霏楊狂想．馳騁于風

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*健康就是莫大的財富。

Good health is a great asset.

*她對變化有很強的適應力。

She is very resilient to change.

*他應該勇於正視自己不再年輕的事實。

He should face up to the fact that he is no longer young.

*她很不情願地承認了這個事實。

She was very reluctant to admit the truth.

*我不太清楚下一步該做什麼。

I’m a bit of hazy about what to do next.

*我認為他還沒找到生活的歸宿。

I don’t think he’s yet found his niche.

*他們都得參加，不管他們願不願意。

They all had to take part, willy-nilly.

*不能強行規定人們應該怎樣生活。

You can’t dictate to people how they should live.

*這會造成嚴重的後果。

This could have grave consequences.

*This experience can embarrass some people to tears.

*真可惜兩個音樂會的時間撞期，我本來想都去的。

It’s a pity the two concerts clash; I want to go to both of them.

*我們歸途中不太順心。

Our journey home was pretty traumatic.

*孩子們累了，沒精打采地跟在父母後面。

The tried children trailed along behind their parents.

*漫不經心的回答、言語、態度

a flippant answer, remark, attitude

*她屢屢求助卻無人理會。

All her appeals for help fell on deaf ears.

*憂鬱的面容、顰蹙

a saturnine face, frown

*舒展眉頭

smooth one’s knotted brows

*她臉上的表情完全暴露了她的秘密。

The expression on her face was a (dead) give-away.

*（談到她很難說）

It’s hard to tell with her.

*我們聽到那消息都陷入了絕望。

The news plunged us into despair.

*The action or analysis of others puts doubt in your mind and erodes self-confidence.

*因履遭挫折而逐漸削弱的自信心

self-confidence undermined by repeated failures.

*那個壞消息給會議蒙上了陰影。

The bad news cast a shadow on/over our meeting.

*那傢伙對讓人洩氣呀！

What a downer that guy is!

*誰遲到誰倒楣。

Woe betide anyone who arrives late.

*使某人陷入絕境

send a man into his doom

*所有希望都破滅了。

All hope had fled.

*We can so easily flee from everything that we desire and which life so generously places before us.

*破滅的希望

hopes that crumbled to dust

*使某人的希望破滅

dash/shatter sb’s hopes

*（陷入混亂）

descend into chaos

*對有些人來說，吸毒是一種逃避現實的手段。

Drug-taking is a form of escapism for some people.

*他渾身散發著腐化墮落的氣味。

An odour of corruption hangs about him.

*他有前科，我不能輕易相信他。

His criminal record does not dispose me to trust him.

*生活十分潦倒

living in utter degradation

*占星家聲稱能預知禍福。

Astrologers claim to be able to divine what the stars hold in store for us.

*我預見到以後要有麻煩來。

I can see trouble in store.

*Her sixth sense told her not to mention Lorens.

*我終於揭穿了他「一貫正確」的神話。

I’ve finally nailed the myth of his infallibility.

*wear a face mask to prevent oneself from contracting swine flu

*他對許多事耿耿於懷。

He has many obsessions.

*在我們大城市裡四處遊蕩的年輕人。

young people adrift in our big city

*feel scared stiff because you couldn’t find anyone with whom to share your life.

*有些悶悶不樂

have a bit of a mope

*潛藏於心的懷疑

a lurking suspicion

*在緊要關頭

at the crucial moment

*靈光一閃、直覺的感觸

a flash of inspiration, intuition

*似曾來過這裡的奇怪感覺

a peculiar feeling that one has been here before

*領悟某人的思想、察覺某人的意圖、猜出事情的真相

divine sd’s thoughts, sb’s intentions, the truth

*弄清某人的真實意圖

discern sb’s true intentions

*到這時，隊員們已經預感到即將獲勝了。

By then, the team was scenting victory.

*一線希望

a gleam of hope

*感到雨過天青

feel the fog lifting

*She sat for a long time staring at the kitchen wall before subsiding into convulsive soothing sobs.

*別再提起那些過往了。

Don’t rake up the past.

*結痂的傷口

an encrusted wound

*不必顧及我個人的感情

Let’s set aside my personal feelings.

*一陣陣嫉妒、毀很、負疚、自責的痛苦

pangs of jealousy, remorse, guilt, conscience.

*A wave of terror seemed to rise up from her belly and spread through her body.

*At one point, he had even been tempted to go over and embrace her, to shield her from her terror.

*I’m afraid of committing myself.

(Because you want to follow all possible paths and so end up following nothing.)

*She had the sense of a wall coming down, a feeling that, from then on, everything would be permitted.

*她遭受的苦難使他們心如刀割。

Her suffering pierced their hearts.

*她付了維修費以減輕內疚感。

She paid the repair bill as a salve to her conscience.

*他們無恥地利用了她的慷慨。

They exploited her generosity shamelessly.

