例如:Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character. (参考译文:达尔文确信,没有了这些爱好不只是少了乐趣,而且还可能会有损于一个人的思维年能力,更有可能导致一个人道德品质的下降。)
was convinced 这里被翻译成了确信,类似的这种很多已经演变成固定翻译方法,如果有人翻译成达尔文被说服或被确信之类的,那可就真要贻笑大方了。再看2002年真题:
The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find. (参考译文:行为科学之所以发展缓慢,部分原因是用来解释行为的依据似乎往往是直接观察到的,部分原因是其他的解释方式一直难以找到。)