英语写作陷阱.pdfVIP

PDF Files created by Stanford@ 云黄鹤 英语陷阱 （１） He is a bicycle doctor. 他是单车修理工. 此句不能译作:他是个骑单车的医生,因句中的 doctor 是委婉语(euphemism),是对某种 职业的美称,故不作医生解,而是表示repair man 的涵义. 委婉语起源于远古,维多利来女王时代中期为其鼎盛时期,在现代英语中,其出现频率依 然颇高,因为人们通过委婉语,可以用温顺悦耳的词语去谈论或叙述一些原来令人不 或逆耳 之事物.为此,他们用 domestic help,day help 或 live-in help 代替 mail 或 servant(佣人); 以 custodian 或superintendent 替代doorkeeper,caretaker 或j anitor(看门人或管理人);用She has a tile loose 或She has a cylinder missing 去代替She is crazy 或Sh is not right in the head(神经失 常). 委婉语多如恒河沙数,不胜枚举,在此略举数例,以见一斑: 原 称 委 婉 语 无线电修理工 radio electrician radio doctor 理发师 barber cosmotologist 妓女 whore working girl/ street girl 家庭妇女 housewife household executive 收垃圾工人 garbage collector sanitary engineer 老年 old age second childhood 老人 old people senior citizens 假牙 false teeth dentures 小解 piss urinate/ number one 最后请看几个委婉类例: Nowadays many weight-watchers would like to go to the gym.如今有不少胖人喜欢到健身房去 锻炼. That luster has taken a fancy to Middle Eastern dancing.那个好色之徒现在开始喜欢肚皮舞. They are the culturally deprived.他们是没有学识的人. A libray of teaching materials for preventing teenage suicides will