请问各位英文好手To be or not to be. . . . 的中文该如何翻?
整句是To be, or not to be: that is the question.这是莎士比亚剧本「哈姆雷特」或「王子复仇记」第三幕、第一景中的一句话。用现代语言来讲，就是：The problem of existence or nonexistence confronts us.
国内有三个不一样的译本：
梁实秋先生的译文是：
「死后是存在还是没有--这是问题。」
朱生豪先生的译文是：
「存活还是毁灭，这是一个可以考虑的问题。」
虞尔昌先生的译文是：
「存在与否，那才是问题。」
后来名人套用这句话改写的句子不少，
比如：
1. To buy or not to buy: that is the question.
2. To pay or not to pay: that was the question.
3. To speak or not to speak: that is the question.
4. To be or not to be married: that was the question.
5. To eat roast chicken or not to eat roast chicken, that is the question.
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be psyched的意思是?
be psyched或 be psyched up 对某件事情预作心理筹备。
比如：The new teacher should be psyched for her first class.
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Nothing venture, nothing have.
vs.
No pains, no gains.
这两句的意义是一样的吗？ 不同。
第一句话的意义是「不入虎穴，焉得虎子」。第二句话的意义是「吃得苦中苦，方为人上人」中第523句，原文是：Nothing venture, nothing have.
它的英文讲解是：
This advises bold action. If you are not prepared to take risks you cannot expect to get results.
比如：A: I want to borrow the car for the weekend, but I dont think Dad will let me have it.
B: Go and ask him. Nothing venture, nothing have.
类似的谚语有：Nothing stake, nothing draw.
Fortune favours the bold.
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I make it a rule that the first thing I do every day is listen to an English radio program.
请问以上句子中为什么有两个Verb？
All we can do is to wait for him.
All we can do is wait for him.
--见五南图书出版公司英汉活用辞典p. 66)
All I did was touch the window.
The first thing was to make some coffee.
--见牛津大学出版社--Oxford University Press--出版之
Practical English Usage p. 116
作者：Michael Swan
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我太杞人忧天了，如何说？
English Proverbs Explained 一书中第496句：
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.中译为
「天下本无事，庸人自扰之」，即勿杞人忧天。因此「我太杞人忧天了」可改写此谚语英译为I trouble trouble too much before trouble troubles me.
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ad hoc 的意思是？
ad hoc 为拉丁字，1659年作副词用，1879年又可作形容词用。意思是「特别的」、「完全针对目前某一特定问题的」。比如：
an ad hoc committee 一个特别委员会。
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at the beach vs. on the beach
1. at the beach与 on the beach的意义一样。
比如：They are taking a holiday at / on the beach. 他们在海边度假。
2. on the beach 下船上岸； 失业，落魄。
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有 fall down 这个词组吗?
有 fall down 这个词组。假如词组的第一个字是动词，大家称它为词组动词 见 p. 101, Collins Cobuild Dictionary Phrasal Verbs.
1. 跌落: He fell down.
2. 散落: The pile of books fell down.
3. 崩蹋: The new bridge fell down.
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It turns out that. . . .这的意思是?
变成为的结果；结局变成；证明是
比如：as things turned out事情的结果是
As it turned out, I need not have bothered. 结果证明我原本不必担忧。
Life did not turn out the way I thought it would. 生活并不是如我想象那般。
