例1:
If ambition is to be well regarded//,the rewards of ambition//—wealth,distinction,control over one’s destiny—//must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition’s behalf.
- regard 看待
- reward 回报,奖励
- distinction 荣誉,声誉,利益
- sacrifice 牺牲
- behalf 维护,支持
- deem 视为,认为
1.找主句的谓语动词:be deemed
the rewards of ambition must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition’s behalf
野心带来的回报一定被视为值得人们为了实现抱负而做出的牺牲
2.
If ambition is to be well regarded
如果正确看待野心,
3.插入语
wealth,distinction,control over one’s destiny
财富,荣誉,掌控我们的命运
翻译:
如果正确看待野心,野心带来的回报(财富,荣誉,掌控我们的命运)一定被视为值得人们为实现抱负而做出的牺牲。
例2:
This trend began during the Second World War ,//when several governments came to the conclusion// that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.
- specific 具体的
- demands 需求,需要
- generally 一般地,通常地
- establishment 机构
1.找主句的谓语动词:began
主句
This trend began during the Second World War
这一趋势开始于第二次世界大战
2.
when several governments came to the conclusion
当时许多政府得出结论
3.
that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.
政府想要对其科研机构提出具体的需求,一般是不能详细的预见
翻译:
这一趋势开始于第二次世界大战,当时很多政府得出结论,政府想要对其科研机构提出具体的需求,一般不能详细的预见。
例3:
Theories centering on the individual suggest// that children engage in criminal behavior //because they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds //or that they have learned criminal behavior through interaction with others.
- engage in 参加,参与
- misdeeds 恶习
- sufficient 充足的
- misdeeds =mis(否定)+deed(行为)->错误行为,违法行为
1.找主句的谓语动词:suggest
主句
Theories centering on the individual suggest
以个人中心的理论认为
2.
that children engage in criminal behavior
孩子们之所以参加犯罪活动
3.
because they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds
因为他们以前的恶习没有受到足够的惩罚
4.
or that they have learned criminal behavior through interaction with others.
又或者,他们之间互相作用学会了犯罪行为。
翻译:
以个人中心理论为人,孩子们之所以参加犯罪活动,是因为他们以前的恶习没有受到足够的惩罚,又或者,他们之间互相作用学会了犯罪行为。