《张培基英译散文选》重要表达笔记整理
第一册
1,有时...有时：now...now/ sometimes...and sometimes...
2.奇趣横生，即极度吸引人， so: 译为：fascinating
3.要知： mind you,成语，意思是：mind what I say / however, 相当于汉语的：请注意，说真的。
4.（蝉，螃蟹）脱壳： to moult his shell/to cast off
5.鲜红嫩绿：往往不直译，而处理成：briliant colours即可。
6.钱铺，钱庄：private bank/ banking house.
7.口头禅，口头语： pet phrase
8.做学问： to go into scholarship/ to engage in learning
9.省吃省穿，即节约...： Cut down on food and clothing, to cut down on=to economize on sth.,作节约意。
10.藏书癖：bibliomania.
11.藏书印：ex-libris.（专用语）
12.宫女：court ladies/ place maids, 妃子：concubine
13.故态复萌：slip back into the same old rut/ relapsing into one’s old habit.
14.头发开始秃脱： my hair thinning.
15.关于，以... 的方法： in the way of...
16.人心不古： degeneration of public morality.
17.下策：disreputable business.
18.作为最后一着： as the last resort.
19.潜伏： lurk around.
20.当然...It stands to reason that... Eg: It stands reason that I can go by steamer or aircraft if I care to.
21.不屑一干：distain to do
22.As good as, 成语：”实际上等于、与...几乎一样” Eg: Buying a “black” ticket is as good as getting involved in a fraud or an illegal practice.
23.长等，空等：cooling your heels; Eg: You may be kept cooling your heels in a janitor’s office or a reception room before an interview is granted.
24.冒充，to pass for... Eg: The funniest thing is when you try to pass for a soldier of certain army unit.
25.花钱花在刀刃上：every dollar is paid for what it is worth.
26.一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲的赋闲：Between Grandma’s funeral and father’s umemployment. Between...and.../What with...and (what with)...:半因...半因...或是：“由于...的共同影响” 。
27.自以为是的人; smart aleck
28.父亲和我都是东奔西走，意译处理为：父亲和我都四处漂泊，居无定所，so: Both father and I have been living an unsettled life.
29.大去，即与世长辞，so: depart one’s/this/ that life.
30.有权得到：be entitled to /qualified for
31.太阳，它有脚啊，悄悄挪移：to edge away.
32.时间的磨洗，即岁月的腐蚀： The wear and tear of time.
33....也有某人的一份：have one’s share of sth. Eg:It is due to their bountiful free gifts that I also have my share of warmth and happiness in my life.
34.没...可吃，可供存续生活：have nothing to live on.
35.至人，即，道德高尚近乎完美的人，so； Virtuous man.
36.时间缓慢地慢慢熬过，挨过： to wear on.
37.在某人的荫庇下： under one’s wing.
38.可四周分明是无边的黑暗：all darkness, all=complete.
39.萤光千点： myriads of fireflies.
40.真没想到...： To think that... （以感叹的形式表达吃惊和没想到。）
41.弓儿似的新月，挂在树梢：The crescent new moon looked as if hanging on the tips of the trees.’
42.一个人默默地想; think to oneself. Eg: I was still thinking to myself.
43.无聊: ennui（无聊，倦怠，厌倦，常用的文学用语。）
44.江南天气：southern climes.（climes——英语诗歌用语）
45.青山碧水： Sapphire mountains and emerald rivers. Sapphire:蓝宝石， Emerald:绿宝石。
46.白手起家： to start from scratch; 靠自己辛勤劳动：by the sweat of one’s brow.
47.致力于，从事于：to go in for, 类似于： committed to/ engage in.
48.在...中尽自己的一份力：to do one’s bit to do sth. Eg: I want to do my bit to make a still better of my ancestral home.
49.起得很早也睡得很早，早睡早起： keep early hours.
50.妯娌： in-laws.
51.正起劲，即，尽情地：to one’s heart’s content.
52.迁就： to humour sb.(to gratify by compliance)
53.飘零，凋落; to wither away.
54.情感，情绪的郁积：pent-up Eg: 情郁于中，自然要发之于外。His pent-up emotion nuturally had to find a vent.
55.慧心：feeling heart.
56.冒出...轻烟： giving off...smoke , to give off=to send out/ to emit...smoke.
57.有些像： smack of
58.开始喜欢： to take to...
