201908178长难句
【今日长难句】
In musical expression, he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention. By all accounts he was a free thinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.
【结构解析】
1. 首句主干为主系表结构,即:he /did not feel/ restrained,译为:贝多芬并没有受到……的束缚。by the weight of convention为修饰成分。
2. 二句为“and”连接的并列句,前半句为“主系表”结构,即:he/ was/ a free thinking person and a courageous one;
3. 后半句为“主谓宾宾补”结构,即:I /find /courage/ an essential quality for the understanding of his work, 译为:我发现勇气是理解他作品的一个重要素质。
4. let alone the performance 为省略形式,完整形式为let alone the performance of his works, 译为: “勇气是表演其作品的关键,这一点就更不用说了。”或“更不用说的是:勇气也是演出其作品的关键”
【词的处理】
restrain/ riˈstrein / vt. 约束,控制
the weight of sth. ……的重担;压力
convention /kənˈvenʃn/ n. 常规,惯例
By all accounts 据大家说
courageous / kəˈreidʒəs / adj. 勇敢的
essential / iˈsenʃl / adj. 及其重要的
let alone 更不用说
performance / pəˈfɔ:məns/ 表演
【参考译文】
In musical expression, he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention. By all accounts he was a free thinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.
在音乐表达上,贝多芬并没有受到常规性压力的束缚。人们普遍认为,他(贝多芬)是个思想自由、充满勇气的人。我发现勇气是理解他作品的一个重要素质。更不用说的是:勇气也是演出其作品的关键。
【明日长难句】
This courageous attitude in fact becomes a requirement for the performers of Beethoven's music. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.
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