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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active threat
anchor is a cock bill
Arteriovinca
audit of parliamentary appropriations
bacillar
bacilliciddal
barbatia virescens
bear covering
Belterra
Benton City
bush jackets
capitulum fibulae
CAT 6a
chip soap
common-factor variance
corduras
core knowledge perspective
d.o.b.
Dendrobium longicornu
dense sludge
design of form
dose-response function
drug transport
explodability
falsomesosella grisella
feed-water system
Feulgen
field emission energy analyzer
filed out
fistfighting
gas and mistsampler
harmonic expansion of a function
hatch stiffenet
hootenanny
hvla
Isaac Bashevis Singer
jackwagon
johnius macrorhynus
kesteyn
kranion
laser gyroscope
life-sense
ligature carrying needle
lortz
macrometabolic
management data
mastozoology
mean annual discharge
methoxytryptamine
midship shaft bearing
mongolia anticyclone
Mononchus
multipolarity
Myauaung
nannostone
near-size particle
nine-banded armadillo
non-vanishing matrix element
Omuda
output address register
overvolt
pandits
parallel resonance
particulate material
perez galdos
peroxisome oxidation system
price-aggregate
protocycloceratid
provide good service
pseudo astatic governor
rational system of units
Royal British Legion
schiller's structure
selected marker
sex-abuses
shaped-beam antenna
Shōwa-shin-zan
Smidstrup
snow residuum
speak Dutch
spent reagent
spreading-out type outbreak
stamping out
super acid
tener
ti t'an
training of manpower
transportation data system
TV theater
type parameter
underate
unemployed compensation insurance tax
valuev
viguier
viola tricolors
viscosity recorder
walling board
warranty liabilities
weight-conscious
with reference to the context
xerox copies
Yield-to-maturity