59.度过困难，度过风暴; to weather through.
60.三年五载，意译为： year in year out.
61.坦荡如砥：flat like a whetstone.
62.旁逸斜出： sideway growth.
63.有着极强的生命力：be bursting with vitality.
64.为...所不可缺的： central to sth. Eg: A spirit central to our struggle for national liberation.
65.秀颀: good-looking and tall.
66.有可取之处：to have...to recommend.
67.使人想起： to pu one in mind of sth.
68.说过一些话，大意是： said something to the effect that...
69.因果难定的：chicken-and-egg. Eg： A chicken-and-egg question.
70.上了断头台: be sent to the guillotine.
71.闺房之乐：wedded bliss.
72.甚至于无情：not to say with ruthlessness. Not to say:成语：意即， and almost/and perhaps even.
73.激起，引起： touched off. Eg:That touched off a night-long quarrel between father and grandpa.
74.每况愈下： from bad to worse,
75.待在...身边： hang around/about.
76.十分不耐烦的样子： impatience was written all over his face. To be written all over/on, “显露”的意思。
77.放手：let go of...
78.勉强维持生活: to keep one’s own body and soul together.(just to make both ends meet).
79.横眉怒目： fierce-browed.
80.对...没有提出要求得权利： have no claim to sth.
81.出于本能：do sth by instinct.
82.和...没有关系： foreign to= having no relation to /unconnected with.
83.彻头彻尾: in every way.
84.奴才相： servility.
85.以...告终,最终： end up...Eg:He never dreamed that he would end up owning such a big fortune.
86.发个意外之财： come upon a windfall.
87.不忍作...to find it in one’s heart to...我不忍离中国而去：I cannot find it in my heart to leave China./I cannot bear to leave China.
88. 健康的身体是做人做事得真正的本钱：Good health is the wherewithal for a successful life and career. The wherewith, 意即：the necessary means.
89.为了： by way of =for the purpose of
90. 分解，化分：break down = to decompose. Eg：Water can be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen.
91.像着了魔一般：like one possessed.
92.从师受业：a pupil...under a private tutor.
93.认真地，恳切地： in all earnest.
94.布置得精致匀称： was exquisite and nicely arranged.
95.免受...打扰： be havened from... Eg: It is only during the predawn hours that I can be havened from any involvement in meetings.
96.文思泉涌： the inspiration comes gushing to my mind.
97.勉强糊口： to eke out a bare subsistence.
98.更不用说： let alone.
99.特地，不怕麻烦的： went out of one’s way to do sth. Eg: She often went out of her way to help out those relatives who were even more needy than
100.装门面：to keep up appearance.
101.隐藏，把...置于隐蔽的地方：to tuck away.
102.使苦恼：to weigh down. Eg; to weigh down with care.
103.表情冷漠： wear an air of casual indifference.
104.大吹大擂; to make a fanfare.
105. 一帆风顺，平步青云，扶摇直上： to climb up the ladder,即 to rise to power and position.
106.甘于寂寞;content to live in obscurity.
107.年事已高，力不从心： too old to be equal to the task.
108.趋附权贵,趋炎附势：to play up to bigwigs/ fawn on those in power.
109.三周四岁离娘身： Achild of three can move about free.
110.尽情欣赏，观看： to feast their eyes upon. Eg:Womenfolk from the neighbourhood gathered around to feast their eyes upon the boy.
111.回头： over one’s shoulder. 英语习语。
112.计利当计天下利，求名当求万世名：The interests to be considered should be the interests of all, the fame to be sought should be an everlasting fame.
113. 夜长梦多：A long night invites bad dreams.
第二册
1.跟随时代的潮流： keep up with the trend of times.
2.充满...的声音： echoing with/resounding with
3.情不自禁地： in spite of oneself. Rising to my feet in spite of myself.
4.斯文样子：scholarly dignity.
5.过着非人的生活： lead a subhuman/dog’s life
6.我心如止水，不起杂念：I stood lost in reverie.
7. 寄托，意译处理为:high aspirations, all the more: 更加，格外意。 Eg: One who lives without high aspirations will treasure all the more the memory of his own youth and childhood.
8.在病榻上躺着过：confined to bed by sickness/lying on a sickbed.
9. 凝视，细看：to dwell one’s eyes on. Eg: And nor did I ever dwell my eyes on her face and bearing.
