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今天「高齋翻碩」給大家分享張培基譯《太陽》節選的單詞解析。
原文
太陽與大家有關，人們跟著太陽起床，隨著太陽的沉沒而沉睡，等待明天的太陽。大家喜歡太陽，等著看日出，《日出的印象》是舉世繪畫名作，「夕陽無限好」是千古名句。太陽賦大自然色彩，太陽在人間創造了陰影。沒有了陰影，也就看不清光明，有了陰影才認識世界原來是立體的。
張培基譯文
We are all closely related to the sun. We get up at sunrise and fall into a heavy slumber after sunset until the sun reappears the next day. We all love the sun and long for sunrise. Impression, Sunrise is a world-famous painting.
「The setting sun shines with unrivalled splendor」 is a celebrated line from an ancient Chinese poem. The sun endows Mother Nature with color and creates shadows for men. Without shadows, we could be unable to see light. It is by means of shadows that we find the world to be three-dimensional.
單詞解析
第一句：太陽與大家有關，人們跟著太陽起床，隨著太陽的沉沒而沉睡，等待明天的太陽。
We are all closely related to the sun. We get up at sunrise and fall into a heavy slumber after sunset until the sun reappears the next day.
1. be closely related to sth 與……密切相關，如漢英大詞典上有這麼一句話：
Light industry is closely related to agriculture.
輕工業和農業密切相關。
2. slumber [slmbr] n. 睡眠，文中fall into a heavy slumber指的是「沉睡」，相當於fall into a deep slumber，如牛津詞典上有這麼一句話：
She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.
她睡著了，睡得又沉又香。
第二句：大家喜歡太陽，等著看日出，《日出的印象》是舉世繪畫名作，「夕陽無限好」是千古名句。
We all love the sun and long for sunrise. Impression, Sunrise is a world-famous painting. 「The setting sun shines with unrivalled splendor」 is a celebrated line from an ancient Chinese poem.
1. long for 渴望。如外研社英語同義詞辨析詞典上有這麼一句話：
I long for the day when my dream can come true.
我渴望有一天能夠夢想成真。
2. unrivalled [nravld] adj. 無與倫比的；無雙的。如外研社英語同義詞辨析詞典上有這麼一句話：
The grassland scenery here is unrivalled.
這裡的草原風景是無與倫比的。
3. splendor ['splendr] n. 華麗；壯麗；光輝；顯赫。The setting sun shines with unrivalled splendor. 夕陽無限好。
4 celebrated [selbretd] adj. 著名的；聞名的；馳名的，如金融時報上有這麼一句話：
These celebrated markets deserve attention from economists as well as tourists.
除了遊客之外，這些著名的市場也值得經濟學家關注。
第三、四句：太陽賦大自然色彩，太陽在人間創造了陰影。沒有了陰影，也就看不清光明，有了陰影才認識世界原來是立體的。
The sun endows Mother Nature with color and creates shadows for men. Without shadows, we could be unable to see light. It is by means of shadows that we find the world to be three-dimensional.
1. endow sth with sth 賦予；使擁有。如牛津詞典上有這麼一句話：
Herbs have been used for centuries to endow a whole range of foods with subtle flavours.
數個世紀以來，香草一直被用於給各種食物增添淡淡的香味。
2. by means of 通過，用，如柯林斯詞典上有這麼一句話：
The drawing is transferred onto the wood by means of carbon paper.
這幅畫是通過複寫紙印到木頭上的。
3. three-dimensional 三維的，立體的，栩栩如生的，逼真的，鮮活的。
今天就分享到這裡啦！