2013年英語四級翻譯練習(xí)

　　1.The man who stolen my watch was ______________________(不是別人，正是約翰)。

　　答案：no other than John

　　2.He does everything with great care but I think ________________________(與其說他謹(jǐn)慎，不如說他是怯懦)。

　　答案：he is more poltroon than cautious.

　　(本題考察比較判斷句型“more … than ”的用法，它的意思是“與其說…不如說…”，more和than后接對稱成分)

　　3.Judging from his words, we can know that___________________________(他不是生病，而是情緒低落)。

　　答案：he isn’t so much ill as depressed.

　　(本題考察比較判斷句型 not so much … as, 意思是“不是…而是…”)

　　4.One blind man says that____________________________(與其說大象像別的東西，不如說它像一根長矛。)

　　答案：the elephant is more like a spear than anything else

　　5.Scientists believe that_____________________________(與其說海洋分隔了世界，倒不如說海洋連接了各國。)

　　答案：Oceans don’t so much divide the world as unite it

　　6.Experience shows that success is _______________________(應(yīng)更多的歸功與熱忱而非能力)

　　答案：due less to ability than to zeal

　　7..______________________(我的所有朋友都不抽煙除了你)，so my parents don't want me

　　答案：None of my friends smoke except you

　　8.We have no need to run after luxury,because _____________________(高價格并不一定意味著高品質(zhì))

　　答案：a high price does not necessarily mean good quality

　　9.My teacher always scold us even for making a small mistake.I think she doesn't realize that _______________________(人人都要缺點。)

　　答案：there is no man without faults

　　10.By that time we shall________________(生產(chǎn)的糧食將比2006年增加了3倍)。

　　答案：produce four times as much grain as we did 2006

　　(本題考察倍數(shù)表達法，倍數(shù)表達法要分清是原來的幾倍，此題“增加了3倍”即是原來的四倍，另外，as…as中間要用形容詞原型。)