2018年翻譯資格考試高級口譯難點詞匯
英譯漢
1.In-state tuition. 州民學費
背景補充：美國的州立大學的學費往往有兩種：In-state tuition，州民學費，針對本州居民的學費，條件是學生自己必須是本州的居民，至少是美國公民，其學費相對是較低的。這種低廉的學費非常有助于州立大學吸引成績優(yōu)異但家境不夠富裕的學生。Out-of-state tuition，非州民學費，針對本州居民以外，往往是in-state tuition的三至四倍。
2.Ivy League：長春藤盟校
背景補充：Ivy League：通常譯為“長春藤盟�！保酥腍arvard哈佛和Yale耶魯外，還包括Princeton University 普林斯頓大學、University of Pennsylvania 賓西法尼亞大學、Dartmouth College 達特茅斯學院、Columbia University 哥倫比亞大學、Cornell University 康乃爾大學和Brown University 布朗大學。這些大學都是私立的名校，以高質量的教學和高昂的學費而著稱。
漢譯英
好聽的話=奉承的話：flattery
贊美/恭維話：compliment
拂耳之言:offensive words/criticism
不悅：unhappy; displeased
慍怒：be angry; be irritated
身居要職: occupy an important position; hold an important post
心悅誠服: be gladly/completely convinced
雅量：(寬宏的氣度)magnanimity; generosity;(大的酒量)great capacity to drink
心性：disposition; temperament
修養(yǎng)：self-cultivation
缺陷：flaw; defect
花言巧語：blandishments; fine rhetoric; deceiving words
投其所好：hit on what one likes; cater to another’s pleasure
可乘之機：Loophole: (法律上的)漏洞、空子
忠誠：loyal; faith
直言不諱：speak out frankly without reserve
在理智上：in reason
偉大哲學家老子：Laozi, the great philosopher
兼聽則明，偏信則暗：listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will be benighted; benighted (being misled) by one-sided opinion, enlightened by difference voices.
忠言逆耳利于行: Honest advice, though unpleasant to the ear, benefits your conduct./ Truth hurts, but helps.
美言不信，信言不美: Beautiful words are truthful; truthful words are not nice to hear./ Embellished words are not true while true words are not embellished.
背離：go against; betray
古訓：old teaching
