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五、英语中一些表示知觉、情感、欲望等心理状态的形容词同连系动词构成复合谓语时，翻译时可将形容词译成动词 a@}.96lStD
1. You are ignorant of the duties you undertake in marrying. n Ja! &G&
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3. He is truly sorry for his past, and he has undertaken to give up motorcars entirely and for ever. @2(u=E: ^
他诚恳地忏悔过去，并保证永远不再玩汽车。 srS!X$cec
六、由于语言习惯不同，英语里的形容词有时译成汉语副词 .:_'l)-
1. I am going to be good and sweet and kind to every body. q~ `hn(S
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从以上几个方面可以看出，译好形容词是使译文通顺、流畅的一个环节。 }n)0}U5;0
