平日里閱讀外刊時，多積累不同的表達和組句思路，并靈活用于翻譯或英文寫作中，可以讓我們的譯文和作文更加增色哦。今日關注——
“緩解……的影響沖擊”的花式思路
我們就通過一個例句來鋪開，此例句選自知新共學4月翻譯群的一次中譯英練習：
工業(yè)去產能可能會造成近400萬人失業(yè)，但從餐館到醫(yī)療保健等服務行業(yè)對勞動力的強勁需求正在緩解這種沖擊。
先說“緩解”。relieve, alleviate, ease, buffer，也可以用compensate for:?
V-I Something that compensates for something else balances it or reduces its effects. 抵消
Senators say it is crucial that a mechanism is found to compensate for inflation.
參議員們說找到抵消通貨膨脹的機制是至關重要的。
Buffer有名詞性和動詞性，兩種詞性神馬的最容易寫出花式表達了
n. someone or something that protects one thing or person from being harmed by another 起緩沖作用的人[物]
[+ against]
Eastern Europe was important to Russia as a buffer against the West.?
東歐是俄羅斯與西方抗衡的重要緩沖。
vt. to reduce the bad effects of something緩沖，緩和，緩解
Consumer spending is buffering the effects of the recession.?
消費支出正在緩解經濟衰退造成的影響。
Cushion也是如此，有名詞性和動詞性：
v. to protect someone from an unpleasant situation or the unpleasant effects of something使免受沖擊，減輕…的影響
cushion the blow/impact (of sth)
generous leaving allowances to help cushion the blow of redundancy?
緩和裁員打擊的不菲的離職補貼
cushion sb from/against sth
Parents today often feel their children should be cushioned from the outside world.?
如今的父母常常覺得自己的孩子應該被保護起來免受外部世界的打擊。
[usually singular,一般用單數(shù)] something, especially money, that prevents you from being immediately affected by a bad situation起緩解作用的東西；〔尤指〕防備不時之需的積蓄
[+ against]
Savings can act as a cushion against unemployment. 積蓄可以在失業(yè)時救急。
記住這個用法，等下可以幫助我們延伸出一種花式表達哦~
“沖擊”，除了類似impact這種“影響”有關的名詞，還可以是blow:?
an action or event that causes difficulty or sadness for someone打擊
Joe resigned, which was a severe blow because we needed him desperately.
喬辭職了，這是一個巨大的打擊，因為我們非常需要他。
His mother’s death was a shattering blow . 他母親的死是一個沉重的打擊。
The election result dealt a further blow to the party.?
競選結果進一步打擊了這個政黨。
The factory closures came as a blow to the local economy.?
工廠關閉是對當?shù)亟洕囊粋€打擊。
The final blow for many firms was the government’s abolition of import duties.
對于許多公司來說，政府取消進口稅是最后致命的一擊。
可以和sofften，還有剛才的cushion搭配：
soften/cushion the blow: to make something unpleasant easier for someone to accept緩和打擊
A reduction in interest rates would soften the blow of tax increases.
降息對增稅帶來的打擊將起到緩和的作用。
現(xiàn)在可以玩花式表達啦~
兩個完整句：
Industrial capacity cut may lay off 4 million workers/slash four million jobs/lead to the layoffs of nearly 4 million workers, but the robust/crying demand for labor from the service industry, from restaurants to health care, is cushioning the blow.
前半句還可以用400萬人做主語：
Four million may be laid off due to ...
前半句做主句，第二句裝在非限制性定語從句里面：
Industrial capacity cut may lay off nearly four million workers, which, though, will be compensated for by the robust/crying demand for labor from the service industry...
第二句也可以用服務行業(yè)做主語，強勁需求做插入語：
... but the services sector, from ... to ..., with crying demand for labor, is easing the blow.
在上述大框架的基礎上，后半句也可以做一些調整。“緩解”可以名詞化，act as a buffer/cushion
話說剛才cushion的例句里 有這一句，此處可以做個仿寫，也是另一個翻譯思路了：
Savings can act as a cushion against unemployment. 積蓄可以在失業(yè)時救急。
Crying demand for labor in the services sector, from... to..., is acting as a cushion against the layoffs of nearly four million workers caused by industrial capacity cut.
相當于把前半句給名詞化處理了。
就醬。還有別的構句思路嗎？歡迎下方評論區(qū)分享哦~~
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