研英翻译演练(55)
<p> <span word="Until">Until</span> <span word="recently">recently</span>,<span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="unable">unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="devise">devise</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drill">drill</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="capable">capable</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="rock">rock</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="depths">depths</span>.</p><p> 参考答案：</p><p> 要点：此句很容易被错译为直到最近，科学家们尚未能设计出...。其原因在于对<span word="until">until</span>的用法理解有误。实际上，<span word="until">until</span>用于肯定句时，通常表示句子的动作发生一直持续到<span word="until">until</span>(介词)短语所表达的时间或是<span word="until">until</span>从句的动作发生时为止;用于否定句时，一般表示句子的动作在<span word="until">until</span>短语所表达的时间之后或<span word="until">until</span>从句的动作发生之后开始。用于否定的<span word="until">until</span>短语或从句，可根据情况译为直到...才...、直到...等。</p><p> 译文：直到最近，科学家们才得以设计出一种可以钻透极深处坚硬岩石的钻头。</p><p> </p>
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