时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 “Wrong—doer”,“good—doer”“do—gooder”以及“good—looker”


  英语中,“做坏事的人”或“犯法的人”有个常用的表达法——“wrong-doer”。这个词可以在英汉词典中找到。但是在同样的英汉词典中却没有“good-doer”这个表示“做好事的人”的英语词。这不知是不是“good-doer”不如“wrong-doer”常见的缘故。 但英语中却另有一个词——“do-gooder”。请看:
  I wondered what these two starry-eyed do-gooders could really accomplish.
  ——Reader's Digest, May l974, p. 80
  值得注意的是,“do-gooder”据WNWD乃是“an earnest usu. impractical 1 and often naive 2 and ineffectual humanitarian 3 or reformer”(空想的社会改良家),而不是我们所说的“好人好事”的“好人”或“做好事的人”。如果我们望文生义地把汉语“做好事的人”,译成英语“do-gooder”,那就会引起误解——误解我们对好人好事所持的肯定态度。
  说了“do-gooder”和“good-doer”的区别之后,不免要联系到“good-looker”这个词。此词得从常用的“good-looking”说起“good-looker”该是由“good-looking”逆生而来的吧。从词义来说,前者是“好看的”,后者当然该是“好看的人”了。请看:
  "I can quite understand that two attractive young ladies like your daughters might find it dull here," said Cleveland. "Good lookers, aren't they?" said Mr. Dinsmead with fatherly pride.

1 impractical
adj.不现实的,不实用的,不切实际的
  • He was hopelessly impractical when it came to planning new projects.一到规划新项目,他就完全没有了实际操作的能力。
  • An entirely rigid system is impractical.一套完全死板的体制是不实际的。
2 naive
adj.幼稚的,轻信的;天真的
  • It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致,你未免太单纯了。
  • Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。
3 humanitarian
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
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