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註:painless 是「無痛的」、「不使人感覺痛苦的」,用於事物,如 painless death(善終)。說人覺得痛或痛苦,須用 to feel a pain;說人不覺得痛或痛苦,該用 to feel no pain。

2. 恐懼與自我懷疑是創意的死敵。

ˇ Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity.

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χ Fear and self-doubt are the dead enemies of creativity.

註:dead 是「已經死去」的意思。表示「致命的」、「勢不兩立」、「極端的」,應該用deadly。deadly 通常作形容詞,例如:deadly poison(劇毒)、deadly hatred(深恨)、deadly enemy(死對頭)等。

3. 他做事很認真負責,頗受同事尊敬。

ˇ Being a conscientious worker, he is respected by his coworkers.

χ Being a conscious worker, he is respected by his coworkers.

註:conscious 是「有知覺的」、「神志清醒的」。例如:

He is conscious of his responsibility. 或

He is conscious that he has a responsibility.

(他感到他有責任。)

表達「認真負責的」、「按良心辦事的」應用 conscientious。此外,當代美語裡,除律師、學者外,使用「同事」一詞時多用 co-worker,少用 colleague,以免讓人覺得自命不凡。

4. 我一想起這件事總是感到慚愧。

ˇ The very thought of it made me ashamed.

χ The very thought of it made me shameful.

註:ashamed 是「(感到)羞恥」或「慚愧」,用於人;shameful 是「可恥的」,指事情或行為。試觀察下列句子:

This is really shameful, and I feel ashamed of it.

(這事真可恥,我感到慚愧。)

5. 「真討厭!」他帶著鄙夷的語氣說。

ˇ “What a nuisance!” he said with a contemptuous snort.

χ “What a nuisance!” he said with a contemptible snort.

註:contemptible 是「可鄙的」、「無恥的」、「下賤的」,例如:

He is a most contemptible fellow.

contemptuous 是「傲慢的」、「瞧不起人的」,例如:a contemptuous look, a contemptuous remark 等。

Exercises

A. 他認為這是一種可恥的行為。

He considers this kind of conduct to be completely __________ .

1. ashamed 2. shameful 3. shamefaced 4. shame

B. 因為有打麻醉劑,拔牙時她不覺得痛。

Because she had been given an anesthetic, she __________ when her tooth was pulled out.

1. felt not pain 2. felt painless 3. felt no pain 4. spared no pains

Answers:

A. 2 B. 3

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蘇正隆 — 台灣翻譯學學會前理事長、師大翻譯研究所兼任副教授; 編著《走讀自然.花言樹語》,《英語的對與錯》,《世紀病毒:必讀防疫英文知識與詞彙》...等。國家教育研究院中英雙語詞彙審議委員;研究領域為翻譯、術語及詞典編譯,從事植物與人文導覽數十年,亦曾應邀遠赴國外大學做植物人文導覽。

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