學(xué)說英語中的奇妙“緣分”

二、句子類

婚姻是緣分。? A couple's conjugal fate is prearranged.

我在班里有人緣。 I am popular with my classmates.

他們結(jié)婚是緣分。 It was destined that they would marry.

有緣終相逢。 Fate brings together people who are far apart.

無緣不相逢。 There is no meeting without predestination.

我與煙酒無緣。 Smoking and drinking don't appeal to me.

好事似乎與他無緣。 Good luck seemed to be wholly denied to him.

機(jī)緣湊巧，我找到一份工作。 As luck would have it, I found a job.

對不起，我遲到了——因?yàn)楦牡赖木壒省?Sorry I’m late there was a diversion.

我發(fā)現(xiàn)班里有幾個(gè)同學(xué)和我挺投緣。I found quite a few classmates congenial to me.

花徑不曾緣客掃。? The garden path has never been cleared for the visit of a guest.

他們倆有情無緣。 The are attracted to each other but are not fated to be conjugally tied.

我因健康的緣故不得已才退休了。 I had to retire on medical grounds / on the grounds of ill health.

他們的結(jié)合是美滿的姻緣。 Their wedlock is a happy marriage.

不識(shí)廬山真面目，只緣身在此山中。I can't tell the true shape of Lu Shan because I myself am on the mountain.

有緣千里來相會(huì)，無緣對面不相逢。 As decreed by providence you have met him; otherwise you might have failed although you traveled a long way.

世上沒有無緣無故的愛，也沒有無緣無故的恨。? There is absolutely no such thing as love or hatred without any reason or cause.

真遺憾，我們一直無緣相見。? It is a pity that we have no opportunity to meet each other.

科學(xué)家不斷地把知識(shí)領(lǐng)域的邊緣向外擴(kuò)展。 Scientists continue to push back the boundaries of knowledge.

在這家商行里想增加工資簡直是緣木求魚。 Getting a pay rise in this firm is like getting blood from a stone.

千里姻緣一線牽。 Two beings destined to marry each other, though thousands of miles apart, are tied together with an invisible red thread by an old man under the moonlight.

他唯一出風(fēng)頭的事是他與斯大林有一面之緣。 His only claim to fame is that he once met Stalin.