时间:2019-02-07 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 “凑份子”怎么说


室友要过生日了,想一想,如何召集整个寝室为他(她)共置一份生日礼物?听好哦,下面这句话很“实惠”,说不定您立马就用得着 —— Tomorrow is Lucy's birthday. Shall we do a whip-round to buy a joint 1 present for her? Whip-round是一种英式表达,指“大伙儿一起贴钱,以集体的名义为某人买礼物”,它的渊源嘛,相信不?竟然和打猎有关。 Whip-round源于短语whipper-in —— 狩猎时,总会有那么几只猎狗开小差,时不时想要溜出猎狗群,于是,whipper-in(帮助猎手管理猎狗的副手)应运而生,很形象地描述出了“副手”的职责是“拿着鞭子把离群的猎狗赶回大集体的行列”。到19世纪40年代,whipper-in也可缩写为whip。 后来,whipper-in也用来指议会里“督促议员按时参加投票的官员”,说白了,这些官员实际的职责就是召集同党人士采取一致行动,以防其中议员临时“倒戈”。同whipper-in(管理猎狗的副手)一样,这些官员后来也可用whip来指代。 随着时间的推移,whip几乎成了召集大家一致行动的代名词,由其衍生而来的whip-round(凑钱)首次出现于19世纪70年代,此后,一直为大家采用至今。

adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
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