实用口语:老外是如何用英语表达“怂”
英语课
“怂“这个字几乎被国内外的朋友们玩坏了。在国内,人们通常用”怂“来形容那些软弱无能的人。可是不知道哪个朋友竟然把它拆解为“从心”(follow your heart),这样错误的翻译,真让人哭笑不得。下面,英语君带着大家看看老外是如何用英语表达“怂”的吧。
(1)coward
懦夫
I was, to my shame, a coward.
我很惭愧,我是个懦夫。
He's a coward and a bully 1 who confuses physical strength with manhood.
他是一个懦夫,一个分不清蛮力和大丈夫气概的恃强凌弱者。
But, at the same time, I admit that I was born a coward.
但是同时我不得不承认我是一个天生的懦夫。
would be a coward if I left now.
如果我现在离开,就成了一个懦夫。
(2)wimp 2
软骨头
But he looks like such a wimp: I'm afraid he doesn't have the guts 3 to handle a realcrisis when it comes up.
可是,他看起来像个软骨头。 我担心,在真正发生危机的时候,他可能不会有足够的勇气来处理问题。
I was a wimp.
我是个窝囊废。
What a wimp that boy is!
那真是个没有骨气的男孩。
(3)weakling
没用的人
Think that weakling is a worthy 4 opponent?
你认为那个懦夫配做我的对手吗?
Next time I'll leave you in the trash, weakling!
下次我不帮你了,没用的家伙!
You are a miserable 5 weakling.
你是一个可怜的弱者。
(4)wuss
胆小鬼
Are you being a wuss?
你想当胆小鬼?
I'll tell you what kind-a coward, a wuss.
我告诉你们,是懦夫,是胆小鬼!
(5)Craven
懦夫
No man wants to be thought a craven person.
没有人希望被人认为是个懦夫。
A hero risks his life to help others; a craven runs from the scene.
英雄冒着生命危险区帮助别人;而懦夫却临阵脱逃。
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
- A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
- The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
n.无用的人
- The more she called her husband a wimp,the more timid he became.她越叫她先生懦夫,他就越胆小怯懦。
- I hate those who get on their high horses in front of wimps.我最恨那些在弱者面前盛气凌人的人。
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠
- I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净,我只需烧一下即可。
- Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
- I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
- There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
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