1990年1月CET—4试卷中partⅢ第58小题为: Don’t____this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead. A) release B)relieve C)relate D)retain(答案为A). 题干中go-ahead一词为何义呢?我们不能望文生义,将其译为“事情的发展(进展)情况”,从而将全句误译为:待我们向你们提供事情的进展后,再把这一消息公布于众。造成上述错误的原因主要有二:一是欠思考,没有考虑句子的整体意义;二 In the CET-4 paper in January 1990, Part 58 of Part III was titled: Don’t____this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead. A) release B)relieve C)relate D)retain (answer A). Why can’t the word go-ahead mean justice? We can’t read the text and translate it into “the development of things (progress).” So we can misinterpret the whole sentence as: After we’ve provided you with progress, then This news was made public. There are two main reasons for the above errors: First, they do not think about it; they do not consider the overall meaning of the sentence;