湖北省第十七届外语翻译大赛试题及部分答案(非英语专业笔译组初赛)17

湖北省第十七届外语翻译大赛英语非专业笔译组初赛试题及部分答案

选出你所认为的最佳译文。共50题，每题2分，总分为100分01）We have the eagle shits!

(A)我们比赛获胜了！

(B)我们发工资了！

(C)我们不干了！

(D)我们完蛋了！

02）The comedian got the bird.

(A)那个小丑并没有吃亏。

(B)那个喜剧演员让人喝了倒彩。

(C)那个小丑让人捧腹大笑。

(D)那个喜剧演员抓住了一只鸟。

03）He is a jack-leg lawyer.

(A)他是个很有名望的律师。

(B)他是个正直的律师。

(C)他是个不称职的律师。

(D)他是个身患疾病的律师。

04）She stepped off the carpet last week.

(A)她上周结婚了。

(B)她上周离婚了。

(C)她上周被人拒绝了。

(D)她上周拒绝参加婚礼。

05）The young man had a fling at swimming.

(A)那个小伙子尝试学游泳。

(B)那个小伙子害怕游泳。

(C)那个小伙子对游泳不感兴趣。

(D)那个小伙子喜欢游泳。

06）Mike bought the farm in the World War II

(A)迈克在二战中发了大财。

(B)迈克在二战中购买农场。

(C)迈克在二战中阵亡。

(D)迈克在二战中过得很安逸。

07）He was called to the bar at 21.

(A)他21岁就被关进了牢房。

(B)他21岁就取得了律师资格。

(C)他21岁就取得了调酒师资格。

(D)他21岁就取得了医生资格。

08）I am as old again as you.

(A)我现在长大了，和你一样。

(B)还没有你那么老。

(C)我又和你一样老了。

(D)我的年纪比你大一倍。

09）He is a fair-haired boy of the boss.

(A)他常受到老板的使唤。

(B)他是老板的大红人。

(C)他是老板的侄子。

(D)他不受老板器重。

10）He is the brains of the crowd.

(A)他是这群人中最笨的。

(B)他是这群人中最聪明的。

(C)这些人当中就数他的鬼点子最多。

(D)他是这群人的领导。

11）Nancy gave me the glad eye!

(A)南希向我抛媚眼！

(B)南希瞪了我一眼！

(C)南希表面上没有给我难堪！

(D)南希看都不看我一眼！

12）Jack wasn’t a hill of beans to her.

(A)杰克不值得她的巨大付出。

(B)杰克并非对她一文不值。

(C)杰克对她不是单相思。

(D)杰克是她的最爱。

13）He tried to make up to Doctor Chen.

(A)他极力讨好陈博士。

(B)他力图与陈医师重修旧好。

(C)他极力补偿陈大夫。

(D)他极力与陈博士一争高下。

14）He is a brown-nose.

(a)他是个严谨的人。

(b)他的鼻子是棕色的。

(c)他是个马屁精。

(d)他是个死板的人。

15）You should put the plan on the back burner.

(a)你这个计划，我们随后就来讨论。

(b)你的计划糟糕透了。

(c)你应该马上实施这个计划。

(d)你应该把这个计划先放一放。

16）Jim hasn't cut his eyeteeth yet.

(a)吉姆还没开始上学。

(b)吉姆还不懂得人情世故。

(c)吉姆还没开始上班。

(d)吉姆还不会自己洗漱/

17）I carried a torch for kate.

(a)我向凯特表白了心愿。

(b)我暗恋凯特。

(c)我为凯特跑前跑后。

(d)我讨厌凯特。

18）I met my wife on a blind date.

(a)我和我妻子是通过相亲认识的。

(b)我和我妻子的认识完全出于偶然。

(c)我和我妻子是在旅游时认识的。

(d)我和我妻子是在办公室认识的。

19）The murderer was now behind bars.

(a)凶手在栅栏后面杀的人。

(b)凶手已被关押。

(c)凶手已有律师给他辩护。

(d)凶手作案前在酒吧喝过酒。

20）Donna can sing after a fashion.

(a)唐纳能够唱流行歌曲。

(b)唐纳曾唱得很好。

(c)唐纳多少能唱一些歌。

(d)唐纳可以穿时装登台表演。

21）It's brass monkeys out there.

(a)外面很冷。

(b)外面很热。

(c)外面来了一群猴子，会敲锣表演。

(d)外面有些小丑在胡闹。

22）The shop sells it by the long dozen.

(a)那个商店卖一个赠一个。

(b)这家商店整打销售。

(c)那个商店缺斤短两。

(d)这家商店长期论打出售。

23）Give me some skin!

(a)给我一些建议吧！

(b)给我留点面子吧！

(c)给我一些皮革吧!

(d)我们握个手吧！

24）He comes to ask an account,

(a)他过来问明情况。

(b)他过来叫我付账。

(c)他请求开个帐户。

(d)他过来付款。

25）Jack is an august soldier.

