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He offered to go at once.(他主张立刻就去。)
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He offered to buy my used car.(他说要买我的旧车)。
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I can give you no assistance, neither will I offer you any obstacle.—— Trollope(我不能帮忙你,也不会妨害你。)
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She offered no response.—— Arnold Bennett(她没有反应。)
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He was not afraid of their offering him any harm.—— H. Melville(他不怕他们害他。)
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When they offered to depart he entreated their stay.—— Dr. Johnson(当他们表示要走,他就恳求他们再坐些时。)
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(2)自动词,意为“供奉”、“发生”、“呈现”、“企图”等:
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I shall come again when occasion offers.(遇有机会,我将再来。)
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I will not offer at that which I cannot do.(我做不到的事决不尝试。)
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Take the first opportunity that offers.(抓住第一个出现的机会。)
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He is ready to shoot me if I should offer to stir.—— Swift(如果我想动,他就开枪。)
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Miss Pole had a cousin, who had offered to Miss Matty long ago.—— Mrs. Gaskell(白小姐有一个表哥,他很久以前就向马小姐求过婚了。)
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(3)名词,意为“提议”、“求婚”、“出价”、“企图”等:
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She has refused several offers of marriage.(她拒绝了好几次的求婚。)
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He jumped at my offer.(他欣然接纳我的主张。)
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His offer of protection was declined.(他所提出的保护的建议已遭拒绝。)
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No offer of less than a hundred dollars will be received.(出价不足百元决不接受。)
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The modern way of girls, who count their lovers and offers as an Indian does his scalps.—— Mrs. Stowe(摩登女子把她们的爱人以及男人的求婚不看作一同事,好像印第安人收取敌人的头皮当作胜利品似的。)
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英文疑难详解 Ⅻ.中英不同的表现法
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182.“我有三姊妹”英文说 I have two sisters
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“我有三姊妹——安、玛丽和我。”译成英文的 I have three sisters—— Ann, Mary,and me.为什么不对呢?
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【解答】英国女作家 Jane Austen 写的一篇小说《说服》( Persuasion),是说的三姊妹的故事。大姊 Elizabeth 为小说的第一人称的 I,二妹为 Ann,三妹为 Mary.在这种情形下,如果有人问 Elizabeth 有几个姊妹时,她的回答一定是:
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I have two sisters—— Ann and Mary.
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