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She is still available
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当一个男生看到了一个他喜欢的女生,并很想知道她的婚姻状况时,他会问别人“Is she married?”(她结婚了吗?)。如果对方看出了问这个问题的目的,而且那个女子还没有结婚,那么按照英语文化的习惯,他通常不会回答:No,she is not married,而会说,No,she is still available。这样回答的意思是,她还没有找婆家,也没有男朋友,你是可以和她约会的。看来,available的本事还挺大,这么复杂的意思,它一个词就完全表达了。
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available是一个难以用一句话就能说明它在汉语中的确切意思的单词。它暗示性强,可被用在许多场合表达一些委婉的意思。例如,This position is available at the Department of Physics.(物理系有这个职位)。但是,如果你按照中文的意思,说the Department of Physics has the position,那么对其意思的理解就可能有若干个,因为这样的表达也可以判读为“有这个立场”或“有这个能力”,而用available就不会产生这样的歧义。这里用available表达的是“可获得的”意思,而have或there is则无此含义。又例:Do you have any double rooms available this weekend?(这个周末我能拿到双人间吗?)
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当别人告诉你the Minister is not available for the meeting.(部长现在没有时间见你。)的时候,这里的available暗指的是你现在够不着他。又例,The doctor is not available now(医生现在正忙着),意思是医生现在没有空过来看你。在上述两种情况下,如果按中文生硬的翻成,the Minister does not have time for the meeting,其产生的效果就会是一种不耐烦的口气,而非中文原文想要表达的语气。在这里用available,虽然很委婉,但意思却很清楚。
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available还可以表示“可被用来做什么”的意思,如:There’s no money available for a Spring outing this year(今年没有春游的钱了),这里暗示的是没有这笔预算。
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像The book is not yet available on the market(这本书现在还没有上市)这样的用法,则表示了一种存在的概念。
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He looked a sorry sight,his lovely dark hair springy curls plastered tightly to the contours of his head like rat’s tails.
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他看上去一副可怜样,一头蓬松的黑色卷发就像老鼠尾巴似的紧贴在他的头上。
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Come along,Marnie,it’s so fine a day for soul-searching,and what good will it do?
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咱们一起出去吧,玛妮,这样好的天在家里做反省太可惜了,而且反省又有什么用?
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It only takes a spark to ignite a fire —especially in a parched landscape.
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星星之火,可以燎原——在又旱又热的地方尤为如此。
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Tacy herself could not pretend to be happy and content when all the time they were hardly on speaking terms.
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他们之间几乎都不说话,所以塔希也装不出高兴和满足的样子。
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So what’s so special about you?
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你怎么那么特殊呢?
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Now that he’s spilled the beans,they are going to get rid of him.
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因为他说漏了嘴,他们现在准备干掉他。
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For a split instant he thought of his father.
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一瞬间,他想起了他的父亲。
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At about the same time I got a call from the building superintendent to say that his staff had been discovering large pieces of spoiled raw meat in the commonareas.
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大约是在同时,我接到了校舍主管的电话,说他的部下在公用区里发现了大块馊了的生肉。
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Don’t be silly,Edwin.If you’re to meet me to go home again,you’d barely reach Jess’s cottage before you had to come back,and I don’t want to be called a spoilsport!She is expecting you!
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别冒傻气了,爱德文。如果你打算再跟我一起回家,那你往回走时,也到不了婕丝的小屋。我可不想被人说成是扫帚星!她肯定盼着你去呢!
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In July,the British Union of Fascists staged a rally at the Olympia Stadium.
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