文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

蔣割荊

C（1）

擦亮眼睛

keep our eyes open

拆爛污

make a mess of

才子佳人

talents and beauties

踩在腳下

trample underfoot

“殘酷斗爭，無情打擊”

ruthless struggle and merciless blows

殘渣余孽

dross and remnant evils

燦爛的思想政治之花

the magnificent ideological and political flowers

慘痛教訓(xùn)

painful lessons

藏垢納污

a vehicle for filth

藏身之處

a place to hide

藏在暗處

lie low

草草收場

hastily wind up a matter/end up rashly

曾幾何時

it was not long before...

插手

have a hand in

插隊落戶

go down to the countryside to become members of production teams

插遍全球

plant...throughout the world

查無實據(jù)

investigations show no evidence against

查戶口

check residence cards

拆穿謊言

give the show away

拆墻腳

undermine

拆臺

sabotage

鏟除

uproot

鏟除毒草

eliminate poisonous weeds

猖獗一時

run wild for a while

猖狂進(jìn)攻

furious attack

（循著）常規(guī)走路的人們

those who follow the old routine

唱白臉

wear the white make-up of the stage villain

唱反調(diào)

harp on a discordant tune

唱紅臉

wear the red make-up of the hero

唱頌歌

psalm-singing

唱挽歌

sing the elegy for

唱對臺戲

put on a rival show

唱高調(diào)

chant bombastic words

唱一個調(diào)子

sing the same tune as

暢所欲言

speak out one's mind freely

超現(xiàn)實主義

surrealism

超級大國

super-powers

超階級

transcend classes

徹底查明

investigate thoroughly

徹底揭露

thoroughly (completely) expose

徹底的革命精神

the spirit of thorough-going revolution

徹底消滅

be destroyed thoroughly

徹底打擊

attack...at the very roots

徹底拋棄

discard...once and for all

徹底推翻

overthrow once and for all

徹底的革命者

a thorough-going revolutionary

徹底的唯物主義者

thorough-going materialists

徹頭徹尾，徹里徹外

from top to bottom and inside out

撤銷處分

penalty shall be rescinded

撤銷職務(wù)

dismiss from

撤職罷官

dismiss...from office

撤職查辦

discharge from one's post to be prosecuted

撤職處分

punishment by dismissal

陳詞濫調(diào)

often-repeated trash

陳規(guī)陋習(xí)

outdated conventions and bad customs

“沉舟側(cè)畔千帆過，病樹前頭萬木春”

A thousand sails pass by the shipwreck; ten thousand saplings shoot up beyond the withered tree.

趁火打劫

plunge a burning house

趁機搗亂/乘機搗亂

seize the opportunity to make trouble/seize the opportunity to create disturbances

稱霸世界

dominate the world

成份

class status/class origin

成份不純

impurities in class composition

成份好、出身好

people of good class and family origin

成名成家

seek fame and become an expert

成果

fruits

“城市老爺衛(wèi)生部”

"Ministry of Health for Urban Overlords"

城鄉(xiāng)差別

difference between town and country

城市小資產(chǎn)階級

the urban petty bourgeoisie

懲辦和寬大相結(jié)合

combine punishment with leniency

懲辦少數(shù)、改造多數(shù)

punish the few and reform the many

懲前毖后，治病救人

learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones and cure the sickness to save the patient

懲辦要嚴(yán)

severe punishment should be meted out to

乘風(fēng)破浪

ride the winds and break the waves

乘機翻案

take the opportunity to whitewash

乘機報復(fù)

exploit the situation to take revenge

乘其不備

catch someone unprepared

乘人之危

take advantage of others' misfortune

乘勝前進(jìn)

go forward in triumph

乘虛而入

get a chance to step in

吃喝玩樂

gluttony and pleasure-seeking

吃苦在前，享樂在后

be the first to bear hardships, the last to enjoy comforts

吃老本

live off one's past glory

吃人的

for the blood of the people

吃透兩頭

have a thorough grasp of the Party's policies and have a thorough understanding of the views of the masses

“吃小虧占大便宜”

"lose a little, gain much"

吃憶苦飯

eat the kind of meal the poor people used to eat in the old society

吃閑飯

lead an idle life

吃香

favorite

吃大虧，上大當(dāng)

be badly fooled

吃二遍苦，受二茬罪

be hurled back into misery

吃人政治

man-eating governments

吃人制度

cannibalistic system

赤膊上陣

come out without any disguise

赤腳醫(yī)生

barefoot doctors

赤膽忠心

dedicatedly

赤地千里

thousands of miles of cracked, parched and deserted land

赤貧

the utterly destitute

赤裸裸的

undisguised/barefaced

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