连词while的译法
连词while除具有“当时”、“同时”等意义外,根据上下文还有以下不同含义及其不同译法。 一、引导时间状语从句 译作“当……时”。例如: 1. Make hay while the sun shines. 2. We must work hard to gain more knowledge while we are young. 二、引导让步状语从句 常放在句首,译作“尽管”、“虽然”,比although或 though语气要轻。例如: 1. While I believe it is true, I cannot prove it. 2. While any kind of athletic shoe can provide a certain amount of rebound, 三、引导条件状语从句 相当于as long as,译作“只要”。例如: 1. While there is life, there is hope. 2. While a spark of life remains, it is a doctor's duty to save the patient. 四、引导原因状语从句 相当于since, 有“既然”的意思。例如: 1. You'll never save any money while you're so extravagant. 2. I'd like to get it settled today while we're at it. 五、连接并列句 表示对比,相当于whereas,译作“而”、“可是”。例如: 1. An outdoors man will soon become pale if he changes to an indoor job, while a desk clerk will take on a tan after a short vacation in the sun. 2. Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 六、连接并列句 表示递进,相当于and what is more, 译作“并且”、“而且”。例如: 1. The new man-made fibres are more hardwearing than natural fibres and greatly reduce mending, while good ready-made clothes are cheap and plentiful. 2. Of course, I resolutely determined not to marry, while I quite forgot to consider at all that great rock of disaster in the working-class world-- sickness. |