(a)杰克是个威武的士兵。

(b)杰克八月入的伍。

(c)杰克冷酷无情。

(d)杰克入伍八个月了。

26）The old lady has rabbit ears.

(a)那个老太太爱打听闲事。

(b)那个老太太耳聪目明。

(c)那个老太太耳朵长得特别长。

(d)那个老太太喜欢养兔子。

27）This farm has gone to the dogs.

(a)这个农场已开始盈利。

(b)这个农场已经改为饲养犬类动物。

(c)这个农场已大不如前。

(d)这个农场已濒临倒闭。

28）He likes to put on the dog.

(a)他喜欢开玩笑。

(b)他喜欢遛狗。

(c)他喜欢摆架子。

(d)他喜欢放狗咬人。

29）The professor is really on the ball.

(a)那位教授臭名昭著。

(b)那位教授的确很在行。

(c)那位教授声名远扬。

(d)那位教授真是个老滑头。

30）The boy is meant to be an angel.

(a)那个男孩是为了一个天使。

(b)那个男孩会成为天使。

(c)那个男孩真好。

(d)那个男孩有意要见天使。

31）They are carpet soldiers.

(a)他们是逃兵。

(b)他们是下级士兵。

(c)他们是仪仗兵。

(d)他们是少爷兵。

32）Jim is fond of a leap in the dark.

(a)吉姆喜欢冒险行事。

(b)吉姆专好诡秘行动。

(c)吉姆喜欢在黑暗处跳跃。

(d)吉姆做事很莽撞。

33）She is born doormat.

(a)她刚好是在预产期前出生的。

(b)她刚到医院就出生了。

(c)她天生是个受气包。

(d)她很有骨气。

34）She is a nose of wax.

(a)她的鼻子是蜡鼻。

(b)她没有主见。

(c)她的鼻子很匀称。

(d)她的鼻子做过美容美术。

35）I hate to see those fat cats.

(a)我讨厌看到那些马屁精。

(b)我讨厌看到那些伪君子。

(c)我讨厌看到那些有钱人。

(d)我讨厌看到那些肥头大耳的家伙。

36）The party went like a bomb.

(a)晚会开得很成功。

(b)晚会上有人谎称有“炸弹”。

(c)晚会引起一片恐慌。

(d)晚会来的人很多。

37）That chick is so hot!

(a)那妞火气真大。

(b)那只小鸡烧得很烫。

(c)那妞真性感。

(d)这是辣子鸡，很辣的。

38）He is a man of pleasure.

(a)他这人很会寻欢作乐。

(b)他很令人愉快。

(c)他觉得很荣幸。

(d)他是个浪荡子。

39）He paid a matter of 1000 yuan.

(a)他付了1000元的货物账。

(b)他大约付了1000元。

(c)他一共出了一千元打货。

(d)他为这件事付出了1000元的代价。

40）He was a cat in the pan.

(a)他是盘子里的一只猫。

(b)他是个叛徒。

(c)他是只笼中鸟。

(d)他占者茅坑不拉屎。

41）关于婚内强奸行为的定性问题，理论界众说纷纭，莫衷一是。

(A)There are different opinions towards the legal nature of the rape happening in marriage.

(B)In terms of raping in marriage,opinions vary greatly in deciding the legal nature of the crime.Ordinary people can hardly tell the demarcation.

(C)In the theoretical circle,the legal nature of rape happening within marriage bond varies greatly,defying a unanimous view.

(D)It is not easy to decide the nature of in-marriage rape,as the theoretical world is hugely divided on this matter.

42）他提到了他因口所犯的恶业，惨无人道地吃众生肉，如吃猴脑，鹅掌等。

(A)He admitted the ferocious action he had carried out to enjoy his appetite:the cruel consumption of raw meat,such as monkey cerebrum and geese palms.

(B)The man talked about the evil karma he had created with his mouth,because he cruelly ate living beings’flesh such as monkey brains and goose feet. (C)He mentioned the vices he has committed for his edacity:eating creatures alive like savages,including monkey brains and goose feet.

(D)He had depicted the uncivilized deeds for the joy of his saliva:he had ruthlessly eaten animals alive,including monkey head and geese palms.

43）你管我叫“国人”或“数典忘祖”的人，这等于给了我批评你们泱泱大国的权利，正如我所拥有的对大马进行批评的权力。

(A)Don’t you call me “compatriot” or “a man forgetting his origin,”otherwise you are giving me the right to criticize your great and impressive country,as I have to do to my country Malaysia.

(B)You are actually granting me the power to make commernts on your big country just as I do have for the criticism of Malaysia when you call me your fellow countrymen.

(C)If you call me a “national” or a “man oblivious of ancestry,” I will be given the authority of criticizing your large nation,as I do have for my own nation –Malaysia.

(D)Your calling me “citizen” and “defector” can only mean I may criticize your great country as I do to my own country –Malaysia.

44）我是一个我行我素的人，从来没什么人影响到我的想法。

(A)I’ve always been a person that persists my own ways,for no one could ever influence my mind.

(B)I am a person of my own;from the people nothing will affect my ideas.

