The Mother Tongue的笔记(5)

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  In English adjectives have just one invariable form with but, I believe, one exception: blond/blonde. 首先，我依稀记得blond(e)这个单词本身就是从法语过来的，这种用e区分性别的做法不过是沿袭法语的习惯而已，严格意义上这不能说是英语的形容词吧…… 其次，难道作者的意思是，那么多从法语收过来的形容词里，唯有这个词保留了词尾e区分性别这个特征嘛=口=！！！ 球证实啊！ (更多)

  In English adjectives have just one invariable form with but, I believe, one exception: blond/blonde.

  首先，我依稀记得blond(e)这个单词本身就是从法语过来的，这种用e区分性别的做法不过是沿袭法语的习惯而已，严格意义上这不能说是英语的形容词吧……

  其次，难道作者的意思是，那么多从法语收过来的形容词里，唯有这个词保留了词尾e区分性别这个特征嘛=口=！！！

  球证实啊！ (收起)

  2011-09-23 16:57:05   回应

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  The Spanish word for whisper is 'susurrar'. 日语是sa-sa-ya-ku（囁く），至少前半段很接近恩 (更多)

  The Spanish word for whisper is 'susurrar'.

  日语是sa-sa-ya-ku（囁く），至少前半段很接近恩 (收起)

  2011-09-23 16:18:33   回应

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  At a conference of sociologists in America in 1977, love was defined as "the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing concerning reciprocity of amorant feelings by the object of the amorance." That is jargon—the practice of never calling a spade a spade when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructuring implement—and it is one of the great... (更多)

  At a conference of sociologists in America in 1977, love was defined as "the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing concerning reciprocity of amorant feelings by the object of the amorance." That is jargon—the practice of never calling a spade a spade when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructuring implement—and it is one of the great curses of modern English.

  貌似他的dictionary of troublesome words里面，jargon这个词条里也是这么写的╮(╯_╰)╭

  话说，a manual earth-restructuring implement不一定就是spade啊，也可以是锄头来着，这个jargon还不够精确啊=___,= (收起)

  2011-09-23 15:48:26   回应

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  There is no reliable way of measuring the quality or efficiency of any language. 这话说得还是相当中肯的。 (更多)

  There is no reliable way of measuring the quality or efficiency of any language.

  这话说得还是相当中肯的。 (收起)

  2011-09-23 15:43:37   回应

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  English, as Charlton Laird has noted, is the only language that has, or needs, books of synonyms like Roget's Thesaurus. "Most speakers of other languages are not aware that such books exist." [The Miracle of Language, page 54] 不好意思啊，但我记得中文有写作辞林的…… (更多)

  English, as Charlton Laird has noted, is the only language that has, or needs, books of synonyms like Roget's Thesaurus. "Most speakers of other languages are not aware that such books exist." [The Miracle of Language, page 54]

  不好意思啊，但我记得中文有写作辞林的…… (收起)

  2011-09-23 15:19:19   回应

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