英语的副词there可以和动词to be及某些不及物动词(如 appear, exist, happen, occur, remain, seem, stand 等)连用,表示“存在;有”的含意。这一句型中的there已经变为英语特有的引导词,不再具有副词“在那里”的意义。汉语中没有这种形式和结构,因此翻译时没有必要、也不可能把there译出。例如:
1. If there is not enough insulin present in the human body,the blood sugar level will rise.
如果人体内没有足量的胰岛素,血糖就会上升。
2. There were many strange plants, unfamiliar animals and birds in the forest there.
那里的森林里曾有许多奇异的植物、兽类和鸟类。(后 一个there为副词,不可减译)
3. There is not any hard evidence that salt causes high blood pressure in normal people.
目前尚无确凿的证据可以证明食盐会在正常人身上引起高血压。
4. There lived many wild animals in the days of old.
古时候有许多野生动物。
5. There appear to be no impurities in the slice of metal
这块金属中似乎没有什么杂质。
6. There is provided a loading device in our invention.
本发明介绍一种装填装置。