2019专八翻译难点例句分析：评价，疑虑

　　19.正中下怀 play into someone‟s hands

　　你同意到外地出差正中老板下怀，至于原因，还是留给你自己去思考吧

　　Your agreeing to take the business trip in another city well played into the hands of the boss. As for the reason, you put it in the pipe and smoke it.

　　20/轻松的工作 a cushy job

　　他想干个轻松的工作，可又怕挣钱太少了。

　　He hope to take a cushy job but at the same time, worries about pay he gets from such a job.

　　21.多的不得了 a jillion

　　千万别让你的丈夫去那个城市出差，那里的妓女多得不得了

　　Never allow your husband to take a trip to that city. There are a jillion streetwalkers there.

　　22.争论的原因 a bone of contention 我想，分利不均才是他们争吵的真正原因。

　　I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention.

　　23.仍在„„着 be still on

　　现在已经是深夜12点了，可是他办公室的灯还在亮着。

　　It‟s already 12:00 o‟clock midnight, yet, the light in his office is still on.

　　24.有点生疏 go a bit rusty

　　A:你能讲法语么?B：过去学过，可几年不用有点生疏了。

　　Can you speak French? I learned it, but I haven‟t used it for a long time so it has got a bit rusty.

　　25.喝多了 have one too many

　　看他那个样子肯定是喝多了，你最好把他送回家

　　He must seem to have had one too many. You‟d better walk him home. 26.事情的真相 what‟s what

　　如果你弄清事情的真相，就马上打电话告诉我

　　Give me a buzz and tell me as soon as you‟ve got the what‟s what.

　　27.真惨 a bad scene

　　这次考试真惨。十道题我只答对了两道，其他的全错了。

　　This exam was really the bad scene! I miss all the ten questions but two.

　　28.不能再„„了can‟t be adjective+er

　　这个价格不能再低了 The price can‟t be any lower. 29.彻头彻尾的 out and out 他是个彻头彻尾的口头革命派。

　　He‟s an out and out armchair revolutionary.

　　30.打扮得特别漂亮be dressed to the nines 每次去参加舞会，她都打扮得特别漂亮。

　　Every time she went to a dance, she would always be dressed up to the nines.

　　31.空头支票 lip-service

　　他对我们的许诺不过是个空头支票而已。 What he promised us is but a lip-service.

　　32.害人反害己 harm set, harm get

　　他吃苦果既是我们常说的“害人反害己”的最好例证

　　the bitter fruit he has got can be a very good example of what we call “Harm set, harm get.”

　　33.到底 on earth

　　你到底想怎么着? What on earth do you want ?

　　34.活见鬼 The Deuce!

　　真见鬼了!你不告诉他他怎么会知道我们俩在做这个买卖那?

　　The Deuce! How could he possibly know what business we are doing without telling him?

　　35.你好好琢磨琢磨吧 Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 你好好琢磨琢磨吧。他凭什么对你那样慷慨那?

　　Why should he be so generous to you like that? Put it in your pipe and smoke it.

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