Unit 1

1、她涟水都不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。（much less）

She wouldn't take a drink; much less could she stay for dinner.

2.他认为我在对他说谎，但实际上我讲的是实话。(whereas)

He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.

3.这个星期天你每天都迟到，对此你怎么解释？(account for)

How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?

4.他们利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。(due to)

The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.

5.这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。(result in)

Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.

6.我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力，所以我们只能继续。(pour into)

We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.

1. I don’t think that he would commit robbery, much less would he commit violent robbery.

我认为他不会抢劫，更不用说暴力抢劫了。

2. Men earn ten dollars an hour on average, whereas women only seven dollars.

男工平均工资每小时10美元，而女工才每小时7美元。

3. Once the balance in nature is disturbed, it will result in a number of possible unforeseeable effects.

自然界的平衡一旦遭到破坏，就会带来很多不可预知的影响。

4. The final examination is close at hand; you’d better spend more time reading.

期终考试迫在眉睫，你最好多花点时间看书。

5. What is interesting is that consumers find it increasingly difficult to identify the nationality of certain brands. This is due partly to globalization and partly to changes in the location of production.

有趣的是，消费者发现越来越难以辨别某些品牌的原产国。其部分原因来自于全球化带来的影响，部分原因是由于产地的变化。

6. A recent survey showed that women account for 40% percent of the total workforce.

最近一次调查表明，妇女占总劳动力的40%。

Unit 3

1.你再怎么有经验，也得学新技术。(never too…to…)

You are never too experienced to learn new techniques.

2. 还存在一个问题，那就是派谁去带领那里的研究工作。(Use an appositional structure)

There remains one problem, namely, who should be sent to head the research there.

3. 由于文化的不同，他们的关系在开始确实遇到了一些困难。(meet with)

Their relationship did meet with some difficulty at the beginning because of cultural differences.

4. 虽然他经历沉浮，但我始终相信他总有一天会成功的。(ups and downs;all along)

Though he has had ups and downs, I believed all along that he would succeed someday.

5. 我对你的说法的真实性有些保留看法。（have reserbations about）

I have some reservations about the truth of your claim.

6. 她长得并不特别高，但是身材很瘦，给人一种个子高的错觉。(give an illusion of)

She isn't particularly tall, but her slim figure gives an illusion of height.

1. A person is never too young to receive the clear message that the law is to be taken seriously.

应尽早告知年轻人：必须认真对待法律。

2. He’s now faced with an important decision, a decision that can affect his entire future.

他现在面临一个重要决定，这个决定可能会影响他的整个前程。

3. You must be calm and confident even when things are at their worst.

即使在情况最糟糕的时候，你也必须保持镇静和信心。

4. The success of a relationship has a lot to do with how compatible two people are and how well they communicate.

人际关系的成功与否与双方相处是否融洽以及交流是否顺畅有很大关系。

5. He was attacked and sustained severe injuries from which he subsequently died.

他受到袭击，身受重伤，随后不治而亡。

6.He behaved, at least on the surface, like a normal person.

他的举止至少在表面上像个正常人。

Unit 4

1. 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？(Use “it” as the formal subject)

It is a great pleasure to meet friends from afar.

2. 不管黑猫白猫，能抓住老鼠就是好猫。(as long as)

It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.

3. 你必须明天上午之前把那笔钱还我。(without fail)

You must let me have the money back without fail by ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

4. 请允许我参加这个项目，我对这个项目很感兴趣。(more than +adjective)

Allow me to take part in this project: I am more than a little interested in it.

5. 人人都知道他比较特殊：他来去随意。(be free to do sth.)

Everyone knows that he is special, He is free to come and go as he pleases.

6. 看她脸上不悦的神色，我觉得她似乎有什么话想跟我说。(feel as though)

Watching the unhappy look on her face, I felt as though she wishes to say something to me.

1. It’s getting harder these days for a man with only a secondary education to get a good job.

现如今，仅仅受过中等教育的人要想找份好工作越来越难了。

2. As long as the green hills last, there’ll always be wood to burn.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

3.If you are not satisfied with your purchase,we will be more than happy to give your money back to you.

如果你对所购物品不满意，我们将很乐意退款。

4.We are thankful for the beauty of this great land, which has welcomed so many to its shores across the years.

我们对这块伟大的美丽的土地心怀感激之情,多年来它迎接了众多的人来这里的海滩游览.

5. To the teacher’s surprise, no one volunteered for the position of monitor.

让老师吃惊的是，没人自愿当班长。

6. The dog continued to wait for its maste at the train station withoutfail until its own death two years later.

那条狗忠心耿耿地继续在火车站等待主人，直到两年后死去。

Unit 6

1. 就像机器需要经常运转一样，身体也需要经常锻炼。(as…so…)

(Just) as a machine needs regular running, so does the body need regular exercise.

2. 在美国学习时，他学会了弹钢琴。(while+V-ing)

He learned to play the piano while studying in the United States.

3. 令我们失望的是，他拒绝了我们的邀请。(turn down)

To our disappointment, he turned down our invitation.

4. 真实情况是，不管是好是坏，随着新科技的进步，世界发生了变化。(for better or worse)

The reality is that, for better or worse, the world has changed with advance of new technologies.