10.一下子，一口气： in/at one go. Eg:Sometimes she finishes making two or
11.名实不符：undeserved reputation.
12.独占，独享： to have...all to oneself.
13.依赖...生活，寄生于... To sponge on/off=to live off.
14.展现：open put, 眼前，心目中： in my mind’s eye.
15.人们的缺点： A human failing/weakness.
16.适宜的时候： at an opportune moment.
17.最好的知己，密友： second self=bosom friend.
18.而且还，另外： into the bargain. And at your own expense into the bargain.
19.察言观色： gather each and every mood of sb.
20.预感: premonition.
21.猛烈地： with a vengeance.
22.饿着肚子: on an empty stomach.
23.黑眼睛： ebony eyes.
24.试一试： have a go at doing sth.
25.避开：steer clear of
26.煽动学潮：kick up a school disturbance. Kick up=stir up/cause.
27.遮蔽： to shut out.
28.一刹那间： in the twinkling of an eye.
29.到...为止： to the point that.
30.避开： to shy away. Eg:Instead of shying away in fear...
31.快速; like the wind. Eg: They would whisk away like the wind.
32.称霸: to lord it over. Eg:The tiger will go right back to the remote mountains to lord it over the forest.
33.可归纳为: boiled down.=may be summarized as.
34.顺便地： in passing, 英语习语。 Eg:And I will also like to add in passing.
35.为...详细说明： speak volumes for sth.=to speak very clearly for sth. Eg; The four short sentences spoke volumes for the family tragedy.
36.狼吞虎咽： gobble up=wolf down.
37.使出现，发展： to bring on.
38.非同寻常： out of the common.
39.甚感歉疚： to feel terribly bad about...
40.不折不扣： pure and simple. Eg:What I heard was dog’s barking, pure and simple.
41.少许明朗; a touch of brightness. A touch of,少量，一点（a very small amount of.）
42.突然地： out of blue.
43.它又面临怎样一份命运： what kind of fate is in store(for it), in store,作即将发生解，此=what kind of fate was awaiting it.
44.极重视，极注意; to make a point of doing sth.
45.依然，照样：all the same: Eg: American would have been discovered by man all the same.
46.沙粒： grains of sand.
47.使...黯然失色，胜过： to put to shame. Their endurance is such as to put to shame the raging sandstorm and the violent typhoon.
48.失去了...权利或机会：be deprived of any opportunity...
49.指定，本来为... 而设的： be mean for. Eg: The beautiful world is meant for alive and kicking, nor for the dead.
50.开始支配，控制： come over= take possession of /seize.Eg: Often a feeling of sadness will come over me when I think of him.
51.按照，遵循: go by.Eg； We have a precedent to go by. 有先例可援。
52.有条件做; be in a position to do sth.
第三册
1, to read out 朗读
Eg:I have to rely on others to read them out for me.
2.a galaxy of talent 人才济济
3.欲速则不达：more haste, less speed
4.就什么而论， in the matter of
5.无论成败：succeed or fail
6. 明事理而不至于--- to know better than
7.----原因和地方： the ways and wherefores
8.骨瘦如柴：being reduced to skins and bones
9.悲惨地度日： dragging out a miserable exsitence
10.已故的妻子： one’s late wife
11.某人的一言一行：whatever sb says/say or does/do
12.斯斯文文的人、类型：being oneself a bookish type
13.燕京大学：Yenching university.
14.不满26岁; on the younger side of 26.kouyu
15.春的消息：the tiding of spring
16.荒凉单调的环境:drab surroundings
17.致力于：to turn to doing sth.
18.正忙于：in the middle of doing sth.
19.没往心里去，没认真对待： not take sth. To the heart./eg. I didn’t take his words too much to my heart.
20.夜色苍茫里; in the midst of of deepening dusk.
21.锐利的灰蓝双眼，寒光闪闪：a pair of grayish blue eyes glittering piercingly.
22.仅仅： a matter of
23.小事： the smll incident
24. 简直是狼吞虎咽：or, so to speak , just wolf down my food./ so to speak 简直， wolf down the food 狼吞虎咽
25.依旧我行我素：I slipped back to my old self ./ I relapsed into my old habit of ----
26.我不会喝酒; Iam a teetotaler.
27.真不是滋味，不是滋味，觉得厌恶：to be so sickening
28.在我的吸烟史上画了一个句话，即从此我与卷彻底断绝了关系：That maked the beginning of my clean break with cigarette.
