与“缘”字有关的英文表达

 　　■ 缘分 → predestined relationship

　　■ 缘 → reason; cause; sake, relationship, edge; fringe, climb

　　■ 无缘无故地 → for no reason at all

　　■ 血缘 → blood relationship

　　■ 人缘 → relations with people

　　■ 姻缘 → predestined marriage

　　■ 前世因缘 → predestination

　　■ 天赐良缘 → a god-sent marriage; a good marriage arranged in Heaven

　　■ 天缘巧合 → a luck coincidence

　　■ 投缘的街坊们 → congenial neighbors

　　■ 化缘 → beg for alms

　　■ 有人缘 → enjoy great popularity

　　■ 喜结良缘 → tie the nuptial² knot

　　■ 缔结姻缘 → form marital³ tie

　　■ 聊得投缘 → talk congenially

　　■ 有缘结识某人 → be lucky to get acquainted with sb.

　　■ 无缘结识某人 → have no opportunity to get acquainted with sb.

　　■ 与某人有一面之缘 → happen to have met sb. once

　　二、句子类

　　■ 婚姻是缘分。 → A couple's conjugal⁴ fate is prearranged.

　　■ 我在班里有人缘。→ I am popular with my classmates.

　　■ 他们结婚是缘分。→ It was destined¹ that they would marry.

　　■ 有缘终相逢。→ Fate brings together people who are far apart.

　　■ 无缘不相逢。→ There is no meeting without predestination.

　　■ 我与烟酒无缘。→ Smoking and drinking don't appeal to me.

　　■ 好事似乎与他无缘。→ Good luck seemed to be wholly denied to him.

　　■ 机缘凑巧，我找到一份工作。→ As luck would have it, I found a job.

　　■ 对不起，我迟到了——因为改道的缘故。→ Sorry I’m late there was a diversion.

　　■ 我发现班里有几个同学和我挺投缘。→ I found quite a few classmates congenial to me.

　　■ 花径不曾缘客扫。 → The garden path has never been cleared for the visit of a guest.

　　■ 他们俩有情无缘。→ The are attracted to each other but are not fated to be conjugally⁵ tied.

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

　　■ 他们的结合是美满的姻缘。→ Their wedlock⁶ is a happy marriage.

　　■ 不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。 → I can't tell the true shape of Lu Shan because I myself am on the mountain.

　　■ 有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。→ As decreed by providence⁷ you have met him; otherwise you might have failed although you traveled a long way.

　　■ 世上没有无缘无故的爱，也没有无缘无故的恨。 → There is absolutely no such thing as love or hatred⁸ without any reason or cause.

　　■ 真遗憾，我们一直无缘相见。 → It is a pity that we have no opportunity to meet each other.

　　■ 科学家不断地把知识领域的边缘向外扩展。→ Scientists continue to push back the boundaries of knowledge.

　　■ 在这家商行里想增加工资简直是缘木求鱼。→ Getting a pay rise in this firm is like getting blood from a stone.

　　■ 千里姻缘一线牵。→ 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.

　　■ 他唯一出风头的事是他与斯大林有一面之缘。→ His only claim to fame is that he once met Stalin.

1 destined   

adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的

参考例句：

• It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
• The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。

2 nuptial   

adj.婚姻的，婚礼的

参考例句：

• Their nuptial day hasn't been determined.他们的结婚日还没有决定。
• I went to the room which he had called the nuptial chamber.我走进了他称之为洞房的房间。

3 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

4 conjugal   

adj.婚姻的，婚姻性的

参考例句：

• Conjugal visits are banned,so marriages break down.配偶访问是禁止的，罪犯的婚姻也因此破裂。
• Conjugal fate is something delicate.缘分，其实是一种微妙的东西。

5 conjugally   

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6 wedlock   

n.婚姻，已婚状态

参考例句：

• My wife likes our wedlock.我妻子喜欢我们的婚姻生活。
• The Fawleys were not made for wedlock.范立家的人就跟结婚没有缘。

7 providence   

n.深谋远虑，天道，天意；远见；节约；上帝

参考例句：

• It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
• To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。

8 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。