圣火采集:torch lighting

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希臘雅典時(shí)間今天中午11點(diǎn),北京時(shí)間17時(shí),北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)圣火的采集儀式將在希臘古奧林匹亞遺址舉行。昨天,圣火采集儀式的最后一次彩排取得了圓滿成功。
    請(qǐng)看《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》的報(bào)道:
    A backup plan was successfully rehearsed yesterday to ensure that bad weather does not dampen the torch-lighting ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Games, today.
    為保證今天在奧運(yùn)會(huì)的發(fā)祥地古奧林匹亞進(jìn)行的北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)圣火采集儀式不會(huì)被糟糕的天氣所破壞,點(diǎn)火備用方案于昨天成功彩排。
    該報(bào)道中,torch-lighting 就是“火炬點(diǎn)火”或者“圣火采集”的意思,也可譯成 flame-lighting。The torch-lighting ceremony of the Beijing Olympics就是“北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)圣火采集儀式”。如果要表達(dá)“點(diǎn)燃火炬”的意思,可以用light the torch,light用作動(dòng)詞的時(shí)候,就是“點(diǎn)燃,變亮”的意思。
    例如:
    We lit the candle and the candle lit the room.
    我們點(diǎn)燃了蠟燭,蠟燭照亮了房間。
    Her face lit up when she saw he was coming.
    當(dāng)她看到他走過來的時(shí)候,她的臉亮了起來。
    與奧運(yùn)火炬?zhèn)鬟f相關(guān)的表達(dá)有:
    Olympic flame 奧運(yùn)圣火
    torchbearer 火炬手
    torch relay 火炬?zhèn)鬟f
    relay route 傳遞路線