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词汇积累 | 小老鼠:你为什么是“country bumpkin”和“city slicker”?

• 2021 年 05 月 28 日 • 翻译·译事随笔

[scode type="blue"]bulge[/scode]

音标:/bʌldʒ/

英英释义:

①If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.【v.凸出;鼓胀】

②If someone's eyes or veins are bulging, they seem to stick out a lot, often because the person is making a strong physical effort or is experiencing a strong emotion.【v.(眼睛或血管)凸出】

③Bulges are lumps that stick out from a surface which is otherwise flat or smooth.【n.肿块;疙瘩】

④If there is a bulge in something, there is a sudden large increase in it.【n.激增;猛涨】

例句:

①He bulges out of his black T-shirt.

他的肚子在黑色T恤衫下鼓鼓地挺着。

②He shouted at his brother, his neck veins bulging .

他朝他的兄弟吼叫,脖子上青筋暴突。

③Why won't those bulges on your hips and thighs go?

你屁股和大腿上的肿块怎么还不消下去?

④a bulge in aircraft sales.

飞机销量的猛增

Romain Gary的小说 Promise at dawn 也出现了这个表达:

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[scode type="blue"]city slicker

油头滑脑的城里人;市井老油条[/scode]

英英释义:

If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life.

例句:

①Her city slicker boyfriend looked pretty clumsy out here on the farm.

她那个衣着讲究世故老练的城市男友到了农庄这里看起来挺笨拙的。

②the city slickers in the capital.

首都的市井油子

《经济学人》一篇关于城市和乡村老鼠的文章 Country bumpkins and city slickers 也出现了这个表达:

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(注:bumpkin:n.乡巴佬;土包子)

这个标题其实很有诙谐感,这篇文章主要讲的是“老鼠”,把老鼠比喻为“乡巴佬”和“市井油子”,可见作者对他们的态度了。

短语历史:

City slicker is an idiomatic expression for someone accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle and unsuited to life in the country. The term was typically used as a term of derision by rural Americans who regarded them with amusement. It may refer to a "fop", or it may be a derogatory term for a person wearing inappropriate city-type business attire, particularly with a brusque or condescending attitude in areas where local residents are offended by an arrogant attitude combined with disdain and lack of respect for rural people and lifestyles. The term can be used to describe people who are perceived as dishonest, arrogant, or simply naive.

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