He hoped to spare his family of a father's pain.这句如何翻译?中间的sp
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spare 这里的意思是:

To save or relieve from experiencing or doing (something),即

使解除或免于经历或做(某事)

如:

She spared herself the trouble of going.她省却了去一趟的麻烦

所以上面那句话 spare his family of a father's pain 就是“使他的家人免受父亲应承受的压力”;

但从这句话来看,如果he 是 father,那么he hoped...则暗含他原先没有承担起父亲的责任,现在改变了要承担;

如果he 不是 fatehr,比如是brother等,则暗含 father已经离开或不在,唯有 he在但当家里的顶梁柱.