美国文化脱口秀 第680期:锦鲤刷屏 但你知道锦鲤英文怎么说吗
时间:2019-01-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀
英语课
锦鲤
Koi fish: 锦鲤
Chinese people's craze for koi fish, which represents good luck in fengshui, has driven millions to repost koi-related tweets in hopes of attaining 1 wealth and better health.
锦鲤在风水中代表着好运,受到中国人的疯狂追捧,数百万人转发锦鲤相关的微博,期许获得财富和健康。
"Xinxiaodai," a 26-year-old IT engineer based in Beijing, recently became the "national koi" after winning an online lottery 2, which gives her prizes sponsored by the Alipay mobile payment system.
“信小呆”,一名北京的26岁计算机工程师,因为最近中了一份由支付宝赞助的线上大奖,成为了“国民锦鲤”。
Among her prizes from over 150 Chinese and overseas companies are a night at Trump 3 Tower, two round-trip tickets to Africa and an eight-day Alaska cruise.
在150个国内和海外公司的赞助奖品中,包括特朗普大厦的一晚免费住宿,双人非洲往返机票,八天阿拉斯加邮轮境外游。
英语怎么说抽奖?
抽奖最普遍的说法是:
Lucky draw: 幸运抽奖
Draw在这里是抽签的意思,一般是指从抽奖箱里随机抽取奖品或获奖者。
Raffle 4: 抽彩
在一场raffle中,通常需要购买tickets,随机抽取ticket号码获得对应的奖品。
50/50: fifty fifty,对半抽奖活动
通常是一些非盈利机构组织的抽奖活动,售卖tickets获得的金额一半用来奖励随机抽取的幸运儿,一半归活动方所有。
Lottery: 彩票,碰运气的事
在很多国家,彩票都属于gambling(赌博),因此彩票广告中都会特定指出:Must be 18 plus to play(18岁以上可以参与)。
本次的支付宝锦鲤活动很多国外报道就称其为:
Online lottery: 线上抽奖活动
Sweepstakes: 彩票,抽奖
和其它抽奖形式不同的是,参与者不需要付出任何金钱的代价就能参与活动,它一般被用来奖励老客户,或是吸引人们的关注。但并不会因为购买更多产品就增加获奖几率。最终的幸运者完全是因为运气而获得奖品。
中奖怎么说?
可以用win(赢)来表示自己中奖:
Win big: 赢大奖
Win the lottery: 中了彩票
但下面这个说法更尽兴,更能体现中奖的兴奋之情:
Hit the jackpot: 中大奖,中头彩。
它通常用来表示非常幸运或取得了巨大的成功:
I think we hit the jackpot with the advertising 5 —— our sales have doubled.我们的广告取得了很大的成功 —— 销售额翻了一番。
另外也可以说:
Become the lucky winner: 成为幸运赢家
Take home the grand prize: 抱回头奖
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的现在分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况)
- Jim is halfway to attaining his pilot's licence. 吉姆就快要拿到飞行员执照了。
- By that time she was attaining to fifty. 那时她已快到五十岁了。
n.抽彩;碰运气的事,难于算计的事
- He won no less than £5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
- They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
n.废物,垃圾,抽奖售卖;v.以抽彩出售
- The money was raised by the sale of raffle tickets.这笔款子是通过出售购物彩券筹集的。
- He won a car in the raffle.他在兑奖售物活动中赢得了一辆汽车。
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
- Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
- The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
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