A Wrinkle In Time Part 1
接著倆雙胞胎的話,Meg殘忍地想,接下來他們就會說我是一個不良少女了。不是媽媽,而是他們,以及其他人,我想爸爸。
“A delinquent, that’s what I am,”she thought grimly. That’s what they’ll be saying next. Not Mother. But Them. Everybody Else. I wish Father.
新單詞:
1.delinquent adj.有過失的,怠忽的,拖欠債務的;n.流氓,行為不良的人,失職者
作為形容詞,英譯如下:
英1: behaving in a way that is illegal or that society does not approve of
違法的,不正當的
delinquent girls/boys/children/teenage
英2: a delinquent debt, account etc has not been paid on time(賬目,財務)到期未付的
the recovery of delinquent loans逾期貸款的追回
作為名詞,英譯如下:
Someone, especially a young person, who breaks the laws or behaves in ways their society does not approve of違法的人(尤指青少年),不良青少年
2.?grimly adv.可怕地,冷酷地,嚴格地
“Nothing much for us to do,”the intern said grimly.
“我們根本無能為力了,”實習生傷感地說道。
grim adj.冷酷的,糟糕的,殘忍的
英譯如下:
1. making you feel worried or unhappy令人擔憂的,令人不快的
We received the grim news in silence.我們聽到這個令人擔憂的消息,沉默無言。
2. looking or sounding very serious(神色或口氣)嚴肅的
The police officers were silent and grim-faced.警察默不作聲,神情嚴肅。
3. very bad, ugly or unpleasant
非常糟糕的,極丑的,令人不快的
a grim industrial town一個丑陋的工業城鎮
4.表示ill,生病的,不舒服,但是不能放在名詞前使用
Juliet felt grim through the early months of her pregnancy.懷孕的頭幾個月,Juliet感覺很不舒服
今天的就到這里了,閱讀了三遍,現在已經找到了音頻文件。
By Nancy Wu