关于缘分的一些英文表达法（下）

时间：2009-01-31 01:29:09

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他们俩有情无缘。 The are attracted to each other but are not fated to be conjugally1 tied.

机缘凑巧，我找到一份工作。 As luck would have it, I found a job.

有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。 As decreed by providence2 you have met him; otherwise you might have failed although you traveled a long way.

我发现班里有几个同学和我挺投缘。 I found quite a few classmates congenial to me.

我在班里有人缘。 I am popular with my classmates.

真遗憾，我们一直无缘相见。 It is a pity that we have no opportunity to meet each other.

兄弟及表兄弟有血缘关系联系着。 Brothers and cousins are united by ties of consanguinity3.

他化缘为生。 He followed the life of a mendicant4.

为盖新厂房他四处化缘。 He went about seeking financial help from the sponsers to build new workshops.

外缘 outer fringes

攀援 climb up

缘木求鱼 climb up a tree to look for fish

他若想那样解决问题，无异缘木求鱼。 He would be milking a bull if he tried to settle the prblem that way.

有巨人的肩膀可攀缘，侏儒看得比巨人还远。 The dwarf5 sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on.

缘故 reason; cause; sake

缘由 reason; cause


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1 conjugally 9f3b289e4a9e4acfa333e67ce34504d3     
参考例句：
2 providence 8tdyh     
n.深谋远虑，天道，天意；远见；节约；上帝
参考例句：
  • It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
  • To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。
3 consanguinity TY4yJ     
n.血缘；亲族
参考例句：
  • Aside from a thorough medical family history,there is no need to offer any genetic testing on the basis of consanguinity alone.除了需要一份详尽的家庭病史之外，没有必要仅根据有血缘关系这一条理由就进行任何的基因测试。
  • The identity in the primitive society was based on consanguinity.原始社会存在的身份是建立在血缘基础之上的。
4 mendicant 973z5     
n.乞丐；adj.行乞的
参考例句：
  • He seemed not an ordinary mendicant.他好象不是寻常的乞丐。
  • The one-legged mendicant begins to beg from door to door.独腿乞丐开始挨门乞讨。
5 dwarf EkjzH     
n.矮子，侏儒，矮小的动植物；vt.使…矮小
参考例句：
  • The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。
  • The dwarf shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. 矮子耸耸肩膀，摇摇头。

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