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Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.(选自《哈利波特与魔法石》第一章)
Mr. Dursley的职业是在一家叫“Grunnings”的钻机公司做主管。
Grunnings,音译过来就是“格朗宁公司”,位于英格兰东南部的萨里郡,成立于年。Mr. Dursley,也就是Vernon Dursley,作为格朗宁公司的主管,应该是公司一成立就在那儿上班了。Mr. Dursley的办公室在公司大楼的9楼,不过,他可能和公司同事的关系并不好,因为他经常对他们大喊大叫的。
Mr. Dursley的体型一定让每一个哈迷们印象深刻——He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache.一个蓄着大胡子,且身材很魁梧的大胖子
beefy有两种用法,一是形容某人像牛一样壮实,就是那种有着八块腹肌,浑身都是腱子肉的人(a beefy person has a large heavy body and strong muscles)。例如,a beefy wrestler (壮硕的摔跤手)。但显然,德思礼先生不是这样精壮的汉子。
而beefy的第二种用法就是形容某人很肥胖,而且是极其的胖,胖得已经不健康了(fleshy; obese)。而Mr. Dursley正是这样一个连脖子都几乎没有的beefy man。
Mrs. Dursley可不像Mr. Dursley——Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck…她不仅很瘦,脖子还非常长,几乎是正常人的两倍。
形容“A是B的2倍” 时,直接“A+be动词+twice+B”即可。
例:At hes twice her age.他岁,年龄比她大一倍。
需要注意的是twice是副词,可不能直接拿来当动词使用。再举个例子。
例:Cats sleep twice as much as people. 猫睡觉的时间比人长一倍。
Mrs. Dursley的脖子长也是有好处的——which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors,就是可以方便她隔着篱墙偷窥邻居家的八卦。
短语come in useful是指“(某物)发挥了作用,派上用场”(to be useful and help someone to do or achieve something)。
例:It was a lot colder than I thought it would be, so your jacket really came in useful.今天可比我想象得冷多了,你的夹克发挥大作用了。
我们看到,小说形容“Mrs. Dursley伸长脖子探出树篱”用的是动词crane。
crane的名词含义,我们倒是会经常见到,指“起重机,大吊车”(a tall metal structure with a long horizontal part, used for lifting and moving heavy objects),就是下图的这一种,你看它的样子,可不像是伸长了脖子似的嘛。
所以,crane做动词时,意思就是“(为了看得更清楚而)探着身子,伸长脖子”(to stretch in order to look at something)。crane),及物或不及物都可以。
例:People were craning out of the windows and waving.人们把头探出窗外挥手致意。(不及物)
例:She craned her neck to get a better view of the stage.她伸长了脖子,好把舞台看清楚些。(及物)
Dursley夫妇有个儿子叫Dudley——in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere,在他们的眼中,谁都没有自己的孩子好。
短语in one’s opinion是指“据某人看来,根据某人的看法”(According to ones subjectively formed thoughts, not necessarily having any formal basis in fact.)需要注意的是,不论中间的定冠词是单数还是复数,opinion在这个短语中都是单数。
例:In my opinion, that is a very ugly picture. 依我看,那张图很丑。
我们看到,这句话中使用的是fine的比较级finer而不是good的比较级better。
那么,fine和good在形容某人很好时,有区别呢?
fine的语气要比good更加强烈。简单地说,good表示“不坏”,而fine意味着“优越,优秀”。
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