时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:英美文化


英语课

   绿色是大自然的颜色,常常给人一种祥和博爱的感受,它能令人充满青春活力。绿色则可以提高人的听觉感受性,有利于思考的集中,提高工作效率,消除疲劳。还会使人减慢呼吸,可以降低眼内压力,减轻视觉疲劳,安定情绪,使人呼吸变缓,心脏负担减轻,降低血压,但是在精神病院里单调的颜色,特别是深绿色,容易引起精神病人的幻觉和妄想。绿色一般是生长中的植物的主色,因此绿色代表着活力、生长、宁静、青春、希望。


  中文中的绿色是生命的象征,“绿色的原野”、“绿色的草坪”、“红花绿叶”等词组给人带来了蓬勃的生机。
  而英语中的green除了表示颜色外,在不同的语境中还有不同的含义。例如:“green apple”不是“绿色的苹果”,而是“生苹果、未成熟的苹果”;同样“a green worker”当然不是“绿色的工人”,而是“生手、学徒工”;“Mr.Smith has a green thumb”更不能译成“史密斯先生有一个绿色的大拇指”,句子的真实含义是“史密斯先生是个园艺高手”。
  绿色green在英语中还可以表示“嫉妒、眼红”,如:green with envy, green-eyed monster都是指“十分嫉妒”的意思。汉语中表示“嫉妒”意义的“眼红”,应该翻译为green-eyed而不能翻译为red-eyed。
  由于美元纸币是绿颜色的,所以green在美国也指代“钱财、钞票、有经济实力”等意义,如:
  In American political elections the candidates that win are usually the ones who have green power backing them.在美国政治竞选中获胜的候选人通常都是些有财团支持的人物。
  在英语中绿色还用来表示没有经验、缺乏训练、知识浅薄等意思,如:
  The new typist is green at her job.刚来的打字员是个生手。
  You cannot expect Mary to do business with such people. She is only eighteen and as green as grass.你不能指望玛丽同这样的人做生意,她只有十八岁,还毫无经验。

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