时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

 Potboiler: 粗制滥造的作品


对作家而言,最痛苦的事莫过于读者认为他的文章是potboiler(为混饭吃而粗制滥造的文学作品),更通俗一点,“某本小说被认为写得很‘烂’”。文章“烂”怎么会和boiler(锅炉)、pot(壶)扯上关系呢? 其实,就语言习惯而言,理解这个词组并不难。先从汉语角度来考虑,我们会听到:“为了糊口,他在学术创作之余,还编写取悦市场的‘肥皂剧本’。”句中,“取悦市场的肥皂剧本”——sitcom plays that intends to tailor the marker,就可以用pot-boiler来代替。“糊口、谋生”既然离不开锅、碗、瓢、盆,以此为目的而创作的小说和剧本,用“炊具组合”来表达真是再形象不过了。 19世纪60年代,potboiler进入英语词汇,用以形容a work of literature as money-makers rather than as works 1 of art(以盈利为目的,缺乏艺术价值的作品)。 另外,potboiler的动词形式是to boil the pot(谋生,粗制滥造文章)。例如:He had to boil the pot when he was a teenager. (他十来岁就得挣钱糊口。)

n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
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