第五節(jié) 時間狀語提前用作定語
這種用法在漢語中也比較常見。
1. It was half-term weekend. 在學期正中間的一個周末。
2. post-imperial China 后帝制時期的中國
3. Good Labor Day afternoon 勞動節(jié)下午好
4. a summer job 一份夏季工作
5. The young man sat a few moments by the roadside, applauding himself greatly,
and thinking with how clear a conscience he should meet the minister in his morning
walk.
年輕人在路邊歇了一會兒,對自己大加贊賞。尋思明天早上碰到牧師散步,該何
等問心無愧。
6. her rheumatic flannel 一塊患風濕病時曾用過的法蘭絨破片
7. But her childhood library visits searching encyclopedias and history books turned
up little on the carnage.
但童年的她到圖書館翻閱了百科全書和歷史書,卻未曾發(fā)現(xiàn)有關此次大屠殺的記載。
8. Despite the immense goodwill of a grateful nation, Miller has slumped into
struggle and despair. Then came the news that he and his childhood sweetheart,
Jessica, were getting divorced.
盡管國家感激他,對他表現(xiàn)了極大的善意,但米勒還是陷入了掙扎和絕望。接著
傳出消息說,他和青梅竹馬的妻子杰西卡要離婚了。
9. childhood home 小時候的家
10. He was on his afternoon stroll. 他下午在散步。
11. Cyril and I had an evening together. 晚上我和西里爾在一起。
12. The sheriff sent Polly to the house for cloth, and bound up the prisoner’s wound
with a rude skill acquired during his army life.
警長讓波莉去屋內(nèi)拿塊布,然后用他在部隊服役時學到的粗糙技術給犯人包扎傷口。
13. make a Thanksgiving Day journey from the coast of Miami to the tropical shores
of Hawaii
感恩節(jié)的旅行橫跨邁阿密海岸到夏威夷的熱帶海濱
14. The full Rose waxed in the warm June air.
花蕾在六月的暖風中長得渾圓。
15. The family had an early supper. 這一家人早早吃了晚飯。
16. So we convince these distributors to give us the parts on next 30 days credit.
我們說服批發(fā)商賒給我們零件,30 天后還款。
17. At the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco last
December, Zoback gave a new perspective on the quake and its aftermath.
去年 12 月,在舊金山召開的美國地球物理學聯(lián)合會秋季會議上,佐巴克就這次
地震及其后果提出了一個新的看法。
18. One day, on her lunch break, she was so tired she sought out a couch and
napped.
有一天,在午餐休息時,她覺得太累了,就找了個躺椅小睡了一會。
19. A 2005 survey by the National Sleep Foundation, a Washington D. C., nonprofit
foundation that focuses on sleep and public health, found that 26% of adults get a
good night's sleep only a few nights a month or less.
國家睡眠基金會是位于首都華盛頓的一個關注睡眠和公眾健康的非營利性組織,
它在2005 年所做的一項調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn):有 26%的成年人每月只有幾夜(或更少)
高質(zhì)量睡眠。
20. In a Nov. 15 report, the government acknowledged that enforcing the ban on use
of the cross isn't feasible, and said it would propose changing the law to allow both
the emblem and “made in Switzerland” to be used for any product or service that
is legitimately Swiss.
在 11 月 15 日的一份報告中,政府承認禁止使用瑞士十字是不可行的,并稱要
建議修正法律,允許任何合法的瑞士產(chǎn)品或服務使用其國徽和“瑞士制造”字樣。