29.在比赛中受挫: lose out in the matches / in the international matches
30.朋友来访总要说； friends of mine often greeted me by saying----
31.此乃众生之道： that’s/ this is the way of all flesh./ all flesh =all human beings
32.习之难改也甚也： old habits die hard./it is difficult to get rid of old habits.
33.赴汤蹈火：to go through the fire and water.
34.-----已变了模样，意很难辨认： sth had changed and beyond recognition.
35.那里还是许多旧式大家庭的根据地： a place inhabited by many old-fashioned big families.
36.石板铺的小路： narrow flagstones.
37.种种神秘的事情：unfathomable mysteries of all sorts
38.招摇过市; parade through/eg.Every afternoon many gaudily dressed young women will be seen parading through the streets.
39.一个候补的姨太太： a would-be concubine.
40.要价过高，be asking too much/eg, one of my friends said she was asking too much.
41.我们畸形的社会制度：our morbid social system
42.从头到脚：from top to toe
43.萧姗的名字：“蕴珍”，这里的名字是原名意，故译为：her original name:Yun Zhen
44.床单：bed sheet
谁也不敢懈怠： none dare to slack off
45.sth不相称 to sb: be unbecoming to/eg:This big jacket is very unbecoming to him
46.昂昂的心，即激昂的心，so: high-spirited heart
47.当面： to the face of
48.为sb竖起大拇指赞赏：to give thrums-up to sb.
49.太自寻烦恼了: you are just asking for trouble, or: you are just suffering a self-inflicted torment
50.懒洋洋闲坐着（而不作为，做事） sit doing nothing or: lounge idly
51.开始喜欢sb了，对sb 有好感了：start to become espcially fond of sb, or: to feel attracted by *(sb’s charm,增益成分)
52.你这样下去将会完蛋：you’ll be done for
53.从军（参军） to join up, or: to enlist in the army
54.我一点也不觉得难受：don’t/didn’t/doesn’t fell bad at all
55.受闲气 meet with a snub
56.捏造，乱讲：to cook up
57.哄然大笑*（为有趣得或滑稽的事情大笑不已） to laugh loudly/ to laugh out loud
58.混世人间，即，在世间无所作为混日子过活：so: be muddling along in this world
59.精神萎靡，健康状况欠佳： in poor shape
60. 晚景，晚年; in one’s declining year
61.吐露心曲（即，谈苦衷，忧伤，惆怅） to tell what is on my mind
62.我拖着鞋子,从sp.（走出去）： i shuffled out of sp./eg: I shuffled out of cabin.
63.茶房，（古时店里）小二，茶倌： steward/waiter/attendant
64.你这烂货： you slut......
65.人必须有一技之长： one’s got to have a speciality
66.把......拿来练习，当作练习对象：to practice...on... eg: To practice shooting on various kinds of birds.
67.一张硬纸： A piece of cardboard/ a sheet of thick paper
68.恨严肃地说：say/explain in good earnest Eg: The hunter explained in good earnest.
69.望九之年：approaching/close to ninty.
70.养生之术：the way to keep fit/ healthy
71.卧病不起：confined to bed with illenss
72. 才逾不惑： barely over forty
73.动物内脏：tripe
74. 把......强加给别人（尤其是称呼，封号，荣誉之类）： to saddle one with. Eg:Some people have consequently saddled me with ther epithets... epithet:美化语，表述词语或者称号得意思
75.有的人擅长于说话，意思即有地人略显得能说会道：a facile tongue（能说会道，有贬义意味）此处译为： some people have a facile tongue/ some people are good at/ adept at speech.
76.沾沾自喜： feel very pleased with themselves
77.说大话的人；those given to verbiage, given to 喜爱，倾向于
78.四合，六合（天地东西南北），即宇宙: the all-embracing
79.模仿...的样式： in the manner of ...
80.居然： to one’s surprise.
81.名列前茅： come out on top in an exam.
82.倾向于，过于，相当：on the ...side Eg: You are already to be on the plump side .你的身体已经开始发福了
83.不要把某项技能荒废掉： prevent sth from getting rusty: Eg; But, I hope you keep your English from getting rusty.
84.接受新思想： embrace/accept new ideas.
85.对sth 表示冷淡： sb be standoffish toward sth. Eg: I shouldn’t have been so standoffish from her religious faith.
