1）语序

[1]  Anyhow, she works.   

       She works anyhow.   

[2]  You may as well take this.  

       You may take this as well.     

[3]  His speech was reported at length in the newspapers.

       At length, his speech was reported in the newspapers.

[4]  He had made a box.   

       He had a box made.    

[5]  He foolishly spoke. 

       He spoke foolishly.  

 [6]  They saw him through.    

       They saw through him.   

 [7]  I hope he will soon get over it. 

       I hope he will soon get it over.  

[8] Quite properly he was punished. 

       He was punished quite properly

 [9] He is rather a foolish fellow.

He is a rather foolish fellow.

2）非限定动词

[10]  I remembered mailing the letter.

I remembered to mail the letter.

 [11]  I regret to say that you’ll be held responsible.

       I regret saying that you’d be held responsible.

 [12]  When he realized what the tune was, he stopped to listen.

       When he realized what the tune was, he stopped listening.

[13] They tried to speak English.

       They tried speaking English.

 [14] They were engaged to carry out an important piece of research.

       They were engaged in carrying out an important piece of research.

3）名词的数

[15] We had better act on their advice.

       We had better act on their advices.

 [16] An old car problem may arise.

       An old cars problem may arise.

 [17] We were touched by Mary’s confidence.

       We were touched by Mary’s confidences.

 [18] We asked him to speak from experience.

       We asked him to speak about his experiences.

[19] She has an eye for antique furniture.

       She has eyes only for antique furniture.

[20] It is his manner that annoys me.

       It is his manners that annoy me.

[21] He is behind time.

       He is behind the times.

4）冠词

[22]  They are the pupils of our school.

They are pupils of our school.

[23] His success is out of question.

His success is out of the question.

 [24] He is a man of middle height

       He is a man of the middle height.

[25] You should pay more attention to matters of moment.

       You should pay more attention to matters of the moment.

[26] They went to sea. 

       They went to the sea. 

5）形容词与副词

[27] They made a practicable suggestion.

They made a practical suggestion.

[28] It has been raining continually for two days.

It has been raining continuously for two days.

6）介词

[29] I swear at him. 

       I swear by him.

[30] They are very jealous of their success.

       She was jealous of my success.

[31] He stood up for them.

       He stood up to them.

 [32] He said he wasn’t informed in these matters.

       He said he wasn’t informed of this matter.

[33] He has gone into business.

       He has gone to business.

 [34] He was familiar to me. 

       He was familiar with me.

 [35] They all fear him. 

       They all fear for him. 

[36] John escaped prison.

John escaped from prison.

 [37] She swept out the room.

       She swept out of the room.

7）否定词

[38]  He has no more than ten books.

He has not more than ten books.

 [39] His brother’s words are no more true than his.

       His brother’s words are not more true than his.

[40]  I am no philopher.

       I am not a philopher.

 [41]  He is not a little afraid of it.

He is not a bit afraid of it.

 [42] He has not a little experience.

He has not the least experience.

 [43] I didn’t go because I was afraid.

       I didn’t go because I was afraid to.

8）代词

[44] His English is anything but correct.

His English is nothing but correct.

His English is all but correct.

[45]  Any one will do. 

       Anyone will do.

 

教材选用厦门大学杨士焯《英汉翻译教程》北京大学出版社2011年3月出版