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 <\NY<QIwFw
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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 kPVO?uO
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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 5\e9@1Rc
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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
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你完全不懂你在婚姻方面承担的责任。
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3. He is truly sorry for his past, and he has undertaken to give up motorcars entirely and for ever. Kjs.L!W
他诚恳地忏悔过去,并保证永远不再玩汽车。 ;xzUE`uUfJ
六、由于语言习惯不同,英语里的形容词有时译成汉语副词 Bh;7C@dq
1. I am going to be good and sweet and kind to every body. UE$UR#T'w
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2. He asked me for a full account of myself and family. =y0C
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3. Another war will be the absolute end of our country. |Z=^`J
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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。 {
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