86.外滩（尤指上海外滩）：bund ,bund: 沿江马路，堤岸
87.永远是一个遥远的天国，即：永远是一个无法到达的人间天堂，so: an inaccessible paaradise on earth.
88.相配，相符，相称：go with/match with. Eg: The exhibition hall in Shanghai doesn’t go with the status of such a metropolis.
89.文人雅集，（类似：群贤毕至） literati enjoying a get-together. Literati:men of letters（文人）
90.破败的（房屋，宫殿等）a run-down royal palace
91.鬓发斑斑：grey-templed/ grey haired.
92.残菜：discarded outer leaves of vegetables
93.临终，即生命的尽头： one’s journey’s end. Eg: The last wish made by their parents towards their journey’s end.
94.一阵秋风吹过，即起了一阵秋风：at a sudden gust of the autumn wind.
95.通过（通过某种手段，方式，途径之类）: by way of
96.根茎错节，相互交织：The roots of the two trees had become twined together.
97.懈怠，松懈： slacken off.
98.拼尽全力，尽1000%的努力做某事： go all out to do sth.
99.艰难的世途、人生路; the twists and turns of life’s journey.
100.理想主义的：aspiring.
101.说服：to bring sb ...round. 我的解释不能说服他的犹疑：My explanation, however, failed to bring him round.
102.法租界：the French Concession.
103.上了年纪的：aging, Eg: An aging writer.
104.Sth is 拖累的: cumbersome.
105.寻幽，即寻找宁静的美丽： in search of secluded places of quiet beauty/ in search of tranquil scene.
106.在情场上轰轰烈烈的驰骋了一阵： 1，直译：having galloped about vigorously in the arena of love for some time. 2.意译; having been engrossed in romance for some time. Romance= love affairs.
107.收拾心情：containing oneself
108.把自己的喜怒哀乐寄托在sb 的身上，即让别人掌握自己的笑与泪：to let sb. Be master of your sentiments, such as joy, anger, pleasure and sorrow.
109.厌恶社交或应酬; shun socializing
110.在你的耳畔喁喁低语：sth. Will whisper to you soothingly.
111.你必须默默耕耘： You have to toil away in obscurity. 耕耘： to toil away= to work hard. 默默，即被大多人所知：in obscurity,(without being known to people at large.)
112.素馨，即茉莉花：jasmine
113.在这个世界上也许有人已经透过我看见了一些东西：I may have wised to some people to something in this world. To wise up； 点拨，使了解。
114.泛黄的线装书：Thread-bound Chinese book yellowed with age.
115.最凌越的，即最难通过的，最险恶的：most forbidding.
116.夜幕四垂: The night sky hanging over the land.
117.千古英雄： heros in history/ heroes through the ages.
118.富人区; wealthy/affluent/rich quarter
119.死不瞑目： make sb. Turn in one’s grave./ to make sb. Be unable to rest in the grave.
120.轻言： unthinkingly speak of
121.已经决定了： so it was all set, all set(oral), 一切就绪。
122.铺张地： do sth. In a big way.
123.无可挽回的悲哀：helpless sorrow.
124.旧生活告一段落; the end of the old phase of my life.
125.米黄色的： creamy/creamy-coloured/ivory/ivory-coloured
126.洁癖： be very particular about cleanliness.
127.（商店进一批货），进一批...的货： to lay in a stock of ......
128.过于紧张：over cautiousness.
129.得到，弄到sth.: to come by. Eg: But a new one was hard to come by in the then peiping.
130.经受...的痛苦： in the throes of ... Eg: In the throes of hunger and civil war. 在饥饿和内战中经受痛苦。
131.让位于，被...取代：都已经是中国的出品，即都被国货取代了; so: They have now given way (in the market) to Chinese products.
第四册
1.现在白马湖到处是树木了：White Horse Lake is now well grown with trees./Trees now grow everywhere in White Horse Lake.
2.没有...也行： do...without. Eg: I could almost do without lamplight at night.
3.没用的人：good-for-nothing.
4.准备大干，捋起袖管加油干：roll up one’s sleeves.
5.车辆拥挤的： choked with vehicles/crowded with traffic.
6.脑血栓：cerebral thrombosis近似于a stroke.A stroke 兼有：脑血栓和脑溢血等含义。
7.在微雨中：amidst a gentle rain./while it was drizzling.
