切记：千万别把White elephant翻译成白色大象.docVIP

切记：千万别把White elephant翻译成白色大象 【头条】white elephant.mp33:21来自Tommy教你说美语打开今日头条，体验完整音频内容【佩戴耳机收听，效果更佳】文本：今天我们要聊的这个英语表达叫white elephant，那么什么是“白色大象”呢？在回答这个问题之前，一如既往，让我们先来看一个英文例句：Jack: Hey! Mary. Did you buy a new car?Mary: Yes, I did. I brought it last week.Jack: But you already have a nice one and the car you brought is really expensive. It will become a white elephant !大家可以先猜一下这句话里面的white elephant是什么意思。经过查证，根据柯林斯英汉双解字典的解释，我们可以用英文来表述。white elephant: If you describe something as a white elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless. 它的意思就是我们中文里说的：昂贵却无用的东西。另外，除了用whit