(二)重复动词
1. 英语句子常用一个动词连接几个宾语或表语,在译文中往往要重复这个动词。
1)Is he a friend or an enemy?
他是个朋友呢,还是个仇人?
2)The blow hurt not only his hands but his shoulder too.
这一下不仅震痛了他的手,也震痛了他的肩膀。
3)For a good ten minutes, he cursed me and my brother.
足足有十分钟,他既骂我,又骂我的兄弟。
4)He is an activist, a prime mover, an originator and master of strategy achieved by alternating surprise, tension and easement. (Edgar Snow)
他是一位活动家,是原动力,是创始者,是交替运用出其不意、紧张和松弛而取得成就的战略大师。