世博英语札记【24】1999年11月22日札记

1999年11月22日

1.The book has been translated into no less than forty languages.

这本书已译成多达四十种语言.

2.He goes to work early;before the office is awake,so to speak.

他很早就去上班,用比喻的说法来讲,办公室尚未醒过来他就去工作了.

3.His appearance in the show was nothing less than a sensation.

他在表演中的亮相引起了轰动.
(nothing less than 是"不少于,简直是,完全"的意思.

4.It was nothing more than a shower.

这不过是一场阵雨而已.
(nothing more than是"仅仅,只不过"的意思.

5.He was courageous but short on wisdom.

他有勇无谋.