大英赛C类翻译题合集

2012初赛

• 既然没有退路了，我们不妨试试他的方法。(might as well)

Since there is no turning back, we might as well try his method.

• 公司的利润连续三个月下滑，你如何解释？(account for)

How do you account for the decline in profits for three consecutive months?

• 在谈到如何能取得成功时，Blair 强调创造机遇比等待机遇更重要。（put emphasis on）

Talking about how to achieve success, Blair puts more emphasis on creating rather than waiting for opportunities.

• 我希望我年轻的时候也有你们这么好的机会。（虚拟语气）

I wish I had had such good opportunities as yours when I was young.

• 高昂的学费并不一定能够保证良好的教育。（guarantee）

High tuition doesn’t necessarily guarantee better education.

2013初赛

• 宴会时间就要到了，但她仍纠结于是否应该去。 (dilemma)

The banquet is going to start but she is still in a dilemma about whether she should go or not.

• 充足的睡眠不仅能使我们的身体得到休息，还能提高我们的智力。 (倒装)

Not only can ample sleep relax our bodies but also improve our intelligence.

• 最近，有关空气污染严重的问题引起了公众的广泛关注。 (arouse)

Serious air pollution problems have aroused wide public concerns recently.

• 在大城市寻找梦想的年轻人承受着巨大的生活压力。 (suffer… from)

Youngsters who look for dreams in big cities are suffering from huge pressure of life.

• 教授告诉我们，这次面试者将优先考虑有实际经验的学生。 (priority)

The professor told us that the interviewers would give priority to students with practical experience.

2013决赛

• 两国的边境东部山区至西部海岸绵延一千余公里，其中多处存在争端。（非限制性定语从句；range…from…）

The boundary between two countries stretches more than one thousand kilometres ranging from the estern hills to the western coast, among which many dispute exists.

• 因为现在是上班高峰时段，路上交通非常拥堵。（it being）

It being the rush hour now, there is a lot of traffic on the roads.

• 在谈判过程中他突然想到可以通过提高税率来控制通货膨胀，从而化解这场经济危机。（occur）

During the negotiation it occurred to him that the inflation could be controlled through increasing the tax rate in order to resolve the economic crisis.

• 联合国向国际社会呼吁增加资金，以援助急需食物、饮水和药品的地震灾民。（appeal to）

The United Nations has appealed to the international communityto increase its funding to help earthquake victims who are in urgent need of food, water and medicine.

• 最有天赋的学生未必能够在考试中取得最好的成绩，比成绩更重要的是懂得如何充分发挥自己的能力。（count for）

The most gifted students do not necessarily perform best in exams. It counts for more to know how to make the most of one’s abilities.

2014初赛

• 体育运动可以防止发胖，增强体质，使我们保持身体健康。（prevent from）

Sports and games can prevent us from getting too fat, build our bodies, and keep us healthy.

• 尽管计算机有很多优点，但是它不能进行创造性工作，也不能代替人。（状语从句）

Although computers have many advantages, they can not carry out creative work and replace man.

• 我们一直在这儿讨论的区别是实际操作技术而不是理论背景。（rather than）

The distinctions we have been discussing here are practical techniques rather than theorectical backgrounds.

• 人们应该相互学习，取长补短。（so that）

People should learn from each other so that each can adopt the other’s strong points and offset his own weakness.

• 旅游业是全世界最大的雇主，全球10%的工作岗位都是由旅游业创造的。（acount for）

Tourism is the world’s number one employer, accounting for 10 percent of jobs globally.

2014决赛

• 能量的一部分被转化为热，来帮助我们的体温保持在37℃。（convert into）

Some of the energy is converted into heat, which helps to maintain our body temperature at about 37℃.

• 他们很高兴地接受了这个方案，因为他富有创意。（原因状语）

They are very pleased to accept the plan, because there is some original in it.

• 蜜蜂能够创造“意境地图”，这种地图可以让它们知道自己在环境中的位置。（mental map）

Bees can create “mental maps”, which allow them to know their positions in the environment.

• 从长远来看，人类一定会进入外层空间，深入探索宇宙的奥秘。（in depth）

In the long run, human beings are bound to enter outer space and explore the universe in depth.

• 这种面试使学生们有机会见到有空缺职位的公司的招聘人员。（provide with）

This kind of interview provides students with opportunities to meet recruiters from companies which have job openings.