翻译硕士辅导：翻译硕士名句翻译

何老师 / 2020-06-19

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原文：Forty-five minutes west of Las Vegas, dejected sinners may encounter a sight to lift their sunken hearts: a sea of 347,000 mirrors, reflecting the rays of the desert sun on to boilers mounted on three 460-foot towers.

译文：距拉斯维加斯45分的地方，心情沮丧的罪人会看到一幅能照亮他们沉没的心的奇观—34.7万面镜子组成的海洋反射着沙漠太阳的光至三个高达460英尺的塔上的热水器。

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dejected/ dI5dVektEd /adjective

unhappy, disappointed, or sad抑郁的，失望的，沮丧的:

•The unemployed stood at street corners, dejected.失业者纷纷沮丧地站在街角。

sinner/ 5sInE /noun

someone who has SINNED by not obeying God's laws〔违反上帝戒律的〕罪人，有罪过者

boiler/ 5bCIl[ /noun C

a container for boiling water that is part of a steam engine, or is used to provide heating in a house锅炉

mounted/ 5maJntEd /adjective

fixed firmly to a larger thing安装在…上的:

•The statue was mounted on a marble base.那雕像立在一个大理石基座上。

外刊好句2

原文：Fully ramped up, it will deliver around 377 megawatts (MW) of power to 140,000 homes in southern California.

译文：开足马力，该电厂能为加利福尼亚南部14万居民提供377兆瓦的电力。

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ramp / rAmp /verb

if a company ramps up an activity, it increases it提高，使增加:

•Producers can quickly ramp up production.生产商能够很快地提高产量。

—ramp-up noun C usually singular

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原文：It is a striking sight, even if the heat from its heliostats has roasted dozens of unfortunate birds alive.

译文：尽管电站的定日镜反射的热量硬是将数十只活生生的飞鸟烤熟了，这依然是一道令人叹为观止的风景。

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roast /rEJst /verb I,T

1. to cook something, such as meat, in an OVEN or over a fire, or to cook in this way烤; 炙; 烘〔肉等〕;

•Are you going to roast the chicken?这鸡你是准备烤的吗？

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原文：Solar power in America is growing rapidly, albeit from a small base (see chart).

译文：虽然太阳能在美国起点低（见下面图表），但发展迅捷。

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albeit / C:l5bi:Et /conjunction formal

used to add information that reduces the force or importance of what you have just said虽然，尽管

•He accepted the job, albeit with some hesitation.尽管有些犹豫，他还是接受了那份工作。

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原文：Though dazzling, Ivanpah and large plants like it will not generate much of this growth.

译文：尽管目前风头正盛，伊凡帕以及像它一样的大公司却不能从这样的增长中获益太多。

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dazzle/ 5dAzEl /verb T

if a very bright light dazzles you, it stops you from seeing properly for a short time〔强光〕使目眩，使眼花:

•a deer dazzled by the headlights被车头灯光照得目眩的鹿

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原文：“There's no market saturation in any state; not even close,” says Lyndon Rive of SolarCity, a solar-installation firm.

译文：来自太阳城一家太阳能设备安装公司的 Lyndon Rive称“目前不管在哪个州，都没有市场达到饱和，甚至是接近饱和。”

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saturation/ 7sAtFE5reIFEn /noun U

technicalthe degree to which something has been mixed into something else饱和度:

•Keep saturation below 80%.把饱和度保持在 80% 以下。

installation/ 7InstE5leFEn /noun

when someone fits a piece of equipment somewhere安装:

•the installation and maintenance of alarm systems警报系统的安装和保养

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原文：Still, says Shayle Kann at GTM, this will be no “death knell”; it will simply eliminate some marginal projects.

译文：即便如此，GTM调查机构的Shayle Kann 声称，这也不是太阳能发电的“死亡钟声”，而仅仅是终止一些边际项目。

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marginal/5mB:dVEnEl /adjective

technicalrelating to a change in cost, value etc when one more thing is produced, one more dollar is earned etc边际的:

•marginal revenue边际收益

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原文：Yet even if solar power is a boon to consumers, it threatens some utilities.

译文：但是，尽管太阳能电力对消费者有利，它却威胁到其他的公共事业。

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boon/ bu:n /noun C usually singular

something that is very useful and makes your life a lot easier or better裨益; 为生活带来方便的东西; 有用之物:

•The bus service is a real boon to people in the village.公共汽车服务对村里的人来说是一大方便。

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原文：Regulations are adapting to this shift: all but seven states have adopted net-metering policies, which credit solar-enabled homes and businesses for the excess energy they feed back into the grid.

译文：立法正在适应这一转向：除了7个州以外其他各州都颁布了电价扣减政策，允许安装了太阳能的家庭和企业在太阳能自足之后将多余的电并入电网。

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excess / Ik5ses /noun

1. sing., Ua larger amount of something than is allowed or needed过多，过量:

•After you apply the oil, wait 20 minutes before wiping off any excess.涂上油以后，等 20 分钟再擦掉多余部分。

grid/ grId /noun C

the network of electricity supply wires that connects POWER STATIONS and provides electricity to buildings in an area电力网，输电网:

•the national grid (=the electricity supply in a country)全国电力网

外刊好句10

原文：Some utilities grumble that customers who benefit from net metering escape the costs of maintaining the grid they depend on.

译文：某些公共事业单位抱怨从电价扣减政策中获益的消费者逃避用于维护他们赖以为继的电网的费用。

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