Mar 11, 2004 00:45
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English英语 term

entertained the notion that he stood unfamiliarly plumb to the horizon

English英语译成Chinese汉语 艺术/文学 艺术、工艺品、绘画
He entertained the notion that he stood unfamiliarly plumb to the horizon.

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Non-ProZ.com Mar 11, 2004:
He rocked his head of from side to side, and it felt balanced anew on his neck. He entertained the notion that he stood unfamiliarly plumb to the horizon. For a moment it seemed thinkable that he might not always feel cored out. Surely of in that knotty country there was room for a man to vanish. He could walk and the weind would blow the yellow leaves across his footseps.

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解释:他想象了他正在很陌生的/不熟悉的对着地平线垂直的站着.

(翻译得不顺利...)

entertain has been asked before: see http://www.proz.com/kudoz/631829
notion = an idea or belief 概念;观念 eg the old notion that the sun moved round the Earth

he stood plumb to the horizon
=> see plumb line 铅锤(用预测水深火枪是否垂直)
unfamiliarly = 不熟悉得;不习惯得



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Note added at 1 day 1 hr 50 mins (2004-03-12 02:36:02 GMT) Post-grading
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别字:用于测水深或墙是否垂直)
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4小时

试译

entertained the notion that

entertained 有支持, 容纳, 接受, 同意等之意,


he stood unfamiliarly plumb to the horizon
它站得与地平线垂直,

unfamiliarly 而这是不寻常的/不被人们(或它自己)熟悉的(即它从来没这样站立过, 或从来没有站得这么直)

stood plumb to 是联系动词加表语的结构。

不知什么意思。要看上下文。 是不是有只狗熊或其它什么畜生用后腿直立起来了?
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6小时

他已经不习惯站直了

他已经不习惯站直了
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16小时

他琢磨着让自己的站姿和地平线出奇地垂直。

plumb: adjective vertical: ensure that the skirting is straight and plumb.(NODE)
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