吃和eat的渊缘.doc

“吃”和“eat” 的渊缘 外国语学院20410 杨智 指导老师：刘洪泉 摘 要：我们研究英汉两种语言中的“吃”的本义，分析有关“吃”的表达，发现两种语言中有许多的句子中的“吃”不能用它的本义来理解，产生了它们的引申义。由于社会背景，文化差异，语言习惯的不同，它们都随着社会的发展产生了各自不同的引申义。 关键词： 吃；原义；翻译；引申义；文化差异；语言 Abstract: Having discussed the original meanings of “eating” in English and Chinese and analysed the expressions of “eating”, we will find “eating” in a lot of sentences that can’t be understand in their original meanings in both languages. Thus they show their metaphors. Due to the differences of social background, culture and language habit ,they have their own different metaphors with the developing