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年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(1)

old man

old是"老的",man是“男人”,

但old man可别翻译成“老男人”

这个短语表示老爸、老头或者老公

年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(2)

①Thought I'd take the old man out for a drink tonight.

今晚我想带老爸出去喝一杯。

②My old man's taking me on holiday.

我老公要带我去度假。

年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(3)

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年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(4)

old girl

old girl有三层意思

①老妇人(尤指很活跃的,精力充沛的)

③老朋友,老伙伴,老姐姐

②女校友(an old-girl reunion女校友聚会)

①What makes an old girl like that so feisty[ˈfaɪsti] ?

什么东西使得一个老妇人精神如此抖擞?

②Come on, old girl, we haven't got all day.

快点,老姐姐,我们可没多少时间。

年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(5)

old boy

同上old boy也有三层意思

①(招呼语)老朋友,老兄,老弟

②老头儿

③(尤指英国公学的)男校友

①Come on, old boy, drink up.

来,老兄,喝光它。

②The old boy is breaking up and shrunk[ʃrʌŋk] with age,totters[ˈtɒtəz] .

那老头儿开始日渐衰弱,因年老时变瘦了,行动跌跌撞撞。

③Every year we have a gathering of old boys.

我们每年有一次(男)校友团聚会。

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old goat[ɡəʊt]

goat是“山羊”

old goat除了翻译成“老山羊”

还有“老色鬼、色狼”的意思

He's a sly old goat.

他是个老奸巨滑的色鬼。

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Old hat

"old hat"也别直译成“老帽

它引申为“老旧的;陈腐的”

年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(6)

①Most of these are simply old hat to me.

对我来说,这些大多数都是陈年老套了。

②I hear they got married. that's old hat, they're almost divorced!

我听说他们结婚了。那是陈年旧事了,他们都要离婚了!

年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(7)

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年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(8)

old hand

顾名思义它是形容:

老手,富有经验的人

Do you need help with your English? He is an old hand.

需要人帮你补习英语吗?他对英语是内行的。

年轻的老头汉译英(34old)(9)

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