逐字翻译英文会有多尴尬?来挑战!
英语课
学英文经常会遇到单词都认识,之后就高兴的认为只要逐字翻译就是整句话,于是就有了how are you 译为怎么是你,how old are you 怎么总是你,这样的尴尬英文,下面最高频被逐字翻译的错误英文,中枪几个!
What do you do?
=What do you do for a living 1.
不是问正在做什么,而是你的工作是什么
What do you do?
你是做什么工作的
Eat one's words
=Take back one's words
收回之前说的话
Someday 2 you'll have to eat your words.
总有一天,你将不得不收回你所说过的话
What else is new?
=Unsurprising
意料之中,没什么稀奇
What else is new?And, tell me something I don't know.
早就知道了,还有我不知道的吗?
You are easy
=Easy
容易,轻易
You've seen 3 only with your eyes, so you are easy to fool 4.
你只用眼睛看事情,很容易被骗
What eating you?
=What's bothering 5 you?
什么在困扰你
You seem 6 worried 7. What is eating you up?
你好像很焦虑,在烦什么呢?
adj.活的,活着的,现存的;逼真的,一模一样的;生活的,维持生活的;n.生活,生计
- Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
- I'll never forget that as long as I am living.这事我至死也不会忘记。
adv.(今后)有一天
- He'll forgive me someday.总有一天他会宽恕我的。
- My hope is that someday you will move to this town.我希望你有朝一日能搬到这个城市里来。
vbl.(see的过去分词)看见
- Since I left college, I have not seen him.自从我离开大学以后,就没有见过他了。
- I hope to have seen the film next week.我希望下星期能看到这部电影。
n.愚人,受骗者,奶油拌水果;vt.愚弄,欺骗,浪费;vi.干傻事,开玩笑
- He spent all his money,he is such a fool.他这样傻,花光了所有的钱。
- Some people act the fool now and then.有些人时常装傻。
v.打扰( bother的现在分词 );烦扰;迷惑;(使)不安
- My little daughter is always bothering me when I'm at work. 我工作时,我的小女儿老爱打扰我。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Pardon me for bothering you with such a small matter. 请原谅我为这点小事麻烦你。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
vi.好像,似乎,看来好像
- You seem very much alive today.你今天好像非常活跃。
- The children seem very happy.孩子们似乎很快活。
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