世博英语札记【99】基本动词take的总结（2）

基本动词take的总结（2）

继续上次对“take”的整理：

21. 四减二等于几？

What do you get if you take 2 from 4 ?

【看似小学数学题，翻译上可是大难题】

22. 这车装多少汽油？

How much petrol will the car take?

23. 他的第二部小说不畅销。

His second novel did not take.

24. 请记下我的地址和呼机号。

Take my address and pager number down please.

25. 我不在乎偶尔赔点钱，但这次我真的亏了本。

I don't mind losing a little money now and then, but I really took a bath this time.

26. 这位总统候选人在选举中输了。

The presidential candidate took a beating in the runoffs.

【从这个句子里可以学到不少生词噢！】

27. 你为何总是挖苦你的朋友？

Why are you always taking a jab at your friends?

28. 哇！瞧瞧这个小妞！

Wow, take a gander at this chick!

29. 经理对迟到的雇员采取强硬态度。

The manager takes a hard line with the employees who show up late.

30. 这个老板和这个鬼地方我是受够了，所以我收拾好东西一走了之。

I had enough of the boss and the whole place, so I cleaned out my desk and took a walk.

【哪天辞职不干的时候就用这句话来解释】

31. 他抛弃了我，太无耻了！

He walked out on me, and that took a lot of nerve!

【一定那位美眉的血泪控诉】

32. 我不想参与如此肮脏的勾当。

I don't want to take a hand in such dirty business.

33. 滚开，你这个讨厌鬼！

You can just take a running jump, you creep!

34.你怎么会沉溺于“***功”？它能使人精神错乱。

How come you took to Fa Lun Gong? It is enough to make one take leave of one's senses.

【很时尚的话题噢！】

35. 在晚宴上他不辞而别。

He took French leave during the dinner party.

36. 别放弃， 鼓起勇气。一切都会好的。

Don't give up, take heart. Everything will be OK.

【这也是我平时对自己说的最多的一句话】

37. 我负责管理这事。

I'll take charge of it.

38. 我极力反对经理的话。

I took great exception to what the manager said.

【一般来说没什么好日子过】

39. 我对这个糟糕的消息极为震惊。

I took great fright at the bad news.

40. 在你外出度假时我冒昧地借用了你的电脑。

I took the liberty of borrowing your computer while you were away on holiday.

【待续】

还是来看看一句话的三种表达方式：（具体内容请参看专递第43期）

10.那个姑娘确实引起了我的注意。
A. That girl sure caught my attention.【formal】
B. That girl sure got me to notice her.【informal】
C. That girl sure caught my eye.【slang】

11. 听众对演讲者洗耳恭听。
A. The audience remained attentive to the speaker.【formal】
B. The audience was enthralled by the speaker.【informal】
C. The audience was glued to their seats by the speaker.【slang】