1. After nearly 20 years of unjust imprisonment, she could feel liberty at hand, so close she could practically taste it.
参考翻译:在忍受了将近二十年不公正的监禁之后,她可以感受到触手可及的自由,仿佛已经品尝到了自由的甜美滋味。
要点解析:at hand:即将到来
e.g. Soon school will end and the vacation will be at hand. 学期快结束了, 假期即将到来。
e.g. This reported there was trouble at hand. 这说明麻烦即将到来。
短语注释:20 years of:二十年来的
2. One morning, very unusually, Paulet allowed her to go out ,riding to have a day's hunting.
参考翻译:一天早上,波莱意外地允许她骑马打猎。
文法解析:riding to have a day’s hunting是现在分词短语短语作目的状语,表示“go out(出去)”的目的是什么。Paulet让玛丽女王出去的目的就是“rid to have day’s hunting(骑马狩猎)”。
短语注释:have a day's hunting:打猎打了一天
3. Mary was taken away while her rooms at Chartley were searched, turning up hundreds of incriminating documents.
参考翻译:玛丽被带走,同时她的屋子被搜了个遍,很多带有犯罪证据的文件被发现。
要点解析:take sb way的意思是“带走,抓走(送去监狱、医院等) ”。英文解释为:To take someone away means to bring them from their home to an institution such as a prison or hospital.
e.g. Two men claiming to be police officers called at the pastor's house and took him away. 两个自称是警察的人来到牧师家里,把他带走了。
e.g. They were taken away in a police bus. 他们被抓上一辆警车带走了。
e.g. Soldiers took away four people one of whom was later released. 士兵们抓走 4 个人,其中 1 个随后被放了回来。
要点解析2:turn up的意思是“If you turn something up or if it turns up, you find, discover, or notice it.(找出;发现;注意到;出现)”的意思。
e.g. Investigations have never turned up any evidence. 调查从没发现任何证据。
e.g. This is a very rare 15th-Century spoon, which turned up in an old house in Devon. 这是在在德文郡一座老房子里发现的一把非常珍贵的 15 世纪的勺子。
文法解析:turning up hundreds of incriminating documents是现在分词短语作伴随状况状语。玛丽所住的房间被Paulet一行人搜查的时候,文件与此同时出现了。这2个动作时同时发生的。
文法解析2:while在这里是副词,不是连词,意思是“在这时候”。
短语注释:hundreds of:成万上千的