心血來潮,製作了三十六計的英文版送給大家。
另外,為了讓大家更好地理解兩種語言間的轉化,把稍難的單詞和詞組做了註釋。
開始吧:
1. 瞞天過海:crossing the sea undercamouflage(偽裝)
2.圍魏救趙:relieving(解救)the state of Zhao bybesieging(圍攻)the state of Wei
3.借刀殺人:killing someone with a borrowed knife
4.以逸待勞:waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy
5.趁火打劫:plundering(掠奪)a burning house
6.聲東擊西:making afeint(佯攻)to the east and attacking in the west
7.無中生有:creating something out of nothing
8.暗渡陳倉:advancing secretly by an unknown path
9.隔岸觀火:watching a fire from the other side of the river
10.笑裡藏刀:covering thedagger(匕首)with a smile
11.李代桃僵:palming off(騙賣)substitute(替代品)for the real thing
12.順手牽羊:picking up something in passing
13.打草驚蛇:beating the grass to frighten the snake
14.借屍還魂:resurrecting(使…復活)a dead soul by borrowing a corpse
15.調虎離山:luring(引誘)the tiger out of hisden(獸穴)
16.欲擒故縱:letting the enemy off in order to catch him
17.拋磚引玉:giving the enemy something toinduce(誘使,相當於第15條的lure)him to lose more valuable things
18.擒賊擒王:capturing theringleader(頭目)first in order to capture all the followers
19.釜底抽薪:extracting the firewood from under thecauldron(大鍋)
20.混水摸魚:muddling(弄渾)the water to catch the fish
21.金蟬脫殼:slipping away(溜走)by casting off a cloak(披風);
22.關門捉賊:catching the thief by blocking his escape route
23.遠交近攻:befriending(交友)the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy
24.假途伐虢:attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor
*假道,是借路的意思。伐,是攻佔的意思。虢,是春秋時的一個小國。用於軍事上,其意在於先利用甲做跳板,去消滅乙,達到目的後,回過頭來連甲一起消滅,或者藉口向對方借道為名,行消滅對方之實。
25.偷樑換柱:stealing thebeams and pillars(房的梁和柱)and replacing themwithrotten timbers(腐敗的木材)
26.指桑罵槐:abusing(辱罵)thelocust(槐樹)tree while pointing to themulberry(桑樹)
27.假痴不癲:feigning(假裝)madness without becominginsane(瘋癲的)
28.上屋抽梯:removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof
29.樹上開花:putting artificial flowers on trees
30.反客為主:turning from the guest into the host
31.美人計:usingseductive(性感迷人的)women to corrupt the enemy
32.空城計:presenting aboldfront(大膽的前線)toconceal(隱藏)unpreparedness(抽象名詞,表示一種未準備好的狀態)
33.反間計:sowing(播種)discord(爭端)amongthe enemy
34.苦肉計:deceiving(欺騙)theenemy by torturing one’s own man
35.連環計:coordinating(協調、協同)onestratagem(詭計)withanother
36.走為上:running away as the best choice
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