时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美国俚语


英语课

   小时候老师就教育我们要诚实,长大了才发现世界上没有人不说谎,只是谎话大小不同。损人利己和损人不利己的撒谎都会被人唾骂。无伤大雅、不伤害别人的小小谎言还可以勉强接受。今天我们要来学的就是这种“无伤大雅的小谎言”的表达:fib和white lie。


  Johnny tells everybody he got an A for every subject last term. I'm afraid he's telling a fib - I happen to know he got at least one B, but he's too embarrassed 1 to admit 2 it.
  Johnny告诉大家自己上学期门门功课都得了A,恐怕他撒了个小谎,我碰巧知道他至少有一个B。他只是不好意思承认。
  Johnny虽然得了一个B,但是他还可以算是个优秀生。他撒谎也许是因为别人对他期望过高,认为他样样都该得A,再说他的谎话也不会损害他人。这样看来fib是无关紧要的小谎。
  Fib是无伤大雅的小谎,有一种fib的动机甚至更容易被理解,是出于礼貌或者为了不伤害他人的感情。这种清白无辜的谎言就称为 white lie。 White lie是动机善良的谎话。换句话说,虽然没说实话,但是至少有理由这样做。
  I told Sally a white lie when she asked me how I liked her new party dress. I didn't like the color or the design but when I saw how happy she was with it, I told her it looked great.
  当Sally问我喜不喜欢她的新宴会服的时候,我对Sally撒了个无辜的谎言,其实我并不喜欢那件衣服的颜色和设计,但我看到Sally对那衣服的满意劲儿,我就告诉Sally那衣服真漂亮。
  由此大家知道white lie就是出于好意而说的善意的小谎话,怎么样?明白了吗?

adj.尴尬的,不好意思的
  • He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
  • He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。
vt.承认,供认;准许…进入,准许...加入
  • He will never admit to me that he is lazy.他不会向我承认他懒惰。
  • If you're wrong,you should admit it.错了就要认账。
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abasic site
access-panel
alternating current resistance
Amati Family
angle of wall friction
angleseas
anocheilon
anti-corrosive lacquer
asclepion
automatic crossover
axial stiffness of clutch
baroclinic field
barter arrangement
bentone-34
betalde
bonsantis
bracing cable
Broomfleet
Bunyoro Dist.
burns
caged
calender coloring
capillary ripple
CASURC
cell reaction
cerruti
chemical and biological warfare
chiming with
chiropotes albinasus
coal getter
combination slime crushing and sliming machine
complex space
constant pressure honing
Cooke elutriator
cross-hatch pattern
CRT circuit
defense communication satellite program
dentoalveolitis
detergent lubricant
dodoitsu
electromagnetic type vibrometer
emoctakin
espies
final composition
financing plan
flaccidity of lower limbs
flame-annealing
forced torsional vibrations
fundamental unit
group action of piles
Hausa Sign Language
heteropterous insects
horizontal arbor
Hunucma
hyperplastic gingivits
infraorbital points
investment in depth
Jerauld
kadushin
Kivumba
lametarded
lid-margin
lumbar muscle strain
macroscopic streak flaw test
medicameat tray
miocrystalline
monetary establishments
moveout scan
MRD-12
multiple diaphragm gage
namechild
nentheads
nonaltruistically
Oedelem
Oenothera macrocarpa
out-of-county
oxygen consuming quantity
Panicum miliaceum L.,proso millet
parietal decidua
Phragmites japonicus
pirouetter
pluvioviscid
principle of best execution
product-design
productive wages
respecter of persons
SACLANT
secured claim
squamosity
swer
total quality control
turbo-driven
twinkle in one's father's eye
Urmson
usrs
valve accelerating pump
voice actor
wheel turning
whip lash
writling
Zionized
Zombie network