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词汇积累 | 外刊小词:absolve

• 2021 年 06 月 16 日 • 翻译·译事随笔

absolve

v.免除…的过失;解除…的责任

音标:

/əb'zɒlv/

英英释义:

If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.

例句:

①A police investigation yesterday absolved the police of all blame in the incident.

警方昨天的调查廓清了其在此事件中的任何责任。

②The inquiry which absolved the soldiers.

宣告士兵们并无任何过失的调查。

Matt Haig的新书 The Midnight Library 也出现了这个表达:

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pull the trigger

引起;发动;促使

英英释义:

If something pulls the triggers in an event or situation, it causes it to begin to happen or exist.

例句:

①The current recession was triggered by a slump in consumer spending.

目前的经济衰退是由消费支出骤跌引起的。

②Even a problem as simple as a bad back often has an underlying triggering factor.

甚至像背疼这样的小问题都常常有潜在的诱发因素。

“pull”在这里可以理解为“扳动开关”,就可以理解为“引发”

《卫报》一篇题为 Stuck in the middle with the love 的文章也提到了这个表达:

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