标题：English Miscellanea 英语杂伴儿（1）

10. law office 律师事务所

《新概念英语》第二册 Lesson 11 ---外语教学与研究出版社
...Tony worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. ...
...托尼曾在一家律师事务所工作,而现在正在一家银行上班。...

“律师事务所”是 "law office"， 不是 "lawer's office"。

11. 译名正误(一) ---source:《汉英词语对译正误辨析》陈忠诚 著

(1)班/级长[学校的]
[误]class monitor
[正]class president

(2)力作
[误]masterpiece; best work
[正]tour de force

(3)笔
[误]pen,pencil,writing brush,stylus
[正]writing or drawing/painting implement; paper mate

(4)笔直
[误]perfectly straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright
[正]rectitude/ramrod straight/arrow straight/…

(5)煸
[误]stir-fry before stewing
[正]saute

(6)赤金
[误]pure gold; solid gold; deep-colored gold
[正]pink gold

(7)兜风
[误]go for a drive(ride/sail); go for a spin; have a drive to enjoy countryside; (ride)to enjoy the cool breeze
[正]to take a joy-ride/to go joy-riding

(8)豆制品
[误]bean products
[正]beanfoods/soyfoods

(9)律师事务所
[误]lawyer's office
[正]law office; law firm; legal firm

(10)二郎腿
[误](sit)cross-legged; (sit)with ankle on knee
[正]to sit with one’s legs crossed

(11)法人
[误]person; legalis homo
[正]artificial person; corporation; corporate person; juridical person; legal person

(12)夫妻店
[误]small shop run by husband and wife
[正]mom-and-pop store

(13)锅贴
[误]a baked patty with meat; lightly fried dumpling; fried meat ravioli; fried meat dumpling;
[正]pot-sticker/kuo tieh

(14)广告片
[误]advertising film
[正]commercial(s)

(15)黑人
[误]Black
[正]black(s)

(16)黄色新闻
[误]yellow journalism
[正]sex story/news

(17)回扣
[误]（褒贬不分）sales commission;commission on sales; rebate; discount; return commission; dickback
[正]回扣[正当的]commission; discount;rebate
回扣[不正当的]kickback; payoff

(18)尖嘴薄舌
[误]have a caustic and flippant tongue
[正]have a sharp tongue

(19)劳资争议
[误]labour dispute
[正]industrial dispute; trade dispute

(20)老公
[误](…)husband
[正]hubby

I have to disagree with some of the "译名正误" by 陈忠诚.

12. 译名正误(二) (完) ---source:《汉英词语对译正误辨析》陈忠诚 著

(21)（放/）马后炮
[误]belated action/advice/effort; be too late; I-told-you-so remark
[正](to) second-guess; (to be) a Monday morning quarterback; (to make)an I-told-you-so remark

(22)美人计
[误]a snare using a beautiful woman as a bait; a plot with a woman as seducer; use of a woman to ensnare a man; use a seductive woman to corrupt sb.
[正]honey trap; beauty trap; sex trap; Romeo approach

(23)毛骨悚然
[误]with one's hair standing on end; absolutely terrified; be frightened from the tips of one's hair to the marrow of his very bones; be bloodcurdling; be overcome with horor; give someone the creeps; have gooseflesh; make one's blood run cold; make one's flesh creep; make someone creep all over, sent chills up sb.'s spine; shuddered all over
[正]hair-raising stories

(24)捧哏
[误]play supporting role in cross talk; (of the supporting role in a cross talk)help the leading role make the audience laugh with words and expressions
[正]to play the straight man(of a traditional Chinese comic crosstalk duo)

(25)破鞋
[误]unlicensed prostitutes; loose woman
[正]slut

(26)旗鼓相当
[误]be well-matched(...)
[正]a Roland for an Oliver

(27)潜台词
[误]unspoken words in a play; unspoken words left to understanding of audience/reader; unspoken words in a play(left to the understanding of the audience); what is actually meant(in one's speech); implication
[正]subtext

(28)热水器
[误]hot water heater
[正]water heater

(29)烧卖
[误]stuffed steamed dumpling; a kind of steamed pie stuffed with meat; a steamed dumpling with the dough gathered at the top; a stuffed dumpling, open and frilled on top
[正]sumai

(30)生身父母
[误]one's own parents
[正]biological/birth/natural/real/parents

(31)师范大学
[误]normal university
[正]teachers university; teachers' university

(32)寿星
[误]an elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated
[正]birthday person

(33)双眼皮儿
[误]double fold eyelid; double-fold eyelids; upper eyelid which has a double fold at the lower edge, a common feature among occidentals; double eyelid
[正]double-(eye)lid; double-edged eyelid(s)

(34)退休工人
[误]retired worker
[正]blue-collar retiree/retired blue-collar worker/retired manual worker

