单词 | 陌生人 |
释义 | 〔grok〕[Coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his] Stranger in a Strange Land [由罗伯特·A·海茵莱因在其] 陌生地带的陌生人 〔forth〕A stranger came forth from the crowd; put my ideas forth.从人群中走出一个陌生人;提出我的观点〔panhandle〕panhandled money.See Synonyms at cadge 向陌生人要钱 参见 cadge〔defend〕bought a dog to protect the children from unfriendly strangers;买一条狗保护孩子们避开不友善的陌生人;〔find〕found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger.发现她自己那天晚上在家中;发现他自己被拉到一个陌生人面前〔stranger〕One who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.陌生人:既非朋友又非熟人之人〔Camus〕French writer and philosopher whose works, such asThe Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947), concern the absurdity of the human condition. He won the 1957 Nobel Prize for literature. 卡缪,阿尔贝特:(1913-1960) 法国作家和哲学家,其作品如《陌生人》 (1942年)及 《瘟疫》 (1947年)涉及人类自身状况的荒谬性。他获得了1957年的诺贝尔文学奖 〔Snow〕British writer and scientist who is known especially for his 11-volume seriesStrangers and Brothers (1940-1970). 斯诺,查(理)·珀(西):(1905-1980) 英国作家和科学家,以其十一卷的系列长篇《陌生人和兄弟们》 (1940-1970年)而出名 〔wary〕taught to be wary of strangers.被教知提防陌生人〔xenophobe〕A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.恐外者:对于外来事物,尤对陌生人或外国人特别恐惧或憎恨的人〔bosom〕We welcomed the stranger into the bosom of our family.我们以家庭的关怀来欢迎陌生人〔panhandle〕To approach strangers and beg for money or food.在街上行乞:接近陌生人并讨要钱或食物〔midst〕a stranger in our midst.在我们中间的陌生人〔Falasha〕from fälasi [stranger] 源自 fälasi [陌生人] 〔panhandle〕To obtain by approaching and begging from a stranger:乞讨:通过与陌生人接近或讨要而获得:〔Aceldama〕In the New Testament, a potter's field near Jerusalem purchased by the priests as a burial ground for strangers with the reward that Judas had received for betraying Jesus and had later returned to them.血田:在《新约圣经》中,牧师们买下的耶路撒冷附近一陶工的田地,用来埋葬陌生人, 花费就是犹大出卖耶稣获得的,后来他又退还了那笔钱〔purdah〕A curtain or screen, used mainly in India to keep women separate from men or strangers.帘,帷幕:主要用来使妇女与男子或陌生人分离开来的窗帘或屏幕〔proselyte〕from Greek prosēlutos [stranger, proselyte] 源自 希腊语 prosēlutos [陌生人;改变宗教信仰者] 〔welcome〕gave the stranger an unfriendly welcome.对那位陌生人的接待很不友好〔Hitchcock〕British director known for his suspense films, especiallyThe 39 Steps (1935), Strangers on a Train (1951), and Psycho (1960). 希区考克,阿尔弗烈德·约瑟夫:(1899-1980) 英国导演,以悬念电影著称,著名作品有《三十九级台阶》 (1935年) 《火车上的陌生人》 (1951年)及 《精神分析》 (1960年) 〔touched〕very touched by the stranger's kindness.被陌生人的善良深深地感动〔tramontane〕A foreigner; a stranger.外国人;陌生人〔panhandle〕To approach and beg from (a stranger).向…乞讨:接近并向(陌生人)乞讨〔dog〕"A stranger then is still dogging us"(Arthur Conan Doyle)“一个陌生人仍在跟踪我们”(阿瑟·科南·多伊尔)〔fasten〕fastened her gaze on the stranger.把她的视线集中在陌生人身上〔euxenite〕Greek euxenos [kind to strangers (from its unusual composition)] eu- [eu-] xenos [stranger] * see ghos-ti- 希腊语 euxenos [(发自不寻常的天性的)对陌生人友好] eu- [更,益] xenos [陌生人,异乡人] * 参见 ghos-ti- 〔unduly〕unduly familiar with strangers.