2023.07.12
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01【hasten】
V.加速，催促，赶忙
a)The Queen thanks and rewards him, and they hasten back to the castle.
王后感激并酬谢了他，于是他们匆忙赶回城堡。（《长发公主》）
b)I must tell you how pleased I was to hear of your engagement, and hasten you my earnest congratulations.
非常高兴听到你订婚的消息，谨致上我虔诚的祝福。
02【mournful】
Adj.悲哀的，痛心的
a)How many tears are left fir their mournful parting sigh.
尚多少，离肠恨泪。（《鹊桥仙·七夕》英译）
b)He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake.
他提出对深蓝色的天空，那儿，星星一样在清澈平静的湖面上漂浮的白色百合花，他悲伤的眼睛。
03【valiant】
N./Adj.勇敢的，坚定的
a)Were all those dear, sorrowful, valiant, charming or tragic beings merely dreams? Had they actually existed?
所有这些宝贵的、苦痛的、勇敢的、可爱的或悲惨的人是梦中之影还是真正存在过的？
b)Your actions from the very beginning have been what most might consider evil, but what I see as valiant.
你的行为从最开始就被大多数人视为邪恶的，可我把它视为英勇。
04【obsolete】
N./Adj.淘汰的，过时的
a)When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
当一个科目已经变成完全过时，我们会把它列为必修课程。
b)However, this changed world was no longer the stage for her old father and his deeds became funnily obsolete.
可这世界，已不再是父亲驰骋的疆场，他的举动变得可笑落伍。（《笨拙的爱Awkward Love》）
05【imposing】
Adj.令人印象深刻的，壮观的
a)All during the long afternoon she thought of the city outside and its imposing show, crowds, and fine buildings.
整个长长的下午，她想到外面的城市，那壮观的市容和人群，那些漂亮的大楼。
b)Worldwide, government are imposing increasingly severe limits on how much of those compounds fuels can contain.
世界各国政.府对燃料中硫氮化合物含量的限制越来越严格。
06【mute】
N./V./Adj.哑巴，沉默
a)Finally there are four Tang dancers who seem to be swaying to a tune. Suddenly all the other figures seem static and mute.
最后是四个唐代的舞姬，她们似乎正随着一首乐曲摇曳身躯，霎那间让人放佛觉得其他所有的陶俑都变得静寂无声。
b)In college, Luo Lan volunteered at a deaf-mute school for three years. She was able to talk fluently with deaf-mutes in sign language.
读大学时，罗兰当过3年的志愿者，定期去聋哑学校服务，她能熟练地和聋哑人用手语交流。
07【aloft】
Adv.在高空中
a)We surrounded ourselves with such an atmosphere of pure frenzy（狂乱） that we always seemed to be soaring aloft on the wings of our enthusiasm.
我们把自己包裹在这样一种纯粹狂乱的气氛当中，就像一直乘着热情的翅膀，直冲云天。
b)Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art/ Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night.