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英語(yǔ)陷阱(1)
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He is a bicycle doctor. Ff {dOV.i
他是單車修理工. Tb<}GcwJ
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此句不能譯作:"他是個(gè)騎單車的醫(yī)生",因句中的doctor是委婉語(yǔ)(euphemism), *PF=dx<8
是對(duì)某種職業(yè)的美稱,故不作"醫(yī)生"解,而是表示repair man的涵義. b?nORWj C
委婉語(yǔ)起源于遠(yuǎn)古,維多利來女王時(shí)代中期為其鼎盛時(shí)期,在現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)中, }<qT[m
其出現(xiàn)頻率依然頗高,因?yàn)槿藗兺ㄟ^委婉語(yǔ),可以用溫順悅耳的詞語(yǔ)去談?wù)摶?span style="display:none"> *g!7PzJ'
敘述一些原來令人不快或逆耳之事物.為此,他們用domestic help,day help或 OGAC[s~V
live-in help代替mail或servant(傭人); 以custodian或superintendent替代 #0'%51Jcl
doorkeeper,caretaker或janitor(看門人或管理人);用She has a tile loose或 ,@0D_&JAl
She has a cylinder missing去代替She is crazy或Sh is not right in the head(神經(jīng)失常). \T nRn(Kw
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委婉語(yǔ)多如恒河沙數(shù),不勝枚舉,在此略舉數(shù)例,以見一斑: %)p? &_
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理發(fā)師 barber cosmotologist L{Kl!
妓女 whore working girl/ street girl
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家庭婦女 housewife household executive Y[Eq;a132
收垃圾工人 garbage collector sanitary engineer c[X:vDUX
老年 old age second childhood 6gTc)rhRT
老人 old people senior citizens 55Ag<\7
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小解 piss urinate/ number one h"t\x}8qq
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最后請(qǐng)看幾個(gè)委婉類例: G*%:"qleT$
Nowadays many weight-watchers would like to go to the gym. y{Vh?Z<E
如今有不少胖人喜歡到健身房去鍛煉. L=wpZ`@
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That luster has taken a fancy to Middle Eastern dancing. l'
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那個(gè)好色之徒現(xiàn)在開始喜歡肚皮舞. LZ<^b6Dxk
They are the culturally deprived. }0~X)Vgm(
他們是沒有學(xué)識(shí)的人. }) Zcw1g
A libray of teaching materials for preventing teenage suicides (Fs{~4T
will open for educators in Hong Kong this year. J/B `c(
今年香港將為教師開設(shè)一家圖書館以提供防止青少年自殺的教學(xué)資料. 17F<vo>l%
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值得注意的是,委婉語(yǔ)雖然是"古已有之,于今為烈",但決不能用得過多過濫. & l?AC%a5
使用時(shí)要考慮場(chǎng)合和對(duì)象,如用得不得體,反而會(huì)使你"欲禮而不達(dá)",甚至令人不知所云,一頭霧水.
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