5. 我班里的大多数女生在被要求回答问题时都似乎感到不自在。(ill at ease)

Most of the female students in my class appear to be ill at ease when (they are) required to answer questions.

6. 当地政府负责运动会的安全。(take charge of)

The local government took charge of the security for the sports meeting.

1. Just as table tennis to the Chinese, so is football to Italians.

足球之于意大利人，就像乒乓球之于中国人。

2. The teacher does not rush the class toward a decision at this point, but asks them to think very carefully, before making up their minds.

教师没急着要班里同学现在作决定，而是要他们仔细考虑后再下决心。

3. I don’t know what the drink was and I had that much; then the lads had to see me home because I was more or less drunk.

我不知道那是什么饮料，我喝了那么多；结果那些小伙子只能送我回家，因为我有点醉了。

4. Windy days are characteristic of March in the China.

在中国北方，三月份往往多风。

5. Even so, the government has approved a 6.2 percent increase in total spending.

尽管如此，政府已经同意总支出增加6.2%。

6. Information, defined as knowledge conveyed to the mind by a statement of fact, can take many forms.

信息被定义为通过陈述事实向大脑传达的知识，它可以有多种形式。

Unit 7

1. 在会上，除了其他事情，他们还讨论了目前的经济形势。(among other things)

At the meeting they discussed, among other things, the present economic situation.

2. 我对大自然了解得越多，就越痴迷于大自然的奥秘。(the more…the more…)

The more I learned about the nature, the more absorbed I became in its mystery.

3.医生建议说，有压力的人要学会做一些新鲜有趣、富有挑战性的事情，好让自己的负面情绪有发泄的渠道。（recommend that…should...）

The doctor recommends that those stressed people should try something new,interesting and challenging in order to give their negative feelings an outlet.

4. 那个学生的成绩差，但老师给他布置了更多的作业，而不是减少作业量。(instead of;cut down)

The teacher gives more homework to the student who has bad grades instead of cutting it down.

5. 相比之下，美国的父母更趋向于把孩子的成功归因于天赋。(attribute to)

By contrast, American parents are more likely to attribute their children's success to natural talent.

6. 教师首先要考虑的事情之一是唤起学生的兴趣，激发他们的创造性。（priority; stimulate）

One of a teacher's priorities is to stimulate students' interests and their creativity.

1. His research is concerned, among other things, with the battle against AIDS in the developing countries.

除了其他内容，他的研究还牵涉到发展中国家与爱滋病的斗争.

2. These people are made aware that the better the service is, the more they will earn.

这些人明白了他们的服务越好,他们就挣得越多.

3. Although her father seemed anxious and worried, Susan did not perceive any change in his looks or ways.

尽管父亲似乎忧虑不安,但苏珊感觉不到他在表情或行动上有什么变化.

4. The amount of financial aid offered has become more central to students’ decisions about which school to attend.

能获得多少经济资助已成为学生选择上哪所学校的更重要的因素.

5. She’s already cut down on going out and buying clothes, but she doesn’t have enough money to start paying off the debt.

她已经减少了外出和买衣服的花费,但她还是没钱开始还债.

6. One of the keys to controlling stress is to realize that there are many things in our life over which we have no control.

控制压力的方法之一是认识到生活中有很多事情是我们无法掌控的.

Unit 8

1. 她一点也不知道这幅画有一天居然会价值100多万美金。（Use“little ”at the beginning of the sentence）

Little did she know that this picture would one day be worth more than a million dollars.

2. 虽然我理解你说的话，但是我不同意你在这个问题上的看法。（Use “while” in the sensen of “although”）

While I understand what you say, I don’t agree with you on the issue.

3.我认为警察的职责就是保护人民。（be meant to do sth.）

I think the police are meant to protect people.

4.昨天我去看他，却发现他已于几天前出国了。（only to do sth.）

I went to see him yesterday, only to find that he had gone abroad several days before.

5.在每周例会上，每个人的发言都不能偏离会议议题。（confine to）

At the weekly meeting, everyone must confine their remarks to the subject.

6.要是我没说那些愚蠢的话该多好！那时我太年轻，不能明辨是非。（if only; distinguish right from wrong）

If only I hadn’t said those silly words! I was too young then to distinguish right from wrong.

1. Little did I think five years ago that I would be sitting here today studying English with so many students coming from all over the world.

五年前我几乎不会想到今天我会与这么多来自世界各地的学生坐在一起学习英语。

2. Whlie this position offers you honor and power, it imposeson you a great responsibility.

虽然这些职位给你带来荣耀和权力，但是它也赋予你巨大的责任。

3. In the long run the race between food production and population growth remains too hard to solve easily.

从长远来看，粮食生产和人口增长之间的竞争难以轻易解决。

4. Sometimes we find ourselves climbing the ladder of success, only to management careers.

有时我们发现，自己爬上了成功的阶梯，却发现阶梯靠在错误的墙壁上。（即：我们爬上去了，却发现不是自己真正追求的东西。）

5.The new program is meant to put young people on a fast track to management careers.

新计划的目的是让年轻人快速走上管理岗位。

6. The ambitious young man wanted very much to achieve something to make his parents proud of him.

这个年轻人志向高远，非常希望能有所成就，让父母为他骄傲。

大学英语第二册英汉翻译