2012年翻译考试（笔）笔记解析（5）

2012年翻译考试（笔）笔记解析（5）

1. demurral：名词 demurral 表示“反对、异议；犹豫、顾虑”，特指经过深思熟虑后正式提出的反对意见（considered expression of opposition, a formal objection）。动词形式为demur 提出异议（也可用作名词），常用作法律词汇。

Apart from the one small protest, which ended after some gentle placard-waving, there has been no whisper of public demurral. 除了一个小规模的抗议之外，没有其他任何公众抗议的流言。而这次抗议也只是挥舞了几下标语就结束了。外语学习网 

All articles held in house are deemed to give up, Party A has the right to handle, Party B is without demur definitely. 房屋留置的一切物品均视为放弃，甲方有权处置，乙方绝无异议。 

2. sideline：作名词时，表示球场边线，副业（a subsidiary line of merchandise），局外人的观点。

球类运动术语中的边线球 sideline ball 属于界外球的一种。sideline product 指副业产品，一家公司兼营其它业务可以说sideline in。sidelined investors 指的是持观望态度的投资者。sideline还可以用作动词，表示（由于受伤）退出比赛；把…排除在核心之外。

He runs a profitable sideline selling postcard to tourist. 他在干一个有收益的副业----向游客出售明信片。 

As a journalist , I was on the sidelines during the political crisis. 我是记者，在这一政治危机时期我是目睹一切的局外人。 

3. Sculley and Jobs：

乔布斯为了游说斯卡利加入苹果说的那句极具煽动性的“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?”至今为人津津乐道，不过斯卡利任职苹果最广为人知的事迹，就是把乔布斯扫地出门赶出了苹果，斯卡利也因为招无数非议。乔布斯与斯卡利在关系的甜蜜期也曾经这样一唱一和过：“Sculley confided that if he hadn’t become a businessman, he would be an artist. Jobs replied that if he weren’t working with computers, he could see himself as a poet in Paris.”