詞義的選擇、引申和褒貶（9）

(二)英語中有些詞義是中立的，本身不表示褒義或貶義，但在一定的上下文中可能有褒貶的意味，漢譯時(shí)就應(yīng)該用具有褒貶意味的相應(yīng)的詞來表達(dá)，如：

1. 需要用褒義的詞來表達(dá)

1) Once early in 1974,while driving along the San Diego Freeway from Clemente to Los Angeles, he was asked to reflect on his hopes and ambitions.

一九七四年初，有人同他一起驅(qū)車從克利門蒂沿圣地亞哥公路去洛杉機(jī)，途中請(qǐng)他談

了他的希望和抱負(fù)。

2) "After all," counseled Sonnenfeldt, "you're the only Republican I know with the proper academic credentials. "Kissinger demurred. Such an offer, he said, was highly unlikely.

索南費(fèi)爾特勸他"說，“共和黨里我知道只有你一個(gè)人具有這適當(dāng)?shù)膶W(xué)術(shù)方面的條件。”基辛格免不了謙虛一番，說恐怕不大可能給他這樣的職位吧。

3) The two politicians talked for no more than minutes, at a significant moment in their careers.

兩位政治家交談了僅僅五分鐘。這次談話是在他們一生事業(yè)的重大時(shí)刻進(jìn)行的。