文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

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爬行主義

the doctrine of trailing behind at a snail's pace

爬在別人頭上

tread on others' necks

怕得要命

fear intensely/mortally fear

怕得要死，恨得要命

scared to death and mortally hate

怕丟丑，怕丟名，怕挨斗，怕喪失威信

fear of losing face or reputation, fear of public criticism, and fear of forfeiting prestige.

怕字當(dāng)頭

put fear before everything else

排華

discrimination against the Chinese

排山倒海之勢，雷霆萬鈞之力，磅礴于全世界，而葆其美妙之青春

full of youth and vitality, sweeping the world with the momentum of an avalanche and the force of a thunderbolt

派性

factionalism

攀登前人沒有攀登過的高峰

scale heights yet unclimbed

盤古開天地以來

since Pan Ku divided the heavens from the earth

叛變投敵

become a traitor and surrender to the enemy

叛徒、內(nèi)奸、工賊

renegade, hidden traitor and scab

叛徒哲學(xué)

renegade philosophy

盼星星，昐月亮

We looked at the stars and looked at the moon, hoping...

龐然大物

colossus/formidable giant

拋到茅廁里去

dump on the muck heap

拋到歷史垃圾箱

(something or somebody) history will discard

拋頭顱，灑熱血

shed blood and lay down lives

拋磚引玉

cast away a brick and attract a jadestone

跑龍?zhí)?/dt>

utility man

炮制

dish up/be cooked up

炮打司令部

bombard the headquarters

培養(yǎng)干部

cultivate cadres

“裴多菲俱樂部”

the Hungarian Petofi Club

配給制

ration system

蓬勃發(fā)展

surging vigorously forward

捧場

eulogize/extol/laud/hail/acclaim/cheer/applaud

捧上天

laud (praise) someone to the skies

碰得頭破血流

knock one's head against a brick wall/badly battered and smashed

碰釘子

run into snags/meet with failure/meet disappointment/get snubbed

碰頭會

meeting with heads together

碰一鼻子灰

being snubbed/get a rebuff

批陳整風(fēng)

criticize Chen Boda and rectify the style

批斗會

exposure-criticism meeting

批林批孔

repudiate Lin Biao and criticize Confucius

批判從嚴，處理從寬

strict in criticism, lenient in handling the cases

批判地繼承

inherit in a critical way

批判會

repudiation meeting

批深，批透，批倒，批臭

criticize penetratingly, repudiate thoroughly, overthrow and discredit completely

披著……外衣

wear the cloak of

披著羊皮的狼要比不披羊皮的狼陰險十倍

Wolves in sheep's clothing are ten times more sinister than wolves undisguised.

披著形形色色的外衣

don all sorts of cloaks

皮之不存，毛將焉附？

When the skin has gone, what can the hair adhere to?

蚍蜉撼大樹，可笑不自量

like ants trying to shake a huge tree, ridiculously overrating themselves

蚍蜉撼樹談何易

How can ants topple the giant tree?

把屁股坐到……那一邊去

go over to the side of

辟謠

deny a rumor

偏見比無知離真理更遠

Prejudice is farther from the truth than ignorance.

片面地看問題

take a one-sided approach to problems

騙局

fraudulent game/fraud/trap/trickery

騙人的鬼話

deceitful rubbish

拼刺刀

bayonet charge

拼命渲染

play up and exaggerate

貧、下中農(nóng)出身

of poor and lower-middle peasant origin

貧協(xié)（貧下中農(nóng)協(xié)會）

the poor and lower-middle peasants' association

平等、互利、互相尊重主權(quán)和領(lǐng)土完整

equality, mutual benefit, mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity

平地一聲春雷

A peal of spring thunder roars over the horizon.

平反

reverse the decisions/rehabilitate/reverse the verdicts on

平均主義

equalitarianism

乒乓外交

ping-pong diplomacy

評工記分

evaluation of work and allotment of points

評《水滸》

appraisal of Shuihu

（編者說明）《水滸》或《水滸傳》有幾種英譯版本：All Men are Brothers, Outlaws of the Marsh，Water Margin，Men of the Brothers；較新的版本是：Marshes of Mount Liang。

評價歷史人物

appraise historical characters

潑冷水

a dash of cold water

破除迷信，解放思想

break down the superstitions, emancipate the mind

破舊立新

destroy the old and establish the new

破爛貨

rubbish

破私立公

fight self and foster devotion to the public interest

破四舊，立四新

destroy old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits; foster new ideas, new culture, new customs and new habits

破天荒

unprecedented/for the first time

破字當(dāng)頭，立在其中

Destruction comes first and construction comes in the course of destruction.

迫不及待

hurriedly/in haste

迫于形勢

under the circumstance they could not do anything else/under the pressure of events

迫不得已

do something against one's will

鋪張浪費

extravagance and waste

普遍真理

universally true/the universal truth

普及到工農(nóng)群眾中去

become widely diffused among the workers and peasants

普及和提高相結(jié)合

the principle of combining popularization with elevation

普通勞動者

ordinary laborers

普照大地

illuminate every corner of the land

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