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<正> 英语中的许多成语都有它的特殊来历及意义,如果我们不对其加以了解,在翻译的时候就很容易望文生义,贻笑大方。请看下面二例:1.The rooms are all shipshape for our guests.2.When my ship comes home,we’ll buy that house by the sea.在例1中,all shipshape 源于 all shipshape and Bristol fashion,意为“为船出港作好充分准备”。Bristol 为英国港