BOOKMAN BILINGUAL 雙語書林: Chinglish or Natural English? 中式英語或道地英語?
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註︰把某甲介紹給某乙,使他們相識,或把某物、某種風俗習慣傳到另一地方,用introduce。把某物介紹、推薦給某人,或把某人推薦給某人,應用 recommend,例如:
Can you recommend a good dentist to me?
2. 他在這次生病以前一向洗冷水澡。
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ˇ He used to take cold showers before his recent illness.
χ He was used to take cold showers before his recent illness.
註︰be used to 作「對……已習慣」解,used 是形容詞,to 後面接名詞或動名詞。如:He was used to cold showers. 或 He was used to taking cold showers.。若表示過去常做,而現在不如此,應該用 used to 接動詞原形。例如:
He used to take a walk before breakfast.(現在早餐前不散步了。)
He is not what he used to be.(他跟以前不一樣了。)
3. 史達林利用特務來剷除政治對手。
ˇ Stalin made use of the secret service to get rid of political rivals.
χ Stalin took advantage of the secret service to get rid of political rivals.
註︰to take advantage of something 作「利用」、「趁」解。例如:
Taking advantage of my spare time, I read widely.
to take advantage of someone 作「用手段欺騙人家」解。「利用某人而自己得利」應該用 to make use of。
4. 我懷疑他騙了你。
ˇ I suspect that he tricked you.
χ I doubt that he tricked you.
註︰suspect 和 doubt 都可以作「懷疑」解,但 suspect 是「有點感覺到」、「覺得可疑」、「有點發覺(危險、陰謀、犯罪行為)」,可能有其事的意味較多。例如:
I suspect that he had something to do with this.(我懷疑他與此事有關。)
I suspect him to be seriously ill.(我懷疑他病得很厲害。)
doubt 是「懷疑」、「不確定」,除了在否定句和疑問句裏可接 that 外,後面常接 if, whether, what 等疑問連接詞。試比較:
? I don’t doubt that he was there.(我相信他真的在場。)
I doubt whether he has lost the package.(我懷疑他真的丟了包裹。)
5. 他拒絕回答我的問題。
ˇ He refused to answer my question.
χ He rejected to answer my question.
註︰refuse to do something 表示「拒絕做某事」;reject 通常表示拒絕接受某物、某人的提議或申請,後面不能接不定詞。
She refused to help us.
They rejected his proposal.
Exercises:
A. 他老是佔我便宜。
He always takes __________ of me.
1. advantage
2. using
3. profit
4. cheap
B. 我懷疑這個故事是否真實。
I __________ whether the story is true.
1. suspect
2. dread
3. doubt
4. consider
Answers:
A. 1
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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