考研英语经典必背500句

这句中的fashion是不是翻译错了

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查字典fashion作为动词没有追求潮流的意思

查了查字典似乎翻成 塑造 与另三个动词比较配。

我也是这么觉得,但俞敏洪的大作,没把握质疑

fashion,源自拉丁文factio(n),fac是做、ion是名词,这个单词动词的意思就是制作或者(手工)创作。例如:Lengths of bone fashioned into flutes were in use 40,000 years ago.其中fashioned into flutes 就是制作成笛子。refashion,就是重制、再制。时尚、潮流反而更像是引申义。

fashion翻追求时尚应该是翻译的人想直接名词动词化。可是,从整个情境逻辑来看,退一步说,也要翻成创造时尚,比较合逻辑。

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分析细致透彻,单词fashion彻底记住了

再提供一个例子:I wrapped my arms around her as carefully as if I had been holding a work of art delicately fashioned from glass.