2017年翻译考试英语初级笔译材料（35）
翻译练习
1.Jefferson believed that governments are, at best, necessary evil.
2.Jordan cannot politely turn down the invitation to an Arab foreign ministers conference.
3.Dawn met him well along the way. It was a pleasant uneventful ride.
4.He harassed me with condemnations.
5.Continuing into the West, the plane flies over vast prairies and rough cattle-grazing country
6.They properly have to be very factual
7.He was a man of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.
8.Surprisingly enough, none of them showed any sign of fear
9.Compliments always take her by surprise.
10.She gazed on the scene with inscrutable liquid eyes.
参考译文
1.杰弗逊认为建立政府总归不是好事，但不建又不行。
2.约旦若拒绝接受阿拉伯外长会议的邀请，这在礼节上说不过去。
3.拂晓时，他早已上路了，这次旅行很愉快，没有碰到意外事件。
4.他一个劲儿责怪我，弄得我心烦意乱。
5.飞机继续深入西部地区，掠过广阔的草原和坎坷不平、牛羊成群的乡村。
6.他们必须实事求是，这是应该的。
7.他这个人智力贫乏、不学无术、喜怒无常。
8.令人惊讶的是，他们全都没有表现出丝毫恐惧。
9.听到人家恭维，她总是受宠若惊。
10.她那水灵灵的眼睛凝视着那一幕，眼里透着令人费解的神情。
