2013年9月23日 星期一

Man vs Woman

Man vs Woman各種各樣的實用英語單詞
 
man在這裡指一類人。在英國歷史上雖然有很多女王,但是從很多單詞都可以看出,詞彙是有重男輕女的,比如history,一看his story他的故事,那為嘛不是her story呢?好啦扯遠了。單說個manman為何就可以指人類呢?為何就能概指一類人呢?而women就僅僅是女人、婦女。

1. man-about-town 遊手好閒到處尋歡作樂的人;

Roddy is a known man-about-town, you can't go to a party or night club without seeing him there.
羅迪是個活躍於交際場中的男子-你在聚會或夜總會中準能看見他。

2. man-eater
男人殺手,指很容易迷倒男人、具有很多戀情的女人(非正式);

Jill has a reputation of being a man - eater .
吉爾曾是一個極有魅力的女人。

3. Renaissance man 文藝復興式人物; 博學多才的人 (指在藝術和科學方面博學的人)

Sam Hawthorne, in the jargon of the times, was a Renaissance man.
薩姆·霍桑這個人,用當時的一句時髦話說,是個有著文藝復興時期風格的人(博學多才的人)

4. iron man
身體強健可以長時間工作的人;(這個老闆讓你加班,你就會順口說一句,48小時沒休息了呢,我又不是鐵人。)

Don’t judge him with his skinny physic; he is hell of an iron man with powerful inner strength.
別看他瘦,其實他體內能量驚人,簡直是鐵人

5. be man enough to do sth
勇敢去做某事,在這裡man=brave

But he’s man enough to do it.
但是他是個敢於去做的男子漢。
 
 
 
各種woman,學習woman常用英語片語,見識各色女人。

1little woman 小女人(賢內助

After just a few years , she transformed from a tomboy into a little woman .
才過了幾年,她就由一個男人婆蛻變成了一個小女人。

2career woman 職業婦女

She prefer to lead a happy life at home rather than to be a career woman.
她喜歡在家過幸福生活,而不願意做一個職業婦女。

3kept woman 靠男人養活的姘婦
 
She had once been a kept woman, had tried the stage, had not succeeded and, counting on her contacts among the fashionable women of Paris , had gone into business and opened a milliner 's shop.
這個女人過去也做過妓女,曾經打算進戲班子,但是沒有成功。後來靠了她和巴黎那些時髦女子的關係,做起生意來了,開了一家婦女時裝鋪子。
 
4woman of quality 名媛,貴婦

Young she is putting on self-made and knee’s black jumper, the head wears the line succinct cloche, in a piece of splendid attire appearance woman of quality, another person eye one bright .
年輕的她穿著自製的及膝的黑色套裙,頭戴線條簡潔的鐘形帽,在一片盛裝打扮的貴婦之中,另人眼睛一亮。

5 wonder woman 神奇女俠
 
You’re not Superman Wonder Woman. If you are, you don't need to do everything yourself.
記住,你並不是超人神奇女俠,也不是仙女,因為如果你是的話,你也不必親力親為的來準備這一切了。

6woman of the world 深通世故的女人
 
Lily is a woman of the world.
莉莉是一個世故的女人。

7madwoman 瘋女人
 
Under the impetus of the feminist movement and criticism, the image of madwoman in Jane Eyre has come to arouse some interest and attention from people , but not seemingly enough.
在女權主義運動和批評的推動下,《簡·愛》中的瘋女人形象逐漸為人們所關注,但尚未得到應有的重視。

8my good woman 大嫂子,好媽媽(對社會地位較低的女子的稱呼)

Yes my good woman; I am in search of a cabriolet which I can hire .
是的,好媽媽,我要找一輛出租的車子。

9new woman 新女性

The second Chapter centers on, through analysis of the text , Connie , a new woman being endowed with subjective female consciousness .
第二章從小說文本出發著重分析說明小說主人公康妮是一名有著女性主體意識的新女性。
 
 

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