1
I am haunted by humans.
翻译
我为人类所萦绕。
重点解析:这是一个被动语态句子,结构为主语'I' + 系动词'am' + 过去分词'haunted' + 介词'by' + 宾语'humans'。'haunted'在这里作为形容词,表示持续的状态,常用于描述被某种情感或记忆困扰的场景。
2
Here is a small fact: You are going to die.
翻译
这里有个浅显的事实:你终将一死。
重点解析:这是一个复合句,由'Here is a small fact'作为主句,和'You are going to die'作为同位语从句,解释fact的内容。使用冒号来引出解释,'going to'表示将来时态,强调必然性。
3
The book thief had been wrestling with words for a long time.
翻译
偷书贼长久以来一直与文字纠缠不休。
重点解析:使用过去完成进行时,结构为'had been wrestling',表示动作从过去持续到过去某个时间点。'wrestling with'是固定短语,意为与...搏斗,'for a long time'是时间状语。
4
A small but noteworthy note: I have seen so many young men over the years who think they are running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.
翻译
一个微小却值得注意的事实:多年来我目睹无数青年,以为自己正奔向同类。实则不然。他们正奔向我。
重点解析:这是一个复合句,包含一个主句'I have seen...'和一个定语从句'who think...'。'who think they are running at other young men'修饰'young men'。后两句是省略句,'They are not'省略了'running at other young men','They are running at me'是完整句。使用现在完成时'have seen'表示经历。
5
I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know?
翻译
我曾想向偷书贼诉说许多,关于美与残酷。然而,关于那些她早已了然于心的事,我又能说些什么呢?
重点解析:第一句是简单句,使用过去时态'wanted'。第二句是复合疑问句,'what could I tell her'是主句,'that she didn't already know'是定语从句,修饰'things'。使用情态动词'could'表示能力或可能性。
6
Sometimes I manage to float above the world, and I see everything from above.
翻译
有时我得以凌驾尘世,俯瞰众生。
重点解析:这是一个并列复合句,由两个独立分句用'and'连接。第一个分句'Sometimes I manage to float above the world'中,'manage to'表示成功做到某事。第二个分句'I see everything from above'使用一般现在时。
7
The last time I saw him was on a train. He was sitting by the window, and he looked at me with his tired, blue eyes. He smiled, and I knew he was saying goodbye.
翻译
我最后一次见他是在火车上。他倚窗而坐,用疲惫的蓝眸注视着我。他微微一笑,我便知那是在道别。
重点解析:第一句是简单句,使用过去时态。第二句是并列句,用'and'连接两个分句,第一个分句使用过去进行时'was sitting',第二个使用一般过去时'looked'。第三句是复合句,'He smiled'是主句,'and I knew he was saying goodbye'中,'that'被省略,'he was saying goodbye'是宾语从句。
8
Words are life, Liesel. All those pages, they're for you to fill.
翻译
文字即生命,莉赛尔。那些书页,正待你挥毫。
重点解析:第一句是简单句,使用一般现在时,'Liesel'是呼语。第二句是复合句,'All those pages'是主题,'they're for you to fill'是主句,使用不定式短语'to fill'表示目的。
9
The war was a story that everyone was telling, but no one was listening.
翻译
战争是一则人人传述却无人倾听的故事。
重点解析:这是一个复合句,主句'The war was a story'后接定语从句'that everyone was telling',修饰'story'。然后用'but'连接另一个分句'no one was listening',形成转折。使用过去进行时'was telling'和'was listening'表示过去持续的动作。
10
In the end, the book thief was saved by the very words she stole.
翻译
最终,偷书贼为她所窃的文字所救赎。
重点解析:这是一个被动语态句子,结构为'the book thief was saved by...'。'by the very words'中,'very'用作形容词强调'words'。'she stole'是定语从句,修饰'words'。使用一般过去时。
11
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
翻译
死亡并非生命的对立面,而是其组成部分。
重点解析:这是一个简单句,使用系动词'is',后接表语。'not...but...'是固定结构,表示“不是...而是...”。'of life'是介词短语作定语,'a part of it'中'it'指代'life'。
12
The sky was the color of Jews.
翻译
天空染上了犹太人的色彩。
重点解析:这是一个简单句,使用系动词'was',后接表语'the color of Jews'。这是一个比喻,将天空的颜色与犹太人的命运联系起来。'of Jews'是介词短语,表示所属或关联。