汉译英常用技巧比较句的翻译

比较句的翻译Translationofcomparativesentences相等（equation)A.as……as在真空中，轻物体与重物体降落得一样快。Invacuum,lightbodieswillfallasfastasheavyones.她的脸圆圆的，跟孩子一样。Herfaceisasroundasachild’s.郑州是和西安同样重要的一个工业中心。ZhengzhouisasimportantanindustrialcenterasXi’an.B.thesame……as….荷兰语与英语同出一源。DutchisofthesameoriginasOldEnglish.课堂练习这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。Thisfilmisasinterestingasthatone.你的钢笔书写起来和我的一样流畅。Yourpenwritesassmoothlyasmine.这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。Thisdictionaryisnotas/sousefulasyouthink.她很伤心地看着我们，眼镜睁得跟他的祖母一样大。Helookedatussadlywithhiseyesaslargeashisgrandmother’s.这本书和我上周读的那本是一样的。ThisisthesamebookasIreadlastweek.C.相等程度比较且含有否定意义（nomore….than/notanymorethan,nobetterthan(notanybetterthan和….同样不她不善于游泳，如同你不善于游泳一样。Heisnomoreskilfulatswimmingthanyouare.我同她一样，都不喜欢玩扑克。Iamnomorefondofplayingpokerthanheis.他既不是画家，也不是作家。Heisnomoreawriterthanapainter.他和我都读不懂西班牙语。He’snomoreabletoreadSpanishthanIam.我对西班牙语和希腊语同样都不懂。IknownomoreSpanishthanIknowGreek.他并不比你更善于游泳。Heisnotmoreskilfulatswimmingthanyouare.我并不比他更喜欢玩扑克。Iamnotmorefondofplayingpokerthanheis.新版本并不比旧版本贵。Theneweditionisnotmoreexpensivethantheoldone.D.A之于B犹如C之于DAistoBwhatCistoD军民关系犹如鱼水关系。Thearmyistothepeoplewhatfishistowater.读书对于精神如同食物对于身体一样。Foodistothebodywhatreadingistomind.超越(surpass)1.用比较级(comparativedegree)这任务比我想象的难。ThetaskismoredifficultthanIimaginedittobe.他在科研上去的成就就比预期的大。Thesuccesshehasachievedinscientificresearchisgreaterthanexpected.2.用含有超越意义的动词或动词词组(surpass,overtake,transcend,gobeyond心灵美胜过外表美。Beautyofmindexcelsbeautyofappearance.这还意味着，女性可能将很快超越男性，成为美国劳动力大军的主力。ItalsomeansthatwomencouldsoonovertakemenasthemajorityoftheUSlabourforce.这些问题超出了语言研究的范围。Theseissuestranscendthelimitsoflanguagestudy不过，修复全球经济，需要的不仅仅是双边会谈。Mendingtheworldeconomy,however,mustgobeyondmerebilateraltalks.当你给了孩子他们需要的，他们的表现会超越你的期望。Whenyougivekidswhattheyneed,theywillexceedyourexpectations.很多人认为，在学习语言时，讲得正确要比讲得流利重要。Lotsofpeoplethinkthatinlanguagestudy,accuracyshouldcomebeforefluency.3.用含有超越意义的形容词:这项计划和原来的计划比起来，要完备的多。Thisplanisfarsuperiortotheoriginalone.贫穷总比不健康好。Povertyispreferabletoill-health.差逊用比较级+than一个可疑的朋友比一个肯定的敌人还坏。Adoubtfulfriendisworsethanacertainenemy.差逊意义的动词或词组FallfarshortofUnabletokeeppacewithUnderactFall/decrease/falloff,falldown,fallflatLower/bringdown/lessen数的比较☆

表示数的比较之差这座高耸入云的摩天大楼比它附近的教堂尖塔还高九英尺。Thecloud-kissingskyscraperisninefeettallerthanthechurchspireinitsvicinity.她只差两分钟没赶上飞机。Hemissedtheairlinebytwominutes.她在女子单打中以3:0取胜。Shewonby3:0inwomen’ssingles.今年小麦产量比去年多4500万吨。Thisyear’syieldofwheatexceedslastyear’sby45milliontons.倍数（multiple）★2010年以来，我厂产量增加到四倍。Theoutputofourfactoryhasincreasedfourtimessince2010.times+a./adv+than…线段AB比线段CD长三倍。LineABisthreetimeslongerthanlineCD.这个大厅比我们的教室大五倍。Thehallisfivetimesbiggerthanourclassroom.这根绳子是那根绳子的三倍长（比那根绳子长两倍）。Thisropeistwicelongerthanthatone.这辆小车的速度比那辆卡车快两倍（是那辆卡车的三倍）。

Thecarrunstwicefasterthanthattruck.times+more+n.（c/uc）+than这种机器的耗油量比那种类型的多三倍。Thistypeofmachineusesthreetimesmorefuelthanthattypedoes.他现在挣得钱比十年前挣的多5倍。Heearnsfivetimesmoremoneythanhedidtenyearsago.我们班的学生人数比他们班多两倍。Therearetwicemorestudentsinourclassthanintheirs.....times＋as＋a.（/much）/adv＋as...

这张桌子是那张桌子的三倍长。Thistableisthreetimesaslongasthatone.这本词典的厚度是你从图书馆借的那本的5倍。Thisdictionaryisfivetimesasthickastheoneyouborrowedfromthelibrary.大箱子是小箱子的四倍重。Thebigboxisfourtimesasheavyasthesmallone.亚洲的面积是欧洲的四倍。AsiaisfourtimesaslargeasEurope.那架飞机飞行高度是那个风筝的十倍。（高出九倍）Theplaneflewtentimesashighasthekite.....times＋the＋n.（size,height,weight,length,width）＋of

地球的体积是月球的49倍。Theearthis49timesthesizeofthemoon.这条河是那条河的三倍深。Thisriveristhreetimesthedepthofthatone.这条大街是那条街的四倍长。Thisstreetisfourtimesthelengthofthatone.这棵大树的高度是那棵小树的四倍。（比那棵小树高三倍）Thisbigtreeisfourtimestheheightofthatsmallone....times＋asmany（/much）＋n.＋as…这个壶里的水（量）是那个壶里的三倍。Thereisthreetimesasmuchwaterinthispotasinthatone.到的人是我们预计的五倍。Therearefivetimesasmanystudentsasweexpected.今年我们生产的棉花比十年前多了一倍。Wehaveproducedtwiceasmuchcottonthisyearas(wedid)tenyearsago.她拥有书的数量是她妹妹的三倍。Shehasgotthreetimesasmanybooksashissister....times+what+从句

这条路的长度是是三年前的4倍。Thelengthoftheroadisfourtimeswhatitwasthreeyearsago.肉价是去年的两倍。Thepriceofthemeatistwicewhatitwaslastyear....times+over+被比对象

太阳的体积比地球的体积大一百万倍。Thesizeofthesunisamilliontimesoverthatoftheearth.那个村的粮食产量比2002年增加了两倍。

Thegrainoutputinthatvillageistwiceoverthatof2002.“...times+that+of+被比对象”这个车间7月份的产量是1月份的4.5倍。

Inthisworkshop,theoutputofJulywas4.5timesthatofJanuary.“...times+comparedwith+被比对象”我们学校的学生人数比2009年增加了四倍。

Thenumberofthestudentsinourschoolhasincreasedby4timescomparedwith2009.今年我国工业产值比去年增加了三倍。Thisyearthevalueofourindustrialoutputhasincr