一课一练3翻译(一课译词苦果)(1)

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“苦果”,原本是佛教用语,字面意思是“bitter fruit”,比喻不得不接受的痛苦结果(A situation or result that is unpleasant but must be accepted),与英文谚语“a bitter pill to swallow”意思相似。常用表达如,“自食苦果( eat the bitter fruit of one's own making)”。

例句:

尽管后来他成了事业有成的生意人,以前的犯罪前科终究让他尝到了苦果。

Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him.

我做出了错误的决定只得自食苦果。I had to pay the penalty for the wrong decisions I made.

Editor: Jade

来源:chinadaily.com.cn

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