(C)I am doing as I please,and there’s no one who can influence my thoughts.

(D)I am a person always going on my own way,and no body can ever affect my ways of thinking.

45）而他在人们心目中的普遍形象就是一个昏君：诡计多端，利令智昏的懦夫，其贪心之甚终导致群起而攻之。

(A)The general image of him in people’s hearts was a notorious dictator:a coward full of cunning tricks,and he was so greedy that invites attacks from many crowds of people.

(B)In the kingdom under his reign,he was generally regarded as monarch of low IQ,though brimful of cunning,yet blinded by the love of gain,which finally led to a general surge against him.

(C)His profile in the general public is such as despot,a coward blinded for lust for riches,and his avarice eventually caused accusations from all around.

(D)The popular image of him is of a classically bad king:a scheming,untrustworthy coward consumed by greed,whose rapaciousness drove his subjects to impose their will upon him.

46）他们当中大多数都将自己投身于和平与光明的寻求中，但有些人却剑走偏锋。

(A)A great many people among them have thrown themselves into the search of peace and Eghert,whereas some would rather have the sword go at a slant sharp edge.

(B)The majority of them have been in quest o a peaceful and bright future for the nation,while others have embarked on quite an unusual road.

(C)The greater part of them took an initiative in seeking peace and democracy,but the remining few would rather take some paradoxical ways towards success.

(D)While many of them devote themselves to the pursuit of peace and light,there are those who walk different paths.

47）这种向男性阿谀奉承的荒谬，在十九世纪的公共艺术理论中达到了顶峰。

(A)Such absurdity of male adulation went up to the summit in public artistic theories during the 19th Century.

(B)The absurdity of flattery towards the male reached its peak in the 19th century’s Public Art Theory.

(C)That fantasticality of fawning towards males went to the zenith in the public academic art of the nineteenth century.

(D)This ridiculous male flattering culminated in the nineteenth century’s common aesthetic theory.

48）阿谀奉承远比仇恨更危险，因为前者掩饰人的污点。而后者却促使人们抹掉污点。(A)Flattery is more dangerous than hatred because the former covers the stains while the latter has them wiped out.

(B)Flattery covers up one’s stin while hatred erases it,so the former is more perilous than the latter.

(C)Hostility imposes less threat than flattery,because the former masks the smudge whereas the latter has it mopped up.

(D)Evil intended flattering is more dangerous than obvious,for the former conceals human blemish,while the latter urges people to have it wiped out. 49）他不需要这最后的刺激，不需要阿谀奉承，不需延时的自我陶醉，不需要更多的金钱和奖杯。

(A)He doesn’t need a last jolt of adrenaline or a dose of adulation,or a prolonged narcissism,and nor does he need any more wealth or tropies.

(B)Nothing now was his necessity,neither the last provocation,flattery and tim-honoted ego bath,nor money and trophies.

(C)It is not necessary for him to have all this stimulation,greatness,self-indulgence,nor does he need any more wealth or cups of reward.

(D)There is no need for him to get the last excitement,flattery,self-complacence,more money and trophies.

50）强权就会产生腐败，大家开始挖空心思去讨好他，贿赂他，搞得整个小团体乌烟瘴气。

(A)Power and corruption often go together,everybody begins to rack brains to please him,boodle him,while the whole small group is turned into an abyss. (B)Power would produce corruption and everyone started to curry favor with him,bribe him,so the whole small organization was suffering from the chokedamp.

(C)Unchecked power generates corruption.And now most people try to please and bribe him with all they can,thus churning the whole group pretty much of a mess.

(D)Putrefaction often comes with unrestrained power.And now people begin to play up to him,and even tries to bribe him,so the whole team is thrown into a chaos.

加试题10分：每题5分。共2题。（正确得到85分及以上者，加试题得分有效。）

（1）但当公民权益都得不到保护时，人们自我保护的本能便会告诉自己，莫谈国事才是对自己人身自由的最好保护。

(A)But when the citizens can not have their rights and interests well protected,the instinct of self-protection will tell ourselves,that the best policy to protect oneself is talking no national affairs.

(B)Let’s leave off discussing affairs of state and that is the best peotection of one’s own freedom,especially when civilians’ rights and interests are not well protected.

(C)But when it is impossible to secure the civilians’right and interest,the sense of self-protection will tell you that the best way to protect your freedom is not to discuss about the state affairs.

(D)When these rights are not protected,however,our instinct of self-preservation tells us that indifference of the national affairs is the best consititutional guarantee for personal liberty.

（2）但是，在风起云涌的并购浪潮背后，成功的并购案例并不多见。

(A)Yet,behind all this surging waves of merger and acquisition,up to the present,there are not so many triumphant examples to follow.

(B)However,behind this blustery merger and acquisition tide,successful cases of such activities can hardly be seen.

(C)But,there are very few cases of successful mergers and acquisitions behind all such surge of rising winds and scudding clouds.

(D)Nonetheless,few successful cases of mergers and acquisitions are shown clearly behind all these gigantic waves of acquisition activities.

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