权力的游戏 Bran(1)

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The deserter knows his life is forfeit if he is taken, so he will not flinch from any crime, no matter how vile.

         not flinch from (doing) something:不管一件事情多么困难或令人不快，也愿意去做。flinch字面意思是因为疼痛、害怕或生气背过脸或背过身，引申为退缩，有身体动作的意味在里面，不光是思想意愿上的。

*She flinched at the touch of his hand.他一碰她，她就躲开了。

      原文试译一下吧:那个逃兵知道一旦被抓到，准会没命。所以不管什么坏事，他都敢干得出来。

    因此Ned大人才说没什么人别这种人“more dangerous”。

A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

     这句话颇有些格言体的味道，意思很明白很精炼，就是不好翻译。权且一试:

      为君之人，刑以假人，则不知死为何物矣。

      不知当否？

He sent his horse into a trot.

       前文类似的表达有这么一句:

       Jon said, kicking his horse forward.

      大概就是打马上前的意思，古人驭马这一个“驾”的动作怎么表示呢？我不懂。主要是这个 sent...into a trot中send的用法很有意思。

    To send someone or something into a particular state means to cause them to go into or be in that state.(Collins COBUILD)

      Their decision sent him into a rage.这个决定让他勃然大怒。(=Their decision made him very angry.)

      今天有点忙，先读到这儿吧。