2013年英语四级翻译练习

　　1.The man who stolen my watch was ______________________(不是别人，正是约翰)。

　　答案：no other than John

　　2.He does everything with great care but I think ________________________(与其说他谨慎，不如说他是怯懦)。

　　答案：he is more poltroon than cautious.

　　(本题考察比较判断句型“more … than ”的用法，它的意思是“与其说…不如说…”，more和than后接对称成分)

　　3.Judging from his words, we can know that___________________________(他不是生病，而是情绪低落)。

　　答案：he isn’t so much ill as depressed.

　　(本题考察比较判断句型 not so much … as, 意思是“不是…而是…”)

　　4.One blind man says that____________________________(与其说大象像别的东西，不如说它像一根长矛。)

　　答案：the elephant is more like a spear than anything else

　　5.Scientists believe that_____________________________(与其说海洋分隔了世界，倒不如说海洋连接了各国。)

　　答案：Oceans don’t so much divide the world as unite it

　　6.Experience shows that success is _______________________(应更多的归功与热忱而非能力)

　　答案：due less to ability than to zeal

　　7..______________________(我的所有朋友都不抽烟除了你)，so my parents don't want me

　　答案：None of my friends smoke except you

　　8.We have no need to run after luxury,because _____________________(高价格并不一定意味着高品质)

　　答案：a high price does not necessarily mean good quality

　　9.My teacher always scold us even for making a small mistake.I think she doesn't realize that _______________________(人人都要缺点。)

　　答案：there is no man without faults

　　10.By that time we shall________________(生产的粮食将比2006年增加了3倍)。

　　答案：produce four times as much grain as we did 2006

　　(本题考察倍数表达法，倍数表达法要分清是原来的几倍，此题“增加了3倍”即是原来的四倍，另外，as…as中间要用形容词原型。)