1.太极拳是一种中国武术内家拳:“内家拳”是武术中的行话,可译为the internal styles of Chinese martial art。
2.它基于以柔克刚的原理,发端于中国古代,最开始是一种武术和自卫方式:“基于...原理”可译为base on the principle of; “以柔克刚”可译为the soft overcoming the hard;“方式”可译为means,需要注意的是mean和means的区别:mean为动词,表示“意味着”,means为名词,单复数同形,意为“方式”。
3.练习者用意念慢慢地、轻轻地移动身体,同时深呼吸,因此有时被称为移动冥想:“用意念慢慢地、轻轻地”可转译为状语,“同时深呼吸”可译为伴随状语;整句可译为结果状语从句:Practicers move their bodies slowly,gently and with thought while breathing deeply, so it is sometimes referred to as meditation”.
n. 原则,原理,主义,信念