(35)物证
[误]material evidence
[正]physical evidence; real evidence

(36)小菜（儿）（一碟）[口语]
[误]a very easy thing to do; easy job; something extremely easy to do or manage; easy job/task
[正]small breeze

(37)小抄儿
[误]a slip of paper with facts, figures, or answers to questions, used for cheating in examinations; notes for cheating in the exam; small pieces of paper smuggled in during examination; brief note brougnt in stealthily to practice fraud at examination
[正]crib

(38)心态
[误]psychology
[正]mentality/mindset/state of mind/mood

(39)新闻周刊
[误]（美国）〈新〉News Week
[正]《新闻周刊》Newsweek

(40)兄弟学校/单位/公司
[误]brother schools/units/companies
[正]sister schools/units/companies

(41)养父
[误]foster father
[正]adoptive father(usu.)/adopted tather(rare)

(42)一步到位
[误]be right located at one stroke
[正]one step and you're there

(43)有染
[误]formal have illicit sexual relations; be involved with; has had illicit intercourse with
[正]to have an affair with sb.

(44)中学
[误]middle school
[正]high school

(45)装瓶机
[误]bottle filling machine
[正]bottling machine

(46)粽子
[误]glutinous rice tamale-made by wrapping the rice in broad leaves of reeds and boiled for a few hours-usuall with other ingredients, as dates, meat, oyster, beans,etc.; pyramid-shaped pudding made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves
[正]粽（子）zongzi[并附各式粽子的插图]

(47)走步
[误][篮球]walk with the ball
[正]walking

13. all/whole

[误] If you sit down and listen, I will explain all the situation.
[误] He has worked hard his all life.

all用来修饰由同部分组成的集合体时，all所强调的是构成整体的各个部分，而whole侧重于把事物看成一个整体。试比较：

all the city与the whole city
all my life与my whole life
all the staff与the whole staff

由于all与whole在词义上的这种差别，所以下列可数名词只能跟whole搭配：
the whole life/plan/system/scheme/situation/truth/distance

这就是说the whole situation是一个固定搭配。而下列可数名词则常常跟all搭配：
all day/week/month/year/spring/winter/way

还有一种说法，all虽可与可数名词单数连用，但all出现在单数可数名词之前显得有些正式，因而它常常被whole所代替，例如：
His action was condemned by all the civilized world. ---His action was condemned by the whole civilized world.

all和whole在名词短语中的位置是不同的，all必须放在定冠词the或物主代词(his,my)之前，而whole必须放在定冠词或物主代词之后，紧放在所修饰的名词这前：
1. I waited all the week for him to answer.
I waited the whole week for him to answer.
2. He has worked hard all his life.
He has worked hard his whole life.

14. 菜谱英语多省略 "of"

9 pieces boiled beef
250g long grain rice
1 tablespoon rum
1/2 lb.(240g.) mushrooms
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1/2 pint red wine and 1/4 pint wine vinegar
2 glasses red wine
pkt frozen sweetcorn
a small packet frozen peas
8 rashers streaky bacon
1 quart light ale to...
3 sticks celery if available
1 saltspoon salt
Heat 4 tablespoon oil in a guo (wok in Cantonese), paella pan or light frying-pan.
Place 3 oz.(90g.) butter in a tin and stand the crown upright.

a good job.
thanks.
could escargot offer us his or her adivice?

15. Body Language (1)

1.Keeping eye contact 眼神的交流
Keeping eye contact when you are having a conversation is very important. Eye contact shows that you are paying attention and listening closely to what the other person is saying.
If your eyes are wandering around the room as a person is talking to you, it gives the impression that you are uninterested in what he/she has to say.

2.Staring blankly 茫然的眼神
When someone gives you a bland stare, it means she or he doesn't understand what you are talking about.
When a person has something else on her/his mind and isn't paying attention, she or he will stare at you blankly.

3.Blinking 眨眼
Blinking is a reflex your body uses to keep your eyes moist. In addition, blinking can indicate surprise or disbelief. Some people also start to blink when they are trying not to cry.

4.Winking 使眼色
When a person winks at you, he or she is trying to get your attention or asking you to keep a secret. If you are winked at in a bar or disco, the person who is winking is giving you an open invitation to come over and talk. Just be careful and make sure that he or she is winking at you and not someone else.

5.Staring 盯着看
Have you ever had anyone stare at you because you look different from them? Or have you had groups of people stare at you and laugh? Has anyone stared at you just because he or she wants to get to know you?
In the West, this kind of behavior is considered very rude.

16. Body Language (2)

6.Bags under one's eyes 眼袋
A person has bags under his/her eyes when he or she is very tired or had too much beer the night befor.

7.Cross-eyed 对眼
Being cross-eyed can be a physical problem, where someone's eyes cannot look straight ahead. However, sometimes you can go cross-eyed on purpose.
Some people say that if you focus too hard, or stare at something for too long, you can go cross-eyed.