对陌生人过分地熟悉的〔cynical〕a cynical distrust of friendly strangers; a cynical view of the average voter's intelligence.对和善的陌生人轻蔑的不信任;对每个投票者的智力表示轻视的看法〔Heinlein〕American writer of science fiction whose works includeStranger in a Strange Land (1961) and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1967). 海因莱因,罗伯特·安森:(1907-1988) 美国科幻小说家。其作品包括《陌生国土上的陌生人》 (1961年)和 《月球是个无情的情人》 (1967年) 〔mood〕"I was in no mood to laugh and talk with strangers" (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley). “我没有心情和陌生人一起谈笑” (玛丽·渥斯通克拉夫特·雪莱)。〔estrange〕from Latin extrāneāre [to treat as a stranger, disown] 源自 拉丁语 extrāneāre [像对陌生人一样对待,否认与自己有关系] 〔xenia〕from xenos [guest, stranger] * see xeno- 源自 xenos [客人,陌生人] * 参见 xeno-〔gringo〕The wordgringo is an offensive term in Latin America for a foreigner, particularly an American or English person.But the word existed in Spanish before this particular sense came into being.In fact,gringo may be an alteration of the word griego, the Spanish development of LatinGraecus, "Greek.” Griego first meant "Greek, Grecian,”as an adjective and "Greek, Greek language,” as a noun.The saying "It's Greek to me" exists in Spanish,as it does in English,and helps us understand whygriego came to mean "unintelligible language" and perhaps, by further extension of this idea,"stranger, that is, one who speaks a foreign language.”The altered formgringo lost touch with Greek but has the senses "unintelligible language,” "foreigner, especially an English person,”and in Latin America, "North American or Britisher.”Its first recorded English use (1849) is in John Woodhouse Audubon'sWestern Journal: "We were hooted and shouted at as we passed through, and called ‘Gringoes.’”在拉丁美洲,gringo 一词是对外国人, 尤其是英美人的不尊敬的称呼。但在有这一特定含义之前这个词已存在于西班牙语之中。事实上,gringo 也许是 griego 一词的变体, 而后者则是西班牙语对拉丁语中Graecus “希腊的”一词的发展。 Griego 开始作形容词时意为“希腊的”; 作名词时意为“希腊,希腊语”。在西班牙语中也有“这对我来说象希腊语一样”的说法,这同英语中一样。这就帮我们理解为什么griego 开始有“胡说八道”的意思, 随着这层意思地延伸,就指“陌生人,即一个讲外语的人”。gringo 的变体已与希腊毫无关系而却有了“胡说八道”、 “外国人,尤指讲英语的人”等含义;在拉丁美洲它更指“北美人或英国人”。此词有记载的第一次在英语中的运用(1849年)是在约翰·伍德豪斯·奥杜邦的西部游记 中: “我们走过时四周都是叫喊声、怪叫声和‘外国佬’的叫骂声”〔uneasy〕uneasy with strangers.与陌生人一起不自在〔polite〕"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world" (Francis Bacon).“如果一个人对陌生人能温儒典雅,这表明他是一个世界公民” (弗朗西斯·培根)。〔impulsive〕such impulsive acts as hugging strangers; impulsive generosity.See Synonyms at spontaneous 比如拥抱陌生人这种冲动的举止;一时冲动的慷慨大方 参见 spontaneous〔evidently〕The stranger approached the microphone, evidently intending to speak.那个陌生人走近话筒,显然想发言〔pyroxene〕Greek xenos [stranger (originally viewed as a foreign substance when found in igneous rocks)] * see ghos-ti- 希腊语 xenos [陌生人(最初被认为是在火或岩中找到的外国物质)] * 参见 ghos-ti- 〔rank〕a rank amateur; a rank stranger.一个地道的业余者;十足的陌生人〔cotton〕a dog that didn't cotton to strangers; an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes.对陌生人不友好的一只狗;对于最强制性的政体都要讨好的政府 |
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