片语

no wonder that难怪；不足为奇

英汉例句

• small wonder that stephen hawking famously said that such a theory would be 「the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we should know the mind of god」.

  斯蒂芬·霍金有一次着名的惊叹，他说这样一个理论将会是「人类智慧的终极胜利—那时我们会读懂上帝的思想」。

• small wonder that japan’s young, creative engineers are getting in touch with their inner sissy.

  难怪日本越来越多年轻，富有创造力的的工程师开始从事原本内心看做娘娘腔的职。

• small wonder that instead of rushing to publish his theory, he sat on it—for 20 years.

  令人稍感惊奇的是，他没有急着发表他的理论，而是压下了它——达20年。

• small wonder the tea party is mostly male, as well as white.

  难怪茶党大多都是白人男性。

• small wonder lego’s profits are 「extremely satisfactory」, as jorgen vig knudstorp, the chief executive, put it last month.

  难怪乐高的执行长jorgenvigknudstorp在上个月提到：乐高的经济效益「极其令人满意」。

• small wonder the announcement of his successor on november 23rd made a splash.

  难怪他11月23日宣布他的接班人引起了一阵骚动。

• small wonder that some fishermen have used bp’s payout to retire, while others are staying off the water for fear it may affect their compensation claims.

  难怪一些渔民利用英国石油公司的偿还款来提前退休；而其他人则不再出海，害怕这会影响他们的赔偿要求。

• small wonder that mr trichet, the president of the european central bank and a man not normally given to hyperbole, worries that the next ten years could be a 「lost decade」.

  难怪平时不太惯于夸张发言的欧洲央行总裁特里谢（trichet）担心下一个十年可能是「失落的十年」。

• small wonder more firms are offering wellness programmes.

  难怪越来越多的公司要实施康乐项目。

• small wonder the bank is on course to set aside over $20 billion for salaries and bonuses.

  高盛能够拿出200亿美金作为薪水和奖金就不奇怪了。

• small wonder that foreign businesses are complaining about the shortfall of talents.

  难怪在华外企会抱怨人才短缺。

• small wonder yahoo investors lost a boatload of money wednesday, as shares crashed 12%.

  在这样的情况下，雅虎股东周三损失惨重也就不足为奇了，雅虎股价周三暴跌12%。

• small wonder that mr cooley was sick before each training jump.

  所以，厄尔先生在每次跳伞训练前都恶心想吐就不足为奇了。

• small wonder that it has had a hard time coping, particularly in such technophile cities as new york and san francisco.

  不奇怪美国电报电话公司有段艰难的时间去应对流量猛增，尤其是在纽约和旧金山这样科技发烧友众多的城市。

• small wonder that in april, louis vuitton opened two stores in shanghai on the same day;

  不足为奇的是，今年四月，路易威登在上海一天之内开了两家店；

• small wonder that many investors are getting reluctant to put their faith in experts.

  因此，许多投资者越来越不愿意信任专家也不足为奇。

• small wonder foreign companies in china complain of a talent shortage.

  难怪在华外企会抱怨人才短缺。