于弟 袁小林
wow 的妙用
一篇介紹《中國(guó)詩(shī)詞大會(huì)》第二季冠軍武亦姝的英文報(bào)道中有一句:
In an earlier episode,Wu Yishu wowed the audience when performing in a section entitled“Feihualing”. 在之前的一期節(jié)目中,武亦姝在“飛花令”環(huán)節(jié)的表現(xiàn),令觀眾大為驚嘆。
wow 可以作名詞,意為“極大的成功(a great success)”;作感嘆詞,意為“哇;呀”,但這里用作動(dòng)詞,意思是make people admire you very much(使人佩服;驚嘆)。
妙筆生花!用wow 比surprise, astonish, amaze等詞更形象生動(dòng)。
學(xué)習(xí)名詞時(shí),我們要留意:名詞并不一定總是名詞,有時(shí)也會(huì)變成非名詞(形容詞或動(dòng)詞)。這是一種有趣的“名非名”現(xiàn)象。
英語(yǔ)有哪些“名非名”的情況呢?
1. 某些名詞前面不加冠詞,但后面接 enough時(shí)。
表示這個(gè)名詞所包含的性質(zhì)和特點(diǎn),實(shí)際相當(dāng)于一個(gè)形容詞。
I was fool enough to believe him.我真夠傻的,竟相信了他。
Jim was not man enough to face the difficulty. 吉姆不像個(gè)男人去面對(duì)困難。
I am not scholar enough to read this article.我學(xué)識(shí)不夠,讀不懂這篇文章。
2. 某些名詞前不加冠詞,但前面有no時(shí)。
并不表示否定含義,而表示這一名詞相反的形容詞意義。
Dont cheat him; he is no fool. 別騙他了,他可不傻/很聰明。
Miss Green is no beauty. 格林小姐一點(diǎn)也不漂亮。
What I have said is no lie. 我剛說(shuō)的可是真的。
The young man is no poet, and he knows little about poetry.那年輕人可算不上詩(shī)人,他幾乎不懂詩(shī)。
比較:The young man is not a poet, and he cant write poems. 那個(gè)年輕人不是詩(shī)人,他不會(huì)寫(xiě)詩(shī)。
3. 英語(yǔ)中某些名詞可直接表示動(dòng)詞的含義。
一些名詞直接用作動(dòng)詞,可表達(dá)名詞本身所有的動(dòng)作特征。
Dont baby your child. 不要嬌慣你的孩子。
He is always bossing his wife about at home. 他在家總是對(duì)妻子呼來(lái)喚去。
Would you please chair the meeting today? 你今天主持這個(gè)會(huì)議好嗎?
Its not easy for a movie sequence to continue wowing viewers. 一部電影續(xù)集能夠持續(xù)讓觀眾喝彩,真不容易。
He is a disturbed child who needs mothering. 他是一個(gè)心理失常的孩子,需要悉心照顧。
She worked in a hospital for ten years nursing patients. 她在一家醫(yī)院工作了十年,護(hù)理病人。
As he aged, his memory got worse. 隨著年齡變大,他的記憶力變差了。
People were streaming out of the station. 人們一個(gè)接一個(gè)地走出了車(chē)站。
4. 身體部位的名詞可表示動(dòng)詞的含義。
身體部位的名詞用作動(dòng)詞,表示這一部位發(fā)出的動(dòng)作。
Mary saw a man eyeing her up and down. 瑪麗看到一個(gè)人上下打量她。
The police have been tailing the criminal. 警察一直在跟蹤嫌犯。
The dog was nosing at the dustbin. 狗在垃圾桶旁邊嗅來(lái)嗅去。
Reporters nosed out all the details of the affair. 記者們打探出這件事的所有細(xì)節(jié)。
Nobody is going to hand you success on a plate. 沒(méi)有人會(huì)把成功白白送給你。
5. 一些顏色的名詞也可用作動(dòng)詞。
The censors blacked out several words. 審查員涂掉了幾個(gè)詞。
The spring wind has greened the Southern shore again. 春風(fēng)又綠江南岸。
What you said whited his face. 你說(shuō)的話把他氣得臉發(fā)白。
Look!The cream paint is beginning to yellow. 看!乳白色的油漆開(kāi)始發(fā)黃。
6. 一些動(dòng)物名詞可用作動(dòng)詞。
He has been dogged by bad health all his life. 他一生多病,備受折磨。
I had a whole box of chocolates and pigged the lot. 我把一整合巧克力吃了個(gè)精光。
The last question even foxed our experts. 最后的問(wèn)題甚至把專(zhuān)家難倒了。
The man wolfed down his lunch. 那個(gè)人將午餐狼吞虎咽下去。
The policeman bulled the motor cycle off the road. 警察用力將摩托車(chē)推到公路邊上。
總之,掌握“名非名”的用法,可使英語(yǔ)的動(dòng)