翻译练习题
At the end of this chapter there is a select bibliography of useful books.
本章末尾列有一份有用的精选书目。
Ted loves everything about books. He is a real bibliophile.
泰德喜爱所有与书籍有关的事物。他真是一个爱书人。
We bicker with each other, we love working with each other.
我们互相吵嘴，我们很喜欢和对方合作。
Individual channels bifurcate in that direction.
各个河道朝那个方向分叉。
A bigot is a stone-leaf ’orator.
偏执狂是极聋的演说家。
The critic’s review of the play was just a paragraph of bile.
那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。
the secretion of bile by the liver
肝脏分泌胆汁的过程(肝脏分泌胆汁，由胆贮藏)
They are charged with bilking investors out of millions of dollars.
他们被控诈骗了投资者几百万美元。
to bilk one’s bills赖账
The billowy crowd bubbled again.
汹涌的人群再一次沸腾了。
We blanch almonds by soaking off their skins in boiling water.
我们把杏仁泡在沸水中去皮弄成白色。
His face blanched as he looked at the uniform./ He blanched at the uniform.
他一看到这件制服，脸色顿时变得煞白。
He blanched at his miscalculations.
他回避了自己的判断错误。
Use some bleach on this shirt.
用些漂白剂漂白这件衬衣。
These products don’t bleach the hair.
这些产品不会使头发变白。(breach 违背;裂口)
That oatmeal is so bland that it is tasteless.
那种燕麦粥平淡无味。
Mary has a blander personality than Howard.玛丽的性格比霍华德还要沉闷。
Each word was a blasphemy. 每一个词都是侮辱。
Police said that the blast occurred at 9 a.m. 警方说这次爆炸发生在上午九点。
a blatant attempt to buy votes 公然的贿选企图.
I abhor advertising that is blatant, dull, or dishonest.
我痛恨那些华而不实、平淡无奇或自欺欺人的广告。
She was, after long experience, wary of her uncle’s selfishness, sometimes blatant, sometimes subtle.
经过长久的经验, 她对她叔父的自私已经有所戒备; 这种自私有时厚颜无耻, 有时巧妙阴险。
blazon/ brazen/ blatant： blazon forth宣扬 brazen/ blatant/ brassy厚脸皮的 blatant显眼的，炫耀的 blazon纹章
a bleak and desolate landscape 一片荒凉的景色He glimpsed Miss Wan’s bleak future. 他隐约感到万小姐前途黯淡。
A blithe heart makes a blooming visage.
人逢喜事精神爽。(visage n.面容)S
he blithely ignores the hard facts.她全然无视铁一般的事实。
She is rather blunt in speech. 她说话很直率。
The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it.
反复出现的暴力事件使人们的反应都变得麻木了。
This pencil’s blunt.这支铅笔不尖了。
The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.
房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
This creates a spectrum of colors at the edges of objects which blurs the image.
这在物体的边缘形成了一道色谱，使图像变得模糊不清。
Don’t blurt out this piece of news.这消息别嚷嚷出去。
Her blush told of her embarrassment.她脸红显露出她的困窘。
I blushed at my stupidity.我为自己的愚蠢羞愧得满脸通红。
’That’s lunacy,’ he blustered.“那真是疯了，”他吼道。
the bluster of the wind.狂风的吹打声
He is vain, arrogant, blustering, trying to keep leadership of his associates.
他爱慕虚荣，骄傲自大，狂暴蛮横，试图保住他在同伙中的领导地位。
This storm will bog all the cars down in the bog.
这场暴雨将使所有的车辆都陷在沼泽里。
a hearty and boisterous brat活泼爱吵闹的孩子/顽童
I made some excuse and bolted for the exit.
我编了个借口后便向出口冲去。
Don’t forget to bolt the door with the bolt.别忘了用门闩闩门。
When he reached the gate, there was the usual badinage with Charlie.
当他来到公园大门时，还是与往常一样和查理开玩笑。
He is in bondage to his ambition.他被他的野心所支配。
a boom in car sales汽车销售额的剧增Another crisis is looming.另一场危机一触即发。The new software will prove a boon to Internet users.这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
Do not belittle/ look down upon/ despise the boor.
不能瞧不起乡下人。
Don’t be such a boor!不要这样粗鲁!
That effort will be bootless.那种努力将是无益的。
I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
A little bracing roughness is better than spoiling him.
令人精神振作的微弱粗暴比娇宠他要好得多。
There was no bombast or conceit in his speech.
他的演讲并没有夸大其词和自吹自擂。
I don’t want to sit next to that old blowhard.
我不想坐在那个爱自吹自擂的老人旁边。
Don’t brag about what you’re going to do. Get something done.
先别吹，做出具体成绩来再说。
He was disliked because his manner was always full of braggadocio.
人们讨厌他，因为他老是吹牛。
Sir, I don’t seek a quarrel, not being a braggart.
先生，我并不想寻衅挑斗，也不是爱吹牛的人。
She answered with a brandish of her umbrella.
她挥动着伞回答。
He appeared in the house brandishing a knife.
