nosy 好管閒事的: nose的相關英文

nose 鼻子

nosy 好管閒事的; 愛問東問西的(或指大鼻子的)

pick one's nose 挖鼻孔

booger 鼻屎

sneeze 打噴嚏

打噴嚏時, 外國人會說Bless you! 這時要記得有禮貌的說 Thank you.

snivel 鼻涕　(snot也是, 但較不文雅)

blow one's nose 擤鼻涕
nose out (動詞用法) 聞到, 嗅出
keep one's nose clean 潔身自愛; 使自己不捲入糾紛



圓山花博展覽館外的波斯菊

tall 及 high 的差別

tall及 high 中文都翻成『高的』

但用法不同，tall必須是在地面，然後往上延長或生長的, 如 tall trees, a tall boy, a tall building

high是指高度的高, 空中的高, 或抽象的高, 如 A bird can fly high.  The mountain is 1000 meters high.

三角形的高也要用high 

土耳其地震earthquake in Turkey

in eastern Turkey
在土耳其東部

a magnitude of 7.2 
規模7.2

a depth of 4.5 miles, or 7.2 kilometers
深度4.5英里或7.2公里

death toll
死亡人數

"at least 217 people are reported dead; 350 are injured"
至少217人據傳死亡, 350人受傷

"the country's most-powerful earthquake in more than a decade"
土耳其十多年來最大的地震

 roughly 20 aftershocks
大約20起餘震

collapsed buildings
倒塌的建築物

debris
殘骸; 碎片

 "people still trapped in the rubble"
人們還被困在瓦礫堆中

English above are from following website (以上英文參考自下方網站 CNN)  http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/23/world/europe/turkey-earthquake/index.html

The sky of Taipei on an Autumn afternoon

秋日午後台北的天空

Gaddafi killed. 格達費; 利比亞 Libya

Gaddafi was killed.
格達費被殺。

in his late 60s
六十多歲

his hometown Sirte
他的家鄉蘇爾特

died of wounds suffered; hit in his head
死於受傷; 頭部被擊

"Gaddafi had been found hiding in a hole in the ground."
格達費先前被發現躲在地底的洞中。


"Gaddafi, wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of ordering the killing of civilians, was toppled by rebel forces on Aug. 23 after 42 years of one-man rule over the oil-producing North African state."

因下令徒殺民眾而被國際刑事法庭所通緝的格達費在八月二十三日被反叛軍所推翻，結束了42年在北非產油國的獨裁統治。

以上英文部份擷取自英文中國郵報網站  http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/2011/10/20/320467/Gaddafi-killed.htm

泰國水災Flooding in Thailand泰國水患

the worst flooding in 50 years
半世紀以來泰國最嚴重的水災

Flooding in the north, northeast and center of Thailand has killed more than 300 people, mostly from drowning, since July.
從七月至今， 泰國北部、 西北部及中部的水災已經造成至少300人死亡, 大部份是溺斃。


The flood has damaged one tenth of Thailand's rice paddies.
水患造成泰國十分之一的稻田毀損。


Monsoon rain, high tides and water flowing down from reservoirs
季雨，漲潮及從水庫流下來的水


9 million people affected
九百萬人受影響


inundated with flood water
被洪水所淹沒

Several ndustrial estates were inundated.
數個工業區被水淹沒。

以上英文部份參考自英文 台北時報   網站  http://www.taipeitimes.com/

環保尿布, 布尿布的英文, 學習褲的英文

最近開始幫小小咪使用布尿布及學習褲了


尿布相關英文




尿布 diaper

布尿布, 環保尿布 cloth diaper

紙尿布 disposable diaper

尿布襯墊 diaper liner; diaper pad

尿布套 plastic pants

髒尿布桶 diaper pail

學習褲 diaper panty


environmentally friendly; reuse again and again until they become worn; as rags or burp cloths

丹頂鶴的英文 Red Crowned Crane

昨天日本釧路市贈送給台北市立動物園的2隻丹頂鶴抵達台灣了
相關的英文如下:

red crowned cranes 丹頂鶴

a pair 一對

a nine-year-old male named BIG and a six-year-old female Gui-hua
 一隻九歲公的叫BIG, 一隻六歲母的是貴華

Visitor of Taipei Zoo are able to see them on Otc. 30 following a mandatory quarantine period.
台北市立動物園的訪客在10月30日隔離觀察期後就可以看到牠們。


a gift from Kushiro Zoo in Hokkado  來自北海道釧路市動物園的禮物

Red crowned cranes represent good fortune and longevity in Japan.
在日本丹頂鶴象徵好運及長壽

以上英文參考自英文台北時報網站  http://www.taipeitimes.com.tw/

compare的用法; compare A to B 及 compare A with B

compare A to B   是把A比作B, 
                                            The writer compared women to water.
                                            作者把女人比作水。


compare A with B   是把A及B做比較; 比較AB相似的地方
                                      Her parents like to compare her with her sister.
                                              她的父母喜歡把她及她妹妹作比較。

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date."

