时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:英美文化


英语课

   黑色来自黑暗体验,使人感到神秘、恐怖、空虚、绝望,有精神压抑感。同时一直以来人类对黑暗有所敬畏,所以黑色有庄重肃穆感。


  有这样一个例子:过去英国伦敦的菲里埃大桥的桥身是黑色的,常常有人从桥上跳水自杀。由于每年从桥上跳水自尽的人数太惊人,伦敦市议会敦促皇家科学院的科研人员追查原因。开始,皇家科学院的医学专家普里森博士提出这与桥身是黑色有关时,不少人还将他的提议当做笑料来议论。在连续三年都没找出好办法的无奈情况下,英国政府试着将黑色的桥身换掉,这下奇迹竟发生了:桥身自从改为蓝色后,跳桥自杀的人数当年减少了56.4%,普里森为此而声誉大增。这说明了黑色使人精神压抑可以导致疾病发生。通常黑色则代表死亡和黑暗,令人产生悲哀、暗淡、伤感和压迫的感觉。
  在中文中,黑色一直与贬义的形象相关,“黑暗”、“下黑手”、“黑社会”等等。
  英语中也能找到与中文含义相对应的单词或词组,如
  blacklist(黑名单)、black market(黑市)等。但英语中的black在译成中文时并非所有时候都译成“黑”,除了 “black dress”译作“青衣”外,还有black tea(浓茶)、black sheep(害群之马)等。再请看下面的句子:
  Since Jack 1 was made CEO,the company has been running in the black.这里的“in the black”指公司盈利,在英语中“亏损”应用“in the red”(赤字),所以上句的正确译法是:“自从杰克当上总裁后,公司一直在赢利。”
  黑色是悲哀的颜色,英美人在葬礼上穿黑色服装,中国人在葬礼上戴黑纱。英语中的"Black Friday"指耶稣在复活节前受难的星期五,是悲哀的日子。
  black在英语中还象征气愤和恼怒,如:
  black in the face 脸色铁青
  to look black at someone 怒目而视
  另外,黑色在汉语和英语中都有“阴险”、“邪恶”的含义,不过不一定用“黑”或“black”的字眼,例如:
  黑心 evil mind
  黑手 evil backstage manipulator
  黑幕 inside story
  黑线 a sinister line
  害群之马black sheep
  凶日 black day
  暗淡的前途black future

n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
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