他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在房间里。(blandish vt.奉承;勾引)
You know, blandishment cannot be done by everyone.
要知道，讨好谁也做不到。
They are fools who adulate/ blandish every decision of their leaders.
对领导的每个决定一味奉承的人是蠢材。
We could not carry out that brash plan
我们不能执行那个轻率的计划。
’I’ll be fine on my own,’ she said with bravado.
“我一个人没问题。”她逞能地说。
a bravura performance精彩表现The film is directed with a technical bravura and visual splendor这部电影的导演过分卖弄摄影技巧，追求华丽炫目的视觉效果。[brəˈvʊrə, -ˈvjʊrə]
They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.
他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
I don’t want to see our two neighbors engaged in a brawl.
我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。(crawl v.爬行)
a rare breed of miniature horses一种罕见的小矮马
The bricklayer learned to bridle his temper.泥瓦匠学会了控制脾气。
Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。[əˈpɑkəˌlɪps]
to set off at a brisk pace以轻快的步伐上路
My dog’s hair bristles.我的狗毛发竖立。
Ellis bristles at accusations that Berkeley’s experiment is ill-conceived.
埃利斯对有人指责伯克利的实验考虑不够周密感到气愤。
Do not belittle the boor. 不能瞧不起乡下人。
Brittle/ Fragile things break easily.脆的东西容易破碎。
I thought I’d better broach the matter with my boss.
我想我最好还是跟老板说一下这事。
The meeting produced the usual bromides about third-world debt and the environment.
会议上提出的还是那些惯常讨论的老套话题—第三世界债务和环境问题。
He said it was all a load of cobblers.
他说那完全是一派胡言
。a dose of bromide.一剂溴化钾镇静剂[’brəʊmaɪd]
She brooded over the plan, trying to find some mistakes in it.
她仔细考虑计划，试图发现其中的错误。
They browbeat him into signing the document.
他们威逼他签署了文件。
If I had been there, I would not have let him bully you.
当时如果我要是在场，我就不会让他欺负你的。
He has been variously described as a hero, a genius and a bully.
他被描述为英雄、天才、恶霸，不一而足。
The bruise was caused by a kick.这伤痕是脚踢的。
Apples bruise easily.苹果易碰伤。(cruise v.巡游)
The representative’s job is to bruit/ propagate the company’s products abroad.
公司代表的工作就是向国外宣传公司的产品。(propaganda:宣传，宣传活动)
She had to bear the brunt of the criticisms.
她不得不承受批评的压力。
He is never brusque with his comrades.
他对同志从不疾言厉色。
She has buck teeth.她有龅牙。
we are bucking the trend.我们逆势而进。
Buck up! Lots of people fail their driving test first time.
别灰心，许多人首次参加驾驶考试都没通过。
Hurry up/ Buck up or we will miss the train.快点，不然我们就赶不上火车了。
a mop and bucket拖把和水桶
the bucolic surroundings of Chantilly.尚蒂伊的田园景致[bjuˈkɑlɪk]
She won’t budge from her opinions.
她连稍微改变一下自己的看法都不愿意。
She pushed at the door but it wouldn’t budge.
她推了推门，门却一动不动。
If you badger him long enough, I’m sure he’ll agree.
只要你天天纠缠他，我相信他会同意。
That politician acted like a buffoon during that debate.
这个政客在那场辩论中真是丑态百出。 [b ʌ:’fu:ŋ]
Keep that bumptious/ arrogant bastard out of my hair, but book me on his flights.
别让这个自高自大的家伙惹我生气，不过在替我订票的时候，要订他飞的班次。
If you bungle a job, you must do it again!
要是你把一件事搞糟了，你得重做!
to make a terrible blunder犯大错
No doubt I had blundered again.无疑，我又犯了一个愚蠢的错误。
We were in a buoyant mood after winning our match.
我们赢了比赛，心情很振奋。
Syria badly needs a new president who can burnish its image.
叙利亚急需一位能改善其声望的主席。
She threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray.
她把烟头扔进烟灰缸。
He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们嘲笑的对象。
Lawrence kept on butting me but the referee did not warn him.
劳伦斯不停地用头撞我，但是裁判并没有警告他。
a byzantine system of rules and trading arrangements
包含各种规则和贸易协定的错综复杂的体系[bɪ’zæntaɪn,’bɪzəntiːn]
a cache of weapons and explosives.一批隐藏的武器和炸药[kæʃ]
The cacophony lasted a long time and then suddenly stopped.
那个(刺耳的声音)持续了好久然后突然停止了。[kə’kɑ:fənɪ]
I managed to cadge a ride with a lorry driver.
我求一个卡车司机免费载了我一程。[kædʒ]
He would go to him---threaten, cajole, actually destroy him, if necessary.
他要去看他——威胁、利诱、倘使需要的话，就把他彻头彻尾地毁灭。
They are charged with bilking investors out of millions of dollars.
他们被控诈骗了投资者几百万美元。
She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer.
她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
I had to coax the information out of him.
我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
