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发表于 2016-7-28 22:08:45
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参考译文: Courtyard is a historical type of residence.It wascommonly found throughout China,most famous inBeijing.In ancient times,a courtyard would beoccupied by a single large family.Today,manyremaining courtyards are still used as houses,butmost lack modem living facilities.Courtyards date back to as early as the Western ZhouPeriod,with a history of over 2,000 years.They exhibit outstanding and iundamentalcharacteristics of Chinese architecture.Courtyard also serves as a cultural symbol of Beijingand a window into old ways of life.
1.在古代,一座四合院住着一个单一的大家庭:“在古代”可译为in ancient times。“住着”可以用occupy或者live来表示。occupy意为“占据,占领”,在此引申为“住着”;be occupied by/with译为“被某物占据;忙于”,例如:He was occupied with a novel.他忙于写小说。
2.今天,许多现存的四合院还用作住房,但大都缺乏现代生活设施:其中“现存的”可译为remaining。“用作”可译为be used as。“缺乏”可译为lack,此处lack为动词,作名词讲时,可用lack of来表示缺乏。
3.四合院最早可以追溯到西周时期:其中“追溯”可译为date back to。需要注意的是date back和date back to都表示追溯的意思,但是date back后跟时间段;date back to后跟时间点,表示追溯到某一时间点。 |
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