小词详解 | enchant
与她久别重逢，他欣喜不已。
He was enchanted to see her again after so long.
短篇小说 | Shoes
John De Graffenreid Atwood ate of the lotus, root, stem, and flower. The tropics gobbled him up. He plunged enthusiastically into his work, which was to try to forget Rosine.
英译汉常见错误 | carry
［例句］ Do you carry cameras?
［误译］ 你把照相机带来了吗？
小词详解 | penchant
Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past.
美国人热衷于未来，往往忽视过去。
短篇小说 | Ships
Within a week a suitable building had been secured in the Calle Grande, and Mr. Hemstetter's stock of shoes arranged upon their shelves.
英译汉常见错误 | carry a [the] torch for
［例句］ I think Cecily is carrying a torch for Quentin.
［误译］ 我想塞西莉正带着一个火炬去给昆廷。
小词详解 | embryo
Fertilized egg → Embryo → Fetus
短篇小说 | Shearing the Wolf
Jeff Peters was always eloquent when the ethics of his profession was under discussion.
英译汉常见错误 | career man
［例句］ Billie's father is a career man.
［误译］ 比莉的父亲是个职业男人。
小词详解 | fitful
Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.
良好的友谊需要的是持久，而非时断时续的热度。
英译汉常见错误 | cannot but 不得不
［例句］ Kirk cannot but sell his car.
［误译］ 柯克不能卖东西，但可以卖他的汽车。
短篇小说 | Seats Of The Haughty
Golden by day and silver by night, a new trail now leads to us across the Indian Ocean.