8.悄悄地： on the quiet. Eg: How did you know I was leaving on the quiet?
9.瓦檐： tiled roof.
10.风里雨里，风里来雨里去：灵活处理为： Rain or shine.
11.依样画葫芦地模仿，盲目抄袭： the slavish copying of sth. Eg: Hence the slavish copying of even the Japanese style of ornamentation.
12.做算数: doing sums.
13..不知振作： will often lack drive/enterprising spirit.
14.行踪： whereabouts.
15.与...和睦相处： get along well with...
16.消遣：seek relaxation.
17.但是道理还是一样的： But the same reason hold good/true. (仍然适用)。
18.爱好，有...的习惯，爱好:be given to sth. Eg: He who is given to bragging about his past achievement.
19.各色市民： people of all kinds/ people of every sort and kind/people of all descriptions.
20.漫不经心的，轻率的： devil-may-care. Eg: American young people often show a devil-may-care attitude towards problems of love and marriage.
21. 把...放一边： lay sth, aside.
22.匆忙完成，草草写下： dash off... Eg: They know that I, out of compassion for editors, will never decline to dash off an article of two to three thousands words.
23.唱的很是蹩脚：Our vocal performance, as expected, turned out lousy./poor.
24.对准，瞄准：train on. Eg: Dark portholes trained on Chinese residents.
25.双手交互，交替使用：doing sth. hand over hand.
26.平时大门也总是（为你、你们）敞着；意译处理为：We/they would keep open house for sb.
27.旁听; to sit in on+科目。
28.小灾小祸： a minor mishap.
29.不顾一切的，不择手段的： stop at nothing to do sth.
30.心中蕴藏的对...的感情：one’s deep-seated affection for sth. Eg: My deep-seated affection for MJU liberary.
31.淋漓尽致地扮演某一种角色; to live one’s part as... Eg: As soon as I entered the room, I began to live my part as an avid reader sitting among a roomful of books.
32.涸辙之鲋： like a fish stranded in a dry rut.
33.一门偏僻的学问： a little-known branch of learning.
34.钻进了孔方兄的网络里难以抽身，意思即：一心向钱看，一心求财富：so: have gone in for money-making. To go in for:追求之意。
35.使...深切体会： to bring home to... Eg: Evidently, the message he tried bring home to the emperor was that family members must be accommodating to each other for the sake of harmony.
36.马口铁： tinplate.
37.答案是明确的，明摆着的：the answer seems beyond dispute.
38. 达到了匪夷所思的地步：reach an unimaginable degree.
39.我年老，行将就木：Being an old man already with one foot in the grave.
40.隐瞒： to hold back...英语习语。 Eg:I felt I no longer had anything to hold back at all.
41.让某人成为某事的知情人： to let in...on...Eg:Besides, it might be a good idea to let in one more friend on my sweet and pure memoroes. 而且，像这样美好而纯洁的回忆，多让一个朋友知道未尝不是好事。
42.专注于： lost in... lost in thought/reverie/watching,looking sth.
43.夕阳无限好： The setting sun shines with unrivalled splendor.
44.几乎流泪： on the verge of tears. Eg. I was then on the verge of tears.
45.匆忙（做sth.）hurry on with sth. Eg: I had to hurry on my journey.
46.无可厚非: be beyond reproach.
47.敌人来了就跑，跑得特别快：In the face of enemy, it just runs away, and that very quickly. In the face： 面临。That very quickly,中的that：”“而且”意，加强语气。
48.在奔跑中的： on the run. Eg: The hunter is hunting the tigers on the run.
49.左右摇摆：sways now to the left and now to the right. Now...now...时而...时而...
50.有点儿，有几分： something of... Eg: Yet, it’s something of stirring tragedy too.
51.更不用说：let alone,英语成语。Eg: The history of bloody crimes committed by the aggressors on Chinese soil shall never be falsified, let alone blotted out.抹杀。
52.焚书的年代：the age of book-burning/obscurantism(蒙昧)。
53.笨手笨脚，手指不灵巧：one’s fingers are all thumbs.Eg:But she couldn’t make it, her fingers being all thumbs with age. 可是，手不听使唤，缝不成了。
54.冒险涉足某地，某领域：ventured into sp.
55.陷入风暴，困境: be/ get caught in a violent storm.
56.鳞次栉比： rows of/ row upon row. Eg: Rows of buildings and prefabs.