Most careers in conservative politics, where purity is highly valued, would not survive a public declaration of love for the president, let alone a professed willingness to raise taxes to plug the deficit.
【词汇突破】
1.politics政见,政治活动
What are your politics?你的政见如何? conservative politics保守派的政治活动
2.purity 纯洁性
3. survive : continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal) (事故或折磨后)存活,坚持,存在
4. let alone 更不用说
5. a public declaration of love for 公开声称爱
6. a professed willingness to 公开声称愿意 Professed :公开声称的;
7. plug the deficit 弥补赤字
Plug :本意是塞子,在这里就是弥补的意思了。 Deficit: 赤字
【句子解析】
【句子主干】Most careers would not survive A ,let alone B.
A = a public declaration of love for the president
B= a professed willingness to raise taxes to plug the deficit.
in conservative politics, 定语修饰careers
where purity is highly valued, 定语从句修饰conservative politics
翻译的过程中还是注意语序按照中文的习惯调整: 先翻译定语从句,在翻译其他。
【参考译文】在保守派的政治活动中,纯洁性是被高度看重的,所以很多其中的职业是承受不起公开表达爱总统的,更不用说公开声称愿意通过增加税收来弥补赤字。
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