Question

8．你认为什么导致了这位年轻科学家的英年早逝？（contribute）What do you think has contributed to the scientist's death at such a young age/in his prime/the scientist's dying young？．

Answer 1

分析 What do you think has contributed to the scientist's death at such a young age/in his prime/the scientist's dying young？

解答 What do you think has contributed to the scientist's death at such a young age/in his prime/the scientist's dying young？
本句是对过去事实的一种评价，所以用现在完成时．
其中句子可以加上一个插入语do you think更能显示出句子语气的委婉性，contribute to导致，at such a young age/in one's prime在年轻时，正当壮年．

点评 翻译题要做到句式翻译的精准，短语的正确运用，如in one's prime（正当壮年）等．