainly,assuredly 的意思,例如:
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1704794555 “ Do you like this?”——“ Rather!”(“你喜欢这个吗?”——“不但是喜欢,简直是极其爱好呢!”)
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1704794557 还有英国人用此字时,常带有所谓 understatement(作较轻或较弱的陈述),实际是比字面上的意思要强烈得多,所以 Jespersen 说“ She is rather good-looking.”是对女人最高的赞词了,在会话中确是如此。 Eric Partridge 说,英国的上等人都很含蓄,不愿完全表露感情,所以说话及态度都不肯太露骨。写文章时没有办法,只好照字写出来,说话则每多婉曲或留些余地,因为说话的声调使文字显示更多的意义出来。现在我们来看看几个实例吧:
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1704794559 “Yes, she said she couldn’t stand the life. And then she married Jimmie Welldon- Burns.”
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1704794561 “ People were rather surprised, weren’t they?”
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1704794563 (“是呀,她说她受不了那种生活。于是她就和吉米·威尔顿彭结婚了。”
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1704794565 “人们大为惊异。”)
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1704794567 上例是 Maugham 的短篇小说 The Human Element 中的句子,“she”是指的 Betty, Duke of St. Erth 的独生女 Elizabeth,而 Jimmie 便是指的男爵 Sir John Welldon- Burns 的长男 James.
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1704794569 毛姆把“rather”一字常用作这种意思,如果我们翻开 Heinemann 版毛姆的 The Complete Short Stories Vol.Ⅱ.时,在963,1002,1003各页上都可以发现这种用法呢。
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