实至名归Credit where credit is due

常用词汇

同义词与近义词

常用短语与固定搭配

• ask what one would take for …：问某人要如何回报。原文用法：When once asked what he would take for one of his discoveries…
• be rewarded if …：在……条件下会感到满足。原文用法：I will be sufficiently rewarded if…
• claim … as one's own：把……据为己有。原文用法：you will not claim the discovery as your own.
• say it was mine：说那是我的。原文用法：but will say it was mine.
• Credit where credit is due：（谚语）功劳归于应得之人。

常用句式

• Pattern: When asked …, 主语 + 谓语："当被问到……时，……"。原文例句：When once asked what he would take for one of his discoveries, Thales replied, "…"
• Pattern: 主语 + will be sufficiently rewarded if …："如果……，我将感到足够满足。"原文例句："I will be sufficiently rewarded if, when telling it to others, you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine."
• Pattern: but + will say …：用 but 转折，强调"相反地说……"。原文例句同上。

长难句解析

I will be sufficiently rewarded if, when telling it to others, you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.

• 主干：I will be sufficiently rewarded if you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.
• 修饰与从句：

- if 引导条件状语从句； - when telling it to others 为条件状语从句内部的时间状语（缩略的现在分词）； - as your own 为宾语补足语，说明 claim 的内容； - it was mine 中 it 指代 the discovery。

• 逻辑关系：泰勒斯以"你告诉别人时"为条件；先以 not 否定"不据为己有"，再以 but 转折"说成是我的"，使两层意思形成对比。

语言使用特点

• 句中情态动词 will 的双重用法：一个表示承诺（"I will be rewarded"），一个表示意愿（"you will not claim / will say"），层次清晰；
• 用 but 转折把"不抢功"和"归功于我"两层意思连在一句话里，体现泰勒斯的完整态度；
• 标题 "Credit where credit is due" 是英语谚语，把整个故事浓缩为一句格言。

迁移练习

1. 用 "when asked …, …" 写一个含直接引语的句子。
2. 翻译："如果别人在引用我的工作时能署上我的名字，我就心满意足了。"
3. 解释英语谚语 "Credit where credit is due" 的含义，并用它造一个句子。