英語寫作中一句多譯典例

合理的結構、鮮明的主題固然是一篇好文章所必需的，恰當的選詞和靈活多樣的句子也是寫好文章必不可缺的。句子的一句多譯是語言靈活運用的最佳途徑，也為文章的暢通另辟了蹊徑。下面是高中階段常用的固定搭配和句型結構的一句多譯,我們羅列40例，供同學們在寫作中參考使用。

1. 和溜冰比起來，我較喜歡游泳。

I prefer swimming to skating.

= I prefer to swim rather than skate.

= I prefer to swim instead of skating.

= I would rather swim than skate.

= I like swimming better than skating.

2. 請代我問候你的父母。

Please give my regards / love to your parents.

= Please say hello to your parents.

=Please send my best wishes to your parents.

3. 他剛走出家門雨就開始下了。

He had no sooner left home than it began to rain.

=No sooner had he left home than it began to rain.

=He had hardly / scarcely left home when it began to rain.

=Hardly / Scarcely had he left home when it began to rain.

=It began to rain as soon as we left home.

=The moment we left, it began to rain.

4. 那件紅裙子多少錢?

What’s the price of that dress?

= How much is that dress?

= How much does that dress cost?

5. 那個問題太難了，我無法解決。

That problem is too difficult for me to solve.

= That problem is so difficult that I can’t solve it.

= That problem is not easy enough for me to solve.

= That problem is beyond my ability.

= It is so difficult a problem that I can’t solve it.

= It is such a difficult problem that I can’t solve it.

= It is such a difficult problem as I can’t solve.

6. 我們的老師那么好，我們都喜歡他。

Our teacher is so good that we all like him.

= He is so good a teacher that we all like him

= He is such a good teacher that we all like him.

7. 直到他昨天告訴我，我才知道此事。

= I didn’t know about it until he told me yesterday.

= Not until he told me yesterday, did I know about it

= It was until he told me yesterday that I knew about it

8. 告訴我你缺席的理由。

Tell me the reason for your absence.

= Tell me the reason why you are absent.

= Tell me why you are absent.

= Tell me what cause you to be absent.

9. 并非他兩個都來自北京。

Not both of them come from Beijing.

= Both of them don’t come from Beijing.

= One of them comes from Beijing; the other does not.

= Either of them comes from Beijing.

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