William Shakespeare, Sonnet XVIII

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

 

社區中庭的蓮花及大樓倒影

the water lily and the reflection of the building

台大器官移植及器官捐贈的相關英文

最近台大發生愛滋移植事件, 相關的英文如下


organ transplants
器官移植


an HIV-infected donor
一名感染愛滋病的捐贈者


HIV positive
愛滋檢驗陽性


misinterpret the answer of “reactive” as “negative” (“non-reactive”) over the telephone
電話中誤認檢驗結果陽性(reactive)為陰性(negative)


didn't follow standard operating procedures
未遵守標準器官捐贈程序

the medical negligence
醫療疏失


organ transplant recipient
器官移植接受者


the risk of contracting AIDS
感染愛滋的風險



以上英文參考自台北時報網站 http://www.taipeitimes.com/

倫敦暴動的英文 rioting in London

riot 暴動



looting 搶劫


arson 縱火


buildings looted and vehicles set alight
建築物被搶劫, 車輛被放火燒


England’s worst civil unrest in decades
英國數十年來最嚴重的暴動


The riots started after police shot and killed Mark Duggan a 29-year-old black gangster and drug dealer in Tottenham, north London.
暴動起因於警方在英國首都倫敦北部托登罕區射殺了達根，一名29歲的黑人幫派毒販。

Duggan’s friends and relatives organized a protest outside the Tottenham police station, and then the demonstration spiralled out of control.



廿餘名親友在警局前示威，結果一發不可收拾。

彈珠汽水的英文 marble soda

兩天前的新聞，有夏令營製作彈珠汽水發生玻璃瓶爆裂意外，

彈珠汽水的英文是 marble soda


Marble soda is a carbonated beverage, and its bottle is made of glass and sealed with a marble.
(彈珠汽水是一種碳酸飲料，瓶子是玻璃做的，用彈珠封住瓶口。)

黏人的英文 be clingy

黏人的英文用 be clingy來表示
如 She is so clingy.   She clings to her boyfriend every day.
如果指東西很黏,則要用sticky

香港港灣風光-1

 

 香港港灣風光-2

 

香港港灣風光-3

六輕的英文; 石化工安意外的英文

sixth naphtha cracker (六輕)

Formosa Plastics Corp’s (FPC) sixth naphtha cracker complex
台塑六輕

Mailiao 麥寮

industrial safety 工安

petrochemical industry 石化業

petrochemical industrial accident 石化工安意外

gas leaks from aging pipelines 老舊管線造成瓦斯外洩

the fire caused by a pipeline gas leak瓦斯外洩造成的火災

suspend the operations for safety checks  停工進行安全檢查

香港太平山的纜車 

從山上往下看矗立在霧中的高樓大廈


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兔熱病的英文, tularemia, rabbit fever

前幾天新聞報導, 國內首度發現兔熱病病例
在北美洲、歐洲常見的兔熱病相關英文如下:


兔熱病 (tularemia) (rabbit fever)

Zoonotic disease (transmitted from animals to humans but not humans to humans)
人畜共通之細菌性疾病


Transmitted animals: fowl, fish, rodents, and mammals

受傳染的動物: 鳥禽, 魚, 囓齒類動物及哺乳類


Mode of transmission: bites, inhalation, direct contact

傳染的途徑: 叮咬, 吸入灰塵, 及直接接觸


Symptoms: fever, headache, rash, and swollen lymph nodes

症狀: 高燒, 頭痛, 起紅疹及淋巴結腫大

Let bygones be bygones. "過去就讓它過去吧"的英文

過去就讓它過去吧, 英文有一個諺語(idioms)可表達,
就是        Let bygones be bygones. 
這句諺語主要是要人忘記 unpleasant things that have happened in the past
forget, not easy; forgive, divine

育嬰假的英文;留職停薪的英文; 產假的英文

育嬰假 parental leave


請育嬰假 take parental leave

留職停薪 leave without pay ( or unpaid leave)


育嬰津貼　parental subsidy

投保薪資的六成　60 percent of an employee’s insurance salary

請假前前六個月的平均薪資　average salary ahead of his or her parental leave

可領六個月的津貼 receive a subsidy for a maximum of six months during unpaid parental leave

申請者小孩必須在三歲以下 applicants with children under three years of age

產假　maternity leave


可請約八週的產假
receive about eight weeks of paid maternity leave

nothing but 及 anything but 大不同

nothing but 只不過是..., 描述是肯定的意思
anything but 根本不..., 絶不...., 描述的是否定的意思

例如
Life is nothing but a dream. (人生不過是一場夢。)

Life is anythign but a dream. (人生絶不是一場夢。)



意思相差甚遠

所有格的用法

　　　　　　　　　宜蘭明池的鬱金香

所有格的用法

“~of~” 與名詞's

1.有生命的所有格
(1) 單數：名詞's：Mary's bicycle, the old man's shoes
(2) 複數：名詞s'：the students' playground, girls' bike

2. 無生命的所有格
the + 所有物+ of + 所有者
如： the door of the house (房子的門)
the leaves of the trees (樹的葉子)
注意：翻譯要從後面往前翻。

不能說的秘密 secret or skeletons in the closet

　　　　　　　　（新店花園新城內的螳螂特寫）(a mantis on the hill)

秘密（Secret）

但如果是不可告人的秘密，是屬於見不得人，不敢讓人知道的過去，

英文有一個片語來形容就是 skeletons in the closet，

字面上翻譯就是『衣櫃裡的骸骨』，秘密怕被揭穿，就像是做了壞事，然後把屍體藏在衣櫃中，怕被發現一樣！

詐騙集團的英文

　　　　　　　　　　　　　合歡山上的台灣野百合 〈Taiwan lily〉

scam 　詐騙〈動詞及名詞〉

fraud 　騙局，假貨〈名詞〉

a fraud / scam　詐騙事件

a fraud call 　詐騙電話

fraudulent organizations = a ring of swindlers 　詐騙集團

165 anti-fraud hotline 　165反詐騙專線