4. 意譯

       當(dāng)直譯原文結(jié)果會令人頗為費解或造成誤解時，如使用套譯的效果不理想，還可以采用意譯。例如：

       Look at the chaps in politics and business, whose whole lives were passed in skating on thin ice, and getting knighted for it.

       試看那些政治上和商業(yè)上的家伙們，他們整個兒的生活都是在風(fēng)險中度過的，可是都因此封了爵。（to skate on thin ice 若直譯為“如履薄冰”，則會產(chǎn)生謹慎從事的聯(lián)想，有違原意。）

       to come like a dog at a whistle

       一呼即來

       Hilter was once as proud as a peacock.

       希特勒曾是一個不可一世的家伙。

       Mary and her mother are as like as two peas.

       瑪麗和她媽媽長得一模一樣。（而不是“像兩顆豌豆一樣相似”）

       再如：

       She likes to rubber-neck.

       她愛問長問短。

       start a hare

       話離本題

       to bring down the house

       全場喝彩

       plain sailing

       一帆風(fēng)順

       to show one's clean heels

       逃之夭夭

       to go on a wild goose chase

       枉費心機

       as greedy as a wolf

       貪得無厭

       Every bean has its black.

       人皆有短處。

       5. 直譯加意譯

       這種譯法既能保持原文的比喻形象，同時又能明白清楚地表達寓意。例如：

       laugh off one's head

       笑掉了牙

       break the earth

       破土動工

       wash off one's hands

       洗手不干