地道的表达

原	译	补充
agency	中介
typing & shorthand	打字和速记
assistant	助理
coast	海边
on offer	出售中
共同的朋友	our mutual friend
buffet	自助餐
负一楼	basement	B1：负一楼 B2：负二楼

• Well, it’s(PGM：概率图模型) a bit complicated to explain

• recommended but not strictly necessary.

• a bit of a mouthful：有些拗口

• Consider a doctor who is faced with a patient, the doctor has a fair amount of information at her disposal（由其支配，由某人做主） when she looks at the patient.

• in the context of

• inspired by the works of Charles Dickens

• Becoming successful is all about trial and error.

• The position is for a secretary.：职位是秘书

• with some minor secretarial duties（带一点点秘书的职责）.

• Mrs Owen is expecting a lot of guests. （欧文太太有许多客人要接待）

对等的含义

原	译	补充
差不多	mostly
自称	he calls himself a gentleman
你应该问他要一便士	you should have demanded a penny
insist on/upon it

形容词 && 副词

1. a fair amount of information

   fairly large regions

2. it is abundantly（丰富地） clear

介词

• Beneath the complexities of everyday life.

account for

phr. 是…的原因；解释；说明；占比例

1. 是…的原因
   The poor weather may have accounted for the small crowd.
   Oh well, that accounts for it.

2. 解释，说明

   How do you account for the show’s sucess?
   All sorts of theories were put forward to account for his apparent affluence（手头宽裕）.

3. 了解，查明（尤指在事故后）

   All passengers have now been accounted for.
   （现在所有乘客的情况均已查明）

4. 报账，说明钱财的处置情况

   We have to account for every penny we spend on business trips.
   You must account for the missing money in the bank.

5. （数量上、比例上）占

   It should at least account for 50% of the total investment.
   The Japanese market accounts for 35% of the company’s revenue.

一词多意

• master

  1. Read Euler, Read Euler. He is the master of us all.（这里译作老师）；
  2. Study e, study e. It is the master of all. （这里又可译作主人，主宰）

连词

Don’t get me wrong，I’m not an unhappy person. Quite the contrary, I just know there’s a hole in my life, and i need to fill it. Soon.