8.Glassy eyes 呆滞的目光
Glassy eyes or a glazed stare is when your eyes look lifeless, like they are made of glass. This can be the result of confusion or just being plain old tired.

9.Icy stare 冰冷的眼神
An icy stare is cold and emotionless. If someone is described as having an icy stare, it usually implies that he or she is cold, heartless, or angry.

10.Rolling one's eyes 翻白眼
Rolling your eyes at someone or something means that you are impatient, annoyed, or just plain fed up with what you are hearing or seeing.

11.Eyes spitting fire 火冒三丈
When someone's eyes are spitting fire, you had better watch out; this usually means that he/she is very angry or upset. Eyes that spit fire belong to someone who is usually seeking revenge for some wrongdoing against him/her or against someone that he/she cares for.

17.1
说，说话

01.accentuate 强调说（正式）

02.add 补充说（常用，书面）

03.allude 暗示地说（书面，正式）

04.answer 回答说（常用，书面）

05.argue 劝说（常用，书面）

06.articulate 清楚地说（书面，高雅）

70.ask 询问（常用，书面）

08.babble 胡言乱语（书面，文学）

09.blab 胡说（不常用，书面）

10.blether 瞎说，说空话（不常用，书面，文学）

11.boast 说大话（常用）

12.breathe 吐露（不常用）

13.chat 闲谈（常用，非正式）

14.chatter 铙舌（文学）

15.complain 抱怨说（常用）

16.converse 会谈，交谈（书面，文学，正式）

17.convince 说（书面，正式）

18.croak 发牢骚（文学）

19.declare 宣告，声明（书面，正式）

20.declaim 宣讲，宣读（不常用，书面，正式）

21.discuss （讨论）说（常用，书面，正式）

22.drawl 慢吞吞地说（文学）

23.drivel 说憨话（文学）

24.drone 嗡嗡地说出（文学）

25.dwell 细谈（文学，正式）

26.emphasize 强调地说（正式）

27.enlarge 详述（书面，正式）

28.exclaim 大喊大叫地说（书面，正式）

29.expatiate 详说，细叙（高雅）

30.explain 解说（常用，书面）

31.explicate 解释（高雅）

32.expose 说穿（书面，正式）

33.expound 详述，说明（书面，正式）

34.express 表示，表述（常用，书面，正式）

35.falter 迟疑地说（文学）

36.gossip 说闲话（常用）

37.groan 诉说（文学）

38.growl 咆哮着说（文学）

39.grumble 抱怨说（文学）

40.hesitate 支吾，含糊说话（常用，文学）

41.hint 暗示说（常用）

42.impart 通知，传达说（书面，文学，正式）

43.imply 暗示说（常用，书面，正式）

44.inform 通知说（书面，正式）

45.interrupt 插话说（常用，书面，正式）

46.invoke 祈求说（书面，正式）

47.jabber 噼噼啪啪地说（文学）

48.jest 说笑话（常用，正式）

49.joke 说笑话（常用，书面）

50.lie 说谎（常用，书面）

51.mediate 说和，调停（书面，正式）

52.mention 说起，提到（常用，书面，正式）

53.mumble 咕噜地说（文学）

54.murmur 喃喃地说（文学）

55.mutter 咕噜（文学）

56.narrate 叙述（书面，正式）

57.object 反对说（书面，正式）

58.parrot 机械地说话（文学）

59.preach 说教（正式）

60.predict 预言（书面，正式）

61.prompt 提白（正式）

62.pronounce 断言，宣告（书面，正式）

63.prophesy 预言（正式）

64.purr 小声吐噜（文学）

65.pursuade 说服（常用，正式）

66.question 审问（书面，正式）

67.rave 说疯话（文学）

68.reason 说理（正式）

69.rebuke 数说，训斥（文学，正式）

70.recount 叙述，细说（文学）

71.refer 说到，提及（常用，书面）

72.reiterate 反复申说（书面，正式）

73.rejoin 答辩（正式，法律）

74.relate 叙事（事实），讲述（故事）（常用）

75.repeat 重复说（常用，书面）

76.reply 答复说（书面）

77.retell 转述（常用，书面）

78.retort 反驳说（正式）

79.return 答道（正式）

80.roar 咆哮着说（文学）

81.say 说（常用，书面）

82.scold 说气话，训斥（常用，文学）

83.shout 大叫着说（常用，书面）

84.speak 说话（常用，书面，正式）

85.spout 夸夸其谈（文学）

86.state 陈述,声明(书面,正式)

87.stress 着重说(书面,正式)

88.stumble 说结巴话(文学)

89.talk 谈话（常用，书面）

90.tattle 铙舌，闲谈（文学）

91.tell 告诉（常用）

92.tittle-tattle 瞎聊（不常用）

93.treat 论述（正式）

94.twaddle 说废话（文学）

95.utter 说，讲，表述（文学，正式）

96.whisper 悄悄说，细语（文学）

97.mouth 用演说腔调讲（不常用）