每天一句：2014考研英语第一百五十三句8.5

王慧 · 发表于 2013-8-7 21:20

真题中的句子一定要按照我们课上所讲的方法把译文写出来！
But his primary task is not to think aboutthe moral code which governs his activity, any more than a businessman isexpected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct inbusiness. （2006）

解析：这句话主要难在not.. . any more than.这一引导两个句子进行比较的结构上。Any more than主要用在否定句当中，表示强调语气，如： He did not wantto express himself any more strongly than he had to（不到万不得已他并不想这样言辞激烈）。可以把49题的这句话简化为这样一个结构便于理解： task is not tothink about something, just as a businessman is not expected to do something(他的任务不是考虑……，就如同不指望一个商人去做……的一样)。 Rules都可译成“规范”。除此之外，考生还应注意moral code和rules of conduct的译法，这里的code和rules都可译成“规范”。

参考译文：但是，他的首要任务并不是考虑支配自己行动的道德规范，就如同不能指望商人会探索行业规范一样。

那么现在我们来看一下这个句子:
Nobody with any sense expects to find thewhole truth in job advertisement any more than he expects a man applying for ajob to describe his shortcomings and more serious faults.

解析:这个句子同样是结构:not...any more than 的变体；这是在这里not 变成了nobody；
Nobody with any sense expects to find the whole truth in jobadvertisement
   先翻前半句：
   任何有头脑的人都不指望招聘广告里说的话都是真话，
any more than + 否定含义
   同样他也不会指望求职者会说出自己的缺点和严重过失。
参考译文：任何有头脑的人都不指望招聘广告里说的话都是真话，同样他也不会指望求职者会说出自己的缺点和严重过失。

再补充两个短语：
up in the air  悬而未决
It's all up in the air right now: no onecan agree on whether to sell the company or not.

Our shop manager is really hands-on. Shegets involved with everything from serving customers to stocking shelves.

推测一下hands-on 什么意思；