矿业工程科技文献翻译部分

1) It is a fine summer’s day.

那是一个晴朗的夏日。

2) The American family is dying because of the soaring porce rate.

由于离婚率直线上升,美国的家庭正在消亡。

3) Studies serve for delight, for ornament, for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business.

读书足以怡情，足以博彩，足以长才。其怡情也，最见于独处幽居之时；其博彩也，最见于高谈阔论之中；其长才也，最见于处世判事之际。

4) What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times.

在一个时期的一定条件下起作用的东西，在另一些场合的相同条件下也必须起作用。

5) Influenza [influ’enz ] is spread in the same manner as a common cold.

流感的传播方式和普通感冒相同。

6) A dry cell is dry only in the sense that there is no liquid in it.

干电池之所谓干，只是就其中没有液体而言的。

7) There seems to be no limit to how hot things can get.

物体能热到什么程度（或：物体能变得多热），似乎没有限度。

8) Although we think of the farm mainly in connection with food, some farm products never come to our table at all but go direct to factories where a great many other things are made from them. 虽然我们一提到农场就会联想到食物，但有些农产品却是从来不上餐桌的，而是直接运到工厂，大量别的东西就由植物制造出来了。

9) All these various losses, great as they are, do not in any way contradict the law of conservation of energy.

所有这些各种各样的损失，虽然很大，但和能量守恒定律没有任何矛盾。

10) Common sense pides the word into three great pisions—man, animal and plants (or living beings other than man), and inanimate objects.

Inanimate[in'ænimit ] adj.死气沉沉的, 没生命的, 单调的

按照常识，世界分为三大部分组成：人类、动植物（即非人类的生物）和无生物。

11) This naval gun is characterized by its accuracy and rate of fire.

这种舰炮的特点是精度好、射速高。

12) Liquids diffuse into one another in a matter similar to that of gases, but the process is indefinitely slower.

液体间相互扩散，方式类似于气体，但过程缓慢得多。

13) The advantages of using standard and commercially available parts cannot be over-emphasized. They cost less, are readily procurable, and can be made in less time than special parts.

使用标准件和外购件的优越性怎么强调也不会过分（或：要大力强调使用标准件和外购件的优越性），因为这些零件价格低廉、货源充足，而且制造起来也比专用件省事。

14) The problem underlying (underlie) the present invention is to provide a sealing means containing…

本发明的主要目的是（或：本发明旨在）介绍一种密封装置，该装置包括

15) While it is true that very few old people are fat, this does not mean that every pound you gain is going to shorten your life.

诚然，长寿人中肥胖者不多，但这并不意味着体重每增加一磅就会缩短人的寿命。

16) A detailed examination was made of energy partition in an impacted solid propellant. 对于固体推进剂受撞击后的能量分布情况，已进行了详尽的研究。

或：本文详细研究了固体推进剂受撞击后的能量分布情况。

17) By 1922, Fleming discovered an enzyme['enzaim] in tears which had the ability to kill bacteria.

1922年，弗来明发现眼泪中含有一种酶能杀死细菌。

18) The most powerful traveling telephones are the ones used on ships. Here is no problem of weight, as there is on an airplane.

船舶上使用功率最大的旅行电话，因为这里不象飞机上那样存在着重量问题。

19) No body is entirely free from external influence.

完全不受外力影响的物体是没有的。

20) Rheumatoid arthritis affects young children as well as adults of all ages.

风湿性关节炎不仅侵害各种年龄的成年人，而且连儿童也难幸免。

21) Approaches to the demolished bridges have been heavily cratered on both banks of the river. 桥已炸毁，河两岸通向桥梁的道路上弹坑累累。

stressed, and dimensionally unstable. (dimensionally adv.在尺寸上)

钢完全淬火后，由于性质变脆、应力增大且尺寸不稳定，所以用途极为有限。

23) This tank was designed in the effort to minimize weight, dimension and manning.

这种坦克的设计努力要力争做到最大限度地减轻重量、减小尺寸，减少乘员。

24) The pilot was ordered to land his aeroplane at once.

飞行员奉命立即着陆。

25) Scientist defined the temperature requirements necessary for survival of the black carp. 科学家们明白了青鱼生存的必须温度。

26) Atomic clocks keep time to better than 0.01 sec. a year.

原子钟走时准确，年误差小于0.01秒。

27) 75oF is about as low as man’s temperature can fall without causing death. {℃=5/9(F-32)} 不致死的人体最低体温约为75华氏度。

28) The amount of technical information available to today’s scientists and engineers is vast and increasing daily.

今天的科学家和工程技术人员所能利用的技术情报浩如烟海，层出不穷。

29) In the defense the rapid concentration of force is essential to winning.

在防御中，迅速集中兵力是克敌制胜的关键。

30) The eyes of the insects are of two kinds, simple eyes and compound eyes.

昆虫的眼睛有两种：单眼和复眼（逗号变冒号）。

课堂问题：

There are two sorts of lawyers---the ones who know the law, and the ones who know the judge.

[译文]有两种律师，一种精通法律，一种熟识法官。

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.

[译文]幻想常把我们带入虚无之乡，但缺乏想象又会使我们驻足不前。

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

[译文]若待炉火纯青而后行，则将一事无成。

Bad news travel fast. Good news takes the scenic route.

[译文]坏事传递快如风，好事沿途观风景。

For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later.

Calculation never made a hero.

[译文]举棋不定永远成不了英雄。

31) Valuables left in full view can be open invitation to theft.

应珍藏贵重物品，以防被盗。

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