英语长难句的分析与翻译(涉及great lengths等)
2024-11-09 16:02:26 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
Ling Ling, a 29-year-old living in Shanghai, has gone to great lengths to curate a picture-perfect life on social media.
玲玲是一个住在上海的29岁女孩,她在社交网站上用照片精心打造了一副完美生活的景象。
以上是沪江网上复制一个英文句子和对应的翻译,第一我想问great lengths这两个单词在句中是什么意思?第二,麻烦划下句子成分,每个单词都请划下,谢谢了。
老师答疑
刘老师:
Ling Ling, a 29-year-old living in Shanghai, has gone to great lengths to curate a picture-perfect life on social media.
【答】go to great lengths:英语习语。意为“竭尽全力;不遗余力”。
句子成分划分:
Ling Ling(主语), a 29-year-old(同位语;29-year-old用作名词,跟Ling Ling是同位关系) living in Shanghai(定语;修饰29-year-old), has gone to great lengths(谓语;固定习语不再细分) to curate a picture-perfect life (目的状语;其中a picture-perfect life作create的宾语)on social media(地点状语).
【补充】关于curate这个词,进一步查阅结果如下:
1.《柯林斯词典》VERB 组织(展览) If an exhibition is curated by someone, they organize it. ——特指用来“组织”展览。
The Hayward exhibition has been curated by the artist Bernard Luthi. 海沃德艺术展是由艺术家伯纳德·吕蒂组织的。
2.《牛津高阶双解词典》(第7版):只有名词用法:助理牧师。
3. 《有道词典》:vt. 当(博物馆、美术馆、图书馆)馆长
4. 《朗文词典》:只有名词用法,同《牛津高阶双解词典》。
5. 《海词》:v.t 管理(博物馆展品等);担任牧师。
据此可以判断:curate跟life搭配不合适;改为create a ... life(创造/打造......样的生活)为宜。
此外,新闻英语一般不会使用如此偏僻的词汇,关键是跟life搭配不合适。
张老师:
Ling Ling, a 29-year-old living in Shanghai, has gone to great lengths to curate a picture-perfect life on social media. Her photos on micro-blogging site Weibo show her glamorous and leisurely life.
【参考译文】玲玲是一位29岁的上海女孩儿,她在社交媒体上精心营造了一种完美的生活。微博上晒的都是他自己光鲜亮丽的休闲照。
【参考解析】
1.go to great lengths to do sth 尽全力去做某事
She 's so afraid of him that she goes to great lengths to avoid him. 她很怕他,所以她千方百计地躲着他。
We go to great lengths to ensure every component we design, manufacture and use is the best in every way. 我们竭尽全力确保每一件我们设计,制造和使用的部件在各方面都是最优质的。
2.curate vt. 策划/ 组织/ 打造/ 营造
The Hayward exhibition has been curated by the artist Bernard Luthi.
海沃德艺术展是由艺术家伯纳德·吕蒂组织的。《柯林斯高阶》
3.picture-perfect adj. [美]完美的,圆满的,绝妙的
For a few weeks every fall, we live in a picture-perfect postcard. 每个秋天,总有几个星期,我们就好像活在一张美极了的明信片里一样。
The picture-perfect land and lifestyle of the Alps contain many treasures for all the peoples of the world. 阿尔卑斯山绝佳的风景及民情蕴含了许多可供世人挖掘的宝藏。
【成分划分】请参阅刘老师解答。