词组 | war |
释义 | 1. 泛指 “战争”,尤其是 “国家或利益集团之间的战争”,war 常作不可数名词,下面句子中 war 前面不用冠词: Civil war broke out in Afghani- stan. Terrorists declared war on the United States. How do I explain that the US is at war with Iraq? The two countries are at war. I know we went to war with Japan because they bombed Pearl Har- bor. Germany declared war on the USA. It has waged war against the Iraqi people with bombs and embar- goes. 2. 指具体的“一次战争”,war 为可数名词: Is lying about the reason for a war an impeachable offense? ( 这里 a war 暗指伊拉克战争) veterans of foreign wars Gulf wars Napoleonic wars America's major wars star wars ( 以上的 wars 都指某一特定时期或地区内的一系列战争) 3. 托尔斯泰的小说《战争与和平》的英文名称是 War and Peace。 4. 中国的“战国( 时期)”译成: the Warring States the period of the Warring States 5. 美国早期的内战 the Civil War 前面常用定冠词,习惯上译成“南北战争”,而不是“内战”: The Civil War is the greatest war in American history. 南北战争是美国历史上最大的一次战争。 6. 注意“世界大战”的译法,“第二次世界大战”可译成 the Second World War, World War Two 或 World War II,第一种说法要用定冠词。 7. “口水仗、公开相互批评指责”可以译成 a war of words: It sparked a war of words between the two companies. 8. 还可以说: a war of words and pictures a war of lies a war of values a war of nerves a war of civilizations a war of ifs and maybes a war of ideas a war of ideologies a war of aggression a war of the people a war of liberation a war of news a war of reviews a war of screenshots a war of technology a war of two different worlds a war of terror a war of anti-terrorism a war of independence a war of freedom a war of democracy a war of choice a war of courage a war of expansion a war of petrol 9. “……与……交战”,war 后面可用 against,with,between 等: The US has started a war against Muslims. The country once fought a war with Spain. This is a war between the rich and the poor. |
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