*他以請我指教為藉口前來看我，其實是想借錢。

He came to see me on/under the pretext of asking my advice when he really wanted to borrow money.

*他的話的確刺痛了她。

His words certainly stung (her).

*（為誰辛苦為誰忙）

You’ll feel as if you’ve been helping someone to no avail.

*（立下的承諾被打迫使你感到灰心懊惱。）

Promises are made and broken, much to your chagrin.

*人生並非事事如意。

Life isn’t a bed of roses.

*Another ditch in the road, you keep moving

 Another stop sign, you keep moving on

 And the years go by so fast

 Wonder how I ever made it through

*be translated into an initiative for self-development

*她認為這家公司的前景看好。

She painted a rosy picture of the firm’s future.

*心懷報復、晉升的希望

nurse feelings of revenge, hopes of promotion

*人比人，氣死人。

Comparisons are odious.

*以言語表達感情、思想、觀點

give utterance to one’s feelings, thoughts, views

*你終於能清償債務並且鬆一口氣。

You can finally discharge a debt and breathe a sigh of relief.

*and that first desire was now dwindling in importance with each week that passed

*母親下葬後，她深感寬慰與解脫。

After her mother’s funeral, she felt a profound sense of relief and closure.

*那柔和的音樂對他是一種安慰。

The gentle music was a balm to his ears.

*他的愛犬死後，什麼事情也不能使他寬慰。

Nothing could console him when his pet dog died.

*你打算什麼時候跟你兄弟提起欠我錢的事？（提起尷尬之事）

When are you going to tackle your brother about that money he owes me?

*我得鼓足勇氣去見上司。

I have to summon (up) all my nerve to see my boss.

*現在老闆對我很反感。

I’m in rather bad odour with my boss at the moment.

*他心頭一直縈繞著可能失業的恐懼感。

The specter of unemployment was always on his mind.

*the difficulties, pressures, temptation that beset us

*我無法擺脫單調的坐班工作。

I can’t get off the office treadmill.

*單調乏味的夜晚、生活、個性

a drab evening, existence, personality

*The grass needs cutting off, but I can’t be bothered to do it.

*放下平淡無味的瑣事

Set mundane tasks aside.

*When you don’t do this, you can get stuck in the rut of everyday.

*（撇開這想法）

brush the thought aside

*容易事前緊張

be prone to getting pre-event jitters

*He is slow to anger and impossible to pacify.

*避免一切人際關係的害羞的人

a shy person who avoids all human intercourse

*（所以她逃避感情。）

That’s why she shies from human affection.

*她的樣子總是躲躲閃閃的，從不正眼看我。

Her manner was always evasive; she would never look straight at me.

*a person you would normally shy away from

*她非常緊惕陌生人。

She was wary of strangers.

*舊觀念的束縛

shackled by outdated attitudes

*我臨考前緊張得不得了。

I get very strung up before an exam.

*筋疲力盡

be, feel, get run-down

*began to feel the fatigue of so many hours under tension

*and there would be a lessening of tension

*他累得一下子坐到離他最近的小沙發上。

Exhausted, he flopped (down) into the nearest chair.

*我目前勞累過度─應承的事太多了。

I’ve overworked at the moment – I’ve taken too many commitments.

*他得悉此事義憤填膺。

When he heard the news, he reacted with a sense of outrage.

*這消息使他的血液都沸騰起來了。

The news sent the blood pulsing through his veins.

*他面無血色。

All his blood drained from his face.

*我聽到這種音樂非常興奮。

That music really sends me!

*為某人的成功而高興

rejoice at sb’s success

*struggled to contain her excitement

*我說什麼也不願意處於他的地位。

I wouldn’t swap places with him for anything.

*我完全同意。(與有同感)

My sentiments exactly!

*（電話中發出同意的嗯哼聲）

accompanied all this with a few affirmative grunts

*這個故事滿足了她的好奇心。

The story tickled her fancy/ curiosity

*對出生地有眷戀之情

have a sentimental attachment to one’s birth-place

*她看到這些照片，喚起了對往事的回憶。

Old memories stirred as she looked at the photographs.

*一絲笑容使她臉上平添了生氣。

A smile animated her face.

*她好像總是喜氣洋洋的。

She always seems to have an aura of happiness.

*她高興得忘乎所以。

She was giddy with happiness.

*The more time Brida spent with Wicca,

 the more aware she became of what a very pretty woman she was.

*他思忖著要是沒有這些孩子將來又如何。

He contemplated what the future would be like without the children.

*有懷念價值的手錶（因所愛的人所贈）

a watch with sentimental value

*她思緒翱翔，回想到青春歲月。

Her thoughts wandered back to her youth.

*（心思飄到了別處）

But her thoughts were elsewhere.

*She felt full, complete, as if the whole landscape were seeping into her soul.

*湮沒在時間的迷霧中

lost in the mists of time

*使某人入睡

send sb to sleep