唐静 考研阅读逐句译2001年第2篇第16句 Countries that still think foreign investment is an invasion of their sovereignty might well study the history of infrastructure（the basic structural foundations of a society）in the United States.

词汇：

invasion //n.

    (a) [U] invading or being invaded 侵略，侵犯

    *suffer invasion by enemy forces 遭受敌军的侵犯

    *the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 1939年德国对波兰的侵略.

    (b) [C] instance of this 侵略，侵犯

    *an outrageous invasion of privacy 对隐私权的粗暴侵犯

sovereignty //n.

    [U] (fml 文)

    1 independent sovereign power 最高统治权，君权

    2 quality of being a country with this power 国家的主权

    *respect an island's sovereignty 尊重一岛国的主权

结构：

    Countries that still think foreign investment is an invasion of their sovereignty （主句的主语是countries，后面有一个that引导的定语从句，think后面是宾语从句）// might well study the history of infrastructure（the basic structural foundations of a society）in the United States（主句的谓语部分）.

译文：

那些认为外国投资是侵犯本国主权的国家不妨研究一下美国的基础设施建设历史。

翻译思路：may well, may (might) as well

may well后面跟动词原形，意为“理应，有足够的理由”( have good reason to )。may (might) as well 后面跟动词原形，用来建议或劝说某人采取某种行动, 有时相当于had better, 常译为“还不如, 不妨”。例如：

H e may well be proud of his son. 他有理由以他的儿子为荣。

She may well say so. 她说得对。(有足够的理由这样说)

You might as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him. 借钱给他还不如把钱扔进海里。( = Lending him money is like throwing it into the sea. )