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"Is 'no less than' a conjunction, and is what comes after it a clause?"
Jan 29, 2026 4:13 AM
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本句结构非常简单,但是原译文却做跳高活动,非常烦人来展示自己的翻译才华。
The city has its cunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and more human temper.
no less than → 决不比…更少。→不亚于…(相当于副词,翻译理解时先把它忽略)→
,(no less than) the infinitely smaller and more human temper=语言效果上=The city is smaller and temper (该城市是较小的而且是(更具有人性的)脾气。
参考译文:
这个城市有其狡诈的诡计,丝毫不逊于那些无限渺小却更具人性色彩的脾性。
修改译文: 这个城市有其狡诈的诡计,虽然它非常非常的小,但它的人性色彩的脾性却非常庞大。
Mar 3, 2026 2:33 AM
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是的这是Quantifying Phrases(no less than, as much as, no fewer than, at least,...),后面应该是名词、名词组或数词的
取一个例子:There were no less than 10 people in the classroom
Jan 29, 2026 4:58 AM
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