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核心问题

Mrs.Shaw's glance wandered round her lovely room,which had provided a magazine called Tasteful Homes with a large number of photographs.

[原译]萧太太的眼光环顾了一下她那美丽的房间,房间里摆着有一份名叫《风雅家庭》的杂志,上面登有许多照片。(《外国短篇小说集》)

译文似乎误译了 provide 的含义。请分析。

词典解答

译者误解了provide的含义,因而把整个句子的意思都译错了。provide with 是一个很常用的动词,它的意思是“为……提供”[supply(someone or something) withnecessary things or people)]。例如:

  1. The workers tried to provide the production lines with automatic control devices. 工人们试图给生产线装上自动控制装置。

  2. I shall be very glad to provide you with any additional information about it. 我极愿向您提供关于这个问题的其他资料。

[试译]……漂亮的房间,一本名叫《风雅家庭》的杂志曾经刊登过许多有关这间房屋的照片。

练习题

请做下面的英语试题:

  1. Directed by D.W. Griffith in 1915,The Birth of a Nationprovided the screen for its A B C D first major spectacle.

  2. This room is partly ____ with a few old armchairs.

A. provided B. decorated C. beautified D. furnished(全国研考)

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