一提到“吃”，我们就会想到“eat”。实际上，很多情况下并不需要用“eat”来表达。如《红楼梦》中有这样的句子：“你们坐着吃吧，我可去了。”译成英文是：“Sit down and go on with your meal, I’m leaving you. ”
再有一句“你尝尝罢，好吃得很呢！你林妹妹弱，吃了不消化；不然，她也爱吃。”这句连用了三个“吃”，但英译本中没有一个“eat ”，而译成“Go and taste some. It’s really delicious. Cousin Dai yu’s so delicate, it would give her indigestion. If it were not for that, she’d like some too.”
除此之外，汉语里面一个“吃”字还可以翻译成如下含义，看后不得不深深惊叹——我大汉语果然博大精深！下面就跟小编一起看看“吃”字都搞定了哪些英语吧：
吃掉一个子（下棋）
take a piece
吃掉敌人一个团
annihilate an enemy regiment
连吃败仗
suffer one defeat after another
吃回扣
get commission
这种纸不吃墨水
This kind of paper doesn’t absorb ink.
茄子很吃油
Eggplant calls for a lot of oil in cooking.
我可不吃这一套
I won’t take all this lying down.
他不务正业，专吃白食。
He does not do any honest work and lives off others.
你这老一套现在可吃不开了。
Your old way of doing things won’t work now.
这件事你如果说出去，我叫你吃不了兜着走。
If you let this leak out, I’ll make you sorry for it.
走这么多的路，恐怕你吃不消。
It may be too much for you to walk such a long way.
吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。
Only those who endure the most become the highest.
再重的卡车，这座桥也吃得住。
This bridge can bear the weight of the heaviest lorry.
他要请我们吃馆子。
He is going to invite us out to dinner.
你要先考虑清楚，免得吃后悔药。
Think it over before you go so that you won’t regret it later.
你别想吃她豆腐。
Don’t try to flirt with her.
形势吃紧。
The situation was critical.
吃喜酒
attend the wedding banquet
吃药
take medicine
他那坚强的毅力使人吃惊。
His will power is amazing.
他工作努力，能吃苦。
He was hard-working and unafraid of hardships.
他跑得不快，踢足球吃亏。
He can’t run fast and that puts him at a disadvantage as a footballer.
我跑了一天路，感到吃力。
After a long day’s journey, I left exhausted.
只要技术好，到哪儿都吃得开。
A person who has expertise is welcome anywhere.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
以上这些翻译虽然都跟“吃”的本身含义无关，却是无比接地气的译法。下面我们再来看一些跟“吃”有关的例句，让你不用“eat”也能吃。
爸爸，我想吃点点心，你也吃点儿吗？
I’m ready for some dessert, Dad. You too?
直到吃完饭华伦才讲话。
Warren didn’t speak until he finished his meal.
他们吃了一顿极好的咖喱饭。
They enjoyed a superb curry lunch.
吃点煎蛋卷还是吃点别的？
How about an omelette, or something?
帕格一口一口地吃饭。
Pug picked at food.
和我们一起吃饭吧。
Join us for lunch.
我一点不喜欢吃那个东西。
I’ve never learned to like that stuff.
我不怎么爱吃生蒜。
I’m not especially fond of raw garlic.
她已好多了，饭也吃得下了。
She is much better, she’s got an appetite now.
他是吃素的。
He takes only vegetarian food.
他请朋友们吃饭。
He entertained friends at dinner.
这碗饭不容易吃。
This is a hard way to earn a living.
他爱吃甜食。
He has a sweet tooth.
你真是癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉！
You are like a toad trying to swallow a swan!
他去吃喜酒了。
He went to a wedding feast.
你喜欢吃什么风味的菜？
What sort of food would you like?
请再吃点腊肉。
Please help yourself to some more cured meat.
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