2011年中级笔译备考：汉译英难点解析(4)

　　第四篇 情感和态度

　　1. 犹豫不定be of two minds

　　我打算买辆汽车，可心里一直犹豫不定，不知道买那个牌子的好。

　　I’m thinking of buying a car, but I’m still of two minds .I can hardly decide as to which brand I should take.

　　2.心事重重 some thing weighs heavily on one’s mind

　　老板这几天沉默寡言，看起来好像是心事重重的

　　The boss is quite down these days. He seems to have something weighing heavily on his mind.

　　3.埋头苦干 keep one’s nose to the grindstone

　　这年头，只会埋头苦干的人是挣不了大钱的

　　These years those who’re keeping their nose to the grindstone can’t make bundles.

　　4.心凉了半截 cool one’s ardor

　　莉莉深深爱上了公司的老板并打算嫁给他，但是当她听说他玩弄过几个女孩子之后，她的心都凉了半截。

　　Lily was head over heels in love with their company’s boss and was thinking of marrying him, but the news that he had taken several girls for a ride cooled her ardor.

　　5.使人大为激动make one’s spine tingle

　　小李答应与他结婚使他大为激动

　　XiaoLi’s promise to marry him made his spine tingle.

　　6.怀恨在心 bear somebody a grudge

　　千万别得罪他，他会对你怀恨在心的

　　Take care not to offend him, or he’ll bear you a grudge.

　　7.感到四肢无力 feel wobbly and rough.

　　8.受冷落feel left out

　　在这样的场合上，谁愿意受到冷落那?

　　Who would like to feel left out at such a function?

　　9.不容易 no cinch.

　　我是挣了钱，但这钱挣得太不容易了

　　I know I’ve made some money, but it was no cinch to get it.

　　10.为难 be in a pickle

　　我真的很为难，我本应该给他买件皮衣，可我没有那么多的钱

　　I’m really in a pickle. I’m supposed to buy him a fur coat, but I don’t have enough money for such an item.(pickle作“困境”解)

　　11.苦苦哀求 press one’s suit

　　她苦苦哀求丈夫再给她一次机会

　　She pressed her suit and asked her husband to give her another chance.

　　(苦苦哀求：press one’s suit. suit 指“乞求或恳求”)