浅析英语中的对称现象(2)
2016-03-27 01:00
导读:sink or swim 听任沉浮,不论好歹 thick and thin 在任何情况下 尾韵对称是通过押尾韵的方法使短语犹如 诗歌 一般悦耳。如: by hook or by crook 千方百计;不择手
sink or swim 听任沉浮,不论好歹
thick and thin 在任何情况下
尾韵对称是通过押尾韵的方法使短语犹如
诗歌一般悦耳。如:
by hook or by crook 千方百计;不择手段
cut and thrust 肉搏战
fair and square 光明磊落;公正
high and dry 困境;搁浅
make or break 孤注一掷
near and dear 极亲密的
odds and ends零星的东西;零碎的事情
pins and needles 发麻
此外,回文中还可以体现出对称
Was it a bar or a bat I saw?(我看到的是酒吧还是蝙蝠?)
Madam I’m Adam (夫人,我是亚当)
四、句子的对称
1.句子的对称可以通过同结构的词组在句中重复出现来实现对称。这些机构可以是同词性的词语,同结构的动名词、动词不定式或者是同结构的句子。如:
The girl is pretty as well as clever. (那个女孩既漂亮又聪明。)
They have invited him as well as me. (他们邀请了我,也邀请了你。)
Seeing is believing.(眼见为实。)
Reading French is much easier than speaking it.(读法语比说法语容易。)
To err is human , to forgive is divine。(犯错是人,宽恕是神。)
To say something is one thing, to do it is another.(说是一回事,做是另外一回事。)
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