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1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sth) (from sth) (into sth) express (sth spoken or esp written) in another language or in simpler words 翻译(某言语, 尤指文字); 用简易的语言表达(某事)
He doesn't understand Greek, so I offered to translate. 他不懂希腊文, 我主动给他翻译.
translate an article into Dutch 把一篇文章译成荷兰文
`War and Peace', newly translated from the original Russian 从俄语原文重新翻译的《战争与和平》
Can someone translate this legal jargon into plain English for me? 谁能把这一法律术语用简单易懂的英语给我说一遍?
2 [I] be capable of being translated in another language 能被翻译
Most poetry doesn't translate well. 诗歌大多翻译不好.
3 [Tn.pr] ~ sth into sth express (ideas, feelings, etc) in a different (esp a more concrete) form 把(思想、 情感等)用另一种(尤指更具体的)形式表现出来
It's time to translateour ideas into action. 我们该把思想变为行动了.
4 [Cn.n/a]~ sth as sth judge or guess that sth has the specified meaning or intention; interpret sth as sth 断定或猜想某事物的意义或意图; 解释某事物
I translated her silence as assent. 我认为她沉默不语就是同意了. Cf 参看 interpret.
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trans(从一边到另一边)+late(侧边):从一边到另一边- 翻译
🌿 同词根单词
transplantvt. 移植;移种;移民,迁移;移植(器官、皮肤、头发等);
n. (器官、皮肤、头发等的)移植;移植物;移植者;
vi. 迁移;移居;经得起移植;
transportvt. 运送,运输;流放;使欣喜若狂;
n. 运输;运输船(机),运输系统;狂喜;流放犯;