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标题: 你的Chinglish会让老外头疼吗？2 [打印本页]

作者: yoyo 时间: 2012-6-15 14:30
标题: 你的Chinglish会让老外头疼吗？2
本帖最后由 yoyo 于 2012-6-15 14:39 编辑

4.老师很喜欢这个嘴甜的小姑娘。

[误] The teacher likes this sweet-mouthed little girl very much.

[正] The teacher likes this honey-lipped little girl very much.

注：中国人喜欢说“嘴甜”，但 honey-lipped 更符合英美人的语言习惯。

5.同学们都很讨厌他，因为他经常拍老师的马屁。

[误] The students all dislike him because he often pats the teacher's ass.

[正] The students all dislike him because he often licks the teacher's boots.

注：以前在欧洲，臣民见到国王与王后往往要亲吻他们的靴子。后来，人们将 lick the boots 引申为“为了某种目的而讨好某人”，它与汉语的“拍马屁”含义一样。

在美国英语中，“拍马屁”还有另一种说法，即 polish the apple，源于以前的学生用擦亮的苹果来讨好老师。

6.你听说了吗？迈克把他的女朋友给甩了。

[误] Have you ever heard that Mike broke up with his girlfriend?

[正] Have you ever heard that Mike dumped his girlfriend?

注：break up with sb. 虽然表示“与某人分手了”，但并没说明是谁先提出来的。而 dump 的原意指“倾倒垃圾”，用在这里则表示像倒垃圾一样地甩掉。

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