【又中又英】A Far Cry

作者：Alice的学习笔记

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单词、短语

• bustling
  （对即将发生坏事的）预感，英文解释为：a strong feeling that something bad is going to happen soon。
        She waited for news with a grim sense of foreboding.
        她带着一种可怕的预感等待消息。

• gathering
  集会，聚会，英文解释为：A gathering is a group of people meeting together for a particular purpose.
        //...the twenty-second annual gathering of the South Pacific Forum.
        第22届南太平洋论坛年会

   拓展：
   作为形容词，它可以表示夜色渐浓的，逐渐变黑的。
      The lighthouse beam was quite distinct in the gathering dusk.
      灯塔的光束在渐浓的暮色中清晰可见。

• a far cry （from sth）
  与某物大不相同，相当于to be very different from something。
        The company lost ￡3 million, which is a far cry from last year's ￡60 million profit.
        公司亏损了 300 万英镑，这与去年 6,000 万英镑的利润相差太远了。
  拓展：
  cry作名词还可以表示请求。英文解释为：You can refer to a public protest about something or an appeal for something as** a cry of some kind.
        There have been cries of outrage about this expenditure...
        这项开支遭到了一些人愤怒的指责。

• subdued
  通常用来形容人，表示闷闷不乐的，抑郁的，默不作声的，英文解释为：(of a person ) unusually quiet, and possibly unhappy.
        »He seemed a bit subdued to me.
        我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
        »She was in a subdued mood.
        她心情抑郁。

• spirited
  （形容人）精神饱满的、生气勃勃的，也可以表示激烈的，猛烈的。
        a spirited and energetic girl
        一个充满朝气、精力充沛的女孩
        spirited defence / debate / discussion etc
        有力的辩护/激烈的辩论/热烈的讨论等
  拓展：
  spirit作名词一般表示精神，活力等意思，但是它作动词表示把…迅速而秘密地带走，英文解释为：If someone or something is spirited away, or if they are spirited out of somewhere, they are taken from a place quickly and secretly without anyone noticing.
  Alice很喜欢看动漫，《千与千寻》就是我最喜欢的动漫之一，它的英文翻译是《Spirited Away》。这部电影的原本全称是《千と千尋の神隠し》，直接翻译是《千与千寻的神隐》。在日本文化里，把不知原因的失踪称之为“被神隐藏起来”，简称“神隐”，所以英文就翻译成《Spirited Away》。

• crown
  作名词可以表示王冠，帽顶等，也可以表示(受损牙齿的)人造冠，英文解释为：A crown is an artificial top piece fixed over a broken or decayed tooth.

翻译

原文作者：Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
中文翻译：七刻

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