汉译英难点详解之金钱、爱情、婚姻、家庭

 　　1. 跟别人要钱 ：mooch off someone

　　我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。

　　I feel sick of those who mooch off others.

　　2. 钱挣海了 ：coin money

　　这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。

　　Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this!

　　3. 钱多得花不完 ：have money to burn

　　老李的钱多得花不完，要不他敢这么挥霍?

　　Lao Li has money to burn. Otherwise, how could he splash his money about like anything?

　　4. 钱能生钱 ：money begets¹ money

　　钱能生钱。没本钱又怎能挣大钱那?

　　Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles?

　　5. 没钱 ：be broke

　　我手头没钱了，咱们别到外面去吃了

　　I don’t want to eat out today. I’m broke.

　　6. 钱来之不易 :money doesn’t grow on trees你不应该如此挥霍。钱来之不易阿!

　　You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

　　7. 敲竹杠 :a clip joint²

　　那可是一家漫天要价，大敲竹杠的商店阿

　　That shop is plain a clip joint!

　　8. 生活很富裕: be well fixed³

　　自从中国对外开放以后，有些农民也成了企业家，而且大部分农民的生活都富裕起来了。

　　Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers have become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life.

　　9. 吃了上顿没下顿: not know where the next meal comes虽然很多人都已经富裕起来了，可是人有些人吃了上顿没下顿In spite the fact that many have now become well-fixed, some people still remain in a state that they do not know where the next meal comes.

　　10. 发财 :rake it in

　　它在海南挣了很多钱，真没想到他会发财

　　He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in.

　　11. 太宰人了: cost an arm and a leg

　　这个饭馆太宰人了，一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元。

　　Eating in this restaurant will cost you an arm and a leg. You’ ll have to pay tens of yuan for even a soup of cabbage and beancurd12. 跟别人比阔 : keep up with the Joneses我可不像你，老是和别人比阔

　　I’m not your sort who like to keep up with the Joneses.

　　13. 养家糊口: bring home the bacon

　　一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人

　　Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.

　　14. 与……私通 : have an illicit⁴ love affair with据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

　　The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

　　15. 婚外恋 : a double life

　　我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

　　People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life.

　　16. 深深爱上: be head over heels in love with听说小丽爱上一个比她大三十岁的老头子。爱情这个东西真是难琢磨。

　　I hear Xiao Li is head over heels in love with an old man who is 30 years older than her. Love is really a mystery.

　　17. 与门第比自己低的人结婚：marry with the left hand皇太子放弃了王位，与比自己门第低的人结了婚并到国外度蜜月去了The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship⁵ as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon⁶ abroad.

　　18. 嫁妆：marriage portion

　　离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

　　On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

　　19. 外快：side money

　　在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快

　　Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years.

　　20.买得便宜 ：buy something on the cheap

　　他的那部车买得可真便宜

　　He bought that car on the cheap.

　　21.输得精光：be taken to the cleaners

　　那帮人合伙欺负他，结果让他输得精光。

　　The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners.

　　22.调情： make a pass at someone

　　当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

　　When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

　　23.花费 ：outgoings

　　他一个月才挣300多块钱，怎么能支付得起家里所有的花费那?

　　He gets about 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family’s outgoings with such a small income?

　　24.重要约会：a heavy date

　　她说她今晚有重要约会，所以不能来了。

　　She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won’t come.

　　25.向……求婚：pop the question to

　　他向我求婚时说一辈子只爱我一个人。可是现在呢?情况可大不一样了。

　　When he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

 

1 begets   

v.为…之生父( beget的第三人称单数 )；产生，引起

参考例句：

• It begets at least seven standard type offspring from such matings. 这类交配中生下至少七个标准型后代。 来自辞典例句
• Violence begets violence until the innocent perish with the guilty. 暴力招致暴力直到这因罪行而无缘无故的毁灭。 来自电影对白

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

4 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

5 stewardship   

n. n. 管理工作；管事人的职位及职责

参考例句：

• The organization certainly prospered under his stewardship. 不可否认，这个组织在他的管理下兴旺了起来。
• Last, but certainly not least, are the issues of stewardship and ethics. 最后，但当然不是微不足道的，是工作和道德规范的问题。

6 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。