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发信人: Stiga (云淡风清), 信区: English
标 题: 英语词汇的魅力之牵线搭桥
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2002年12月30日18:17:44 星期一), 站内信件
发信人: dsyy (零点★别忘了充氢), 信区: English
标 题: 英语词汇的魅力之牵线搭桥
发信站: 飘渺水云间 (Fri Aug 3 21:14:03 2001), 转信
牵线搭桥
有人问我:"He is a medium 是什么意思?" medium有个意思是:
an individual held to be a channel of communication between
the earthly world and a world of spirits。这句话的意思是:
他是个巫师。或:他是个神汉。
medium (巫师/神汉)是第一类中间人,他自称鬼魂附体,替鬼魂
代言,传达于人。
第二类中间人是为男女牵线搭桥的媒人,英语用match-maker,
go-between等表示,例如:
1. In old China, young people had to obey their parents'
order and follow their match-makers' advice.
在旧中国,青年人不得不听从父母之命,媒妁之言。
2. The go-between acted as a link between the young man and
the young woman. 这个媒人曾在这对青年男女之间牵线搭桥。
第三类中间人是为了买卖双方牵线搭桥的经纪人,英语用middleman,
broker, agent等表示,例如:
1. Direct trade may eliminate a middleman.
直接贸易可以不用中间人。
2. Stockbrokers are expected to work conscientiously to
increase the profits of their clients.
人们期望证券经纪人自觉地工作,以提高委托人的利润。
3. His house agent helped him sell the house at a reasonable
price. 他的房产经纪人帮他卖了房子,价钱合理。
broker 与agent可以构成许多符合词:stockbroker(证券经纪人),
black-market broker(黑市经纪人),foreign exchange broker
(外汇经纪人),insurance broker/insurance agent(保险经纪人),
custom(s)-house broker(报关经纪人),(real) estate broker
/agent(房地产经纪人),ship broker(船舶经纪人),house
agent(房产经纪人),land agent(地产经纪人),business
agent(商业经纪人)等。
"代理人",即受权代表他人的人,在英语中可用agent, deputy,
proxy等词表示,例如:
1. His local agent helped him win the election.
他的地方代理人帮助他在竞选中取胜。
2. I must find a person to act as deputy for me during my
absence. 我必须找个人在我缺席时做我的代理人。
3. The groom was overseas, his brother acted as his proxy
at the ceremony.
新郎在海外,他的弟弟作为他的代理人出席仪式。
"代表"用representative表示,例如:
1. They sent a representative to the international
conference. 他们派一名代表参加这个国际会议。
2. Ambassadors are representatives of their country's
government who are stationed in other nations' capitals.
大使是驻在他国首都的本国政府的代表。
此外,是substitute"替补者",understudy是"候补演员",
stand-in是"替身演员",stunt man是"特技替身演员"。
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