一、一些原义并无否定意思的形容词和别的词搭配有时可译成否定句 ?
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二、为了使译文自然流畅，读起来顺口，在一些形容词前可根据上下文内容加上副词“很”、“最”等字 f7\X3v2W}3
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三、有时可将英语的“形容词+名词短语”译成汉语的主谓结构 |e2s\?nB0S
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四、如果一个名词前有几个形容词修饰，英译时应根据汉语习惯决定其顺序 oj Y.6w
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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 \u [}
1. You are ignorant of the duties you undertake in marrying. }# ta3
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六、由于语言习惯不同，英语里的形容词有时译成汉语副词 mih}?oi
1. I am going to be good and sweet and kind to every body. v5a\}S<(
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2. He asked me for a full account of myself and family. ( `bb1gz
他详尽地问起我自己和我家里的情况。 lPxhqF5pP
3. Another war will be the absolute end of our country. (BP p2^
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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。 8j70X <R
