1、一個單詞多種表達
a thank-you letter 感謝信
a letter of recommendation 推薦信
a love letter 情書
a suicide letter 絕命書
a “Dear John” letter 絕交信(女孩子給男孩子)
letter of condolence 唁函
letter of confirmation 確認信
2、多個詞表達一個意思,如表達“死”
to go west 歸西
to pass away 謝世(常用)
to die a martyr 犧牲
to rest in peace 安息
to end one’s days 壽終正寢
to commit suicide 自殺
to kick the bucket 民間說法:蹬腿
to abandon the world 撒手人寰
to pay the debt of nature 了結塵緣
to come to a violent death 暴斃
to depart to the world of shadows 命赴黃泉
to release the souls from suffering 超度、解脫
to return to dust 入土
除此之外,還有多個詞翻譯成一個意思(主要指英譯漢),不再具體講。
3、幾個單詞
return to dust: 與基督教文化有關
fig leaf:遮羞布
Adam’s apple:男性的喉結
You came from dust and to dust you shall return. 來自塵土、歸于塵土。
original sin:原罪
suicide:自殺,cide表示“殺”,
如:insecticide 殺蟲劑, pesticide 殺蟲劑, herbicide 初草劑, genocide 種族屠殺, homicide 殺人, matricide 弒母, patricide 弒父 , regal君王 君主 , regicide 弒君
commit no nuisance 請勿在此大小便
restroom 廁所
faculty lounge 教室休息室
bathroom commode 廁所(委婉的表達廁所之意)
Baptist Church 洗禮會教堂