【例1】The pitfall is that the results will be difficult to interpret.困難在于試驗(yàn)的結(jié)果將是難以解釋的。
【例2】The role of the historian is less to discover and catalog document than to interpret and explain them.歷史學(xué)家在發(fā)現(xiàn)并給文獻(xiàn)編目方面的作用不及在翻譯并解釋文獻(xiàn)方面的作用。
【例2】They showed mercy to their enemies.他們對(duì)敵人很仁慈。
【同義替換】pity, sympathy, compassion
【派生】mercifully ad.寬厚地,仁慈地
【真題】Perhaps it is humankind’s long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the ideal of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating.可能正是因?yàn)槿祟?lèi)長(zhǎng)期遭受旱澇的磨難,制服洪水的愿望才顯得那么令人心馳神往。
★ concede
v.承認(rèn),容許;(比賽結(jié)束前)認(rèn)輸,退讓
【例1】I was forced to concede that she might be right.我不得不承認(rèn)她可能是對(duì)的。
【例2】The chess-player conceded the game when he saw that his position was hopeless.棋手看出自己陷入絕境,就承認(rèn)那局他輸了。