富兰克林自传有句话,Indeed,Iscarceeverheardorsawtheintroductorywords,"Witho...富兰克林自传有句话,Indeed,Iscarceeverheardorsawtheintroductorywords,"WithoutvanityImaysay,"etc.,b.书上翻译为我经常听到或

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富兰克林自传有句话 ,Indeed,I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words,"Witho...
富兰克林自传有句话 ,Indeed,I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words,"Without vanity I may say," etc.,b.书上翻译为 我经常听到或者看到‘’可以好不自夸地说‘’之类的开场白.我觉得应该译成,我很少听到或者见到.scarce不是表示否定吗?迷惑中.

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Indeed,I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words,"Without vanity I may say," but some vain thing immediately followed.
真的,我还从没听说或见过那些“我说这话绝不是出于虚荣,”之类开场白后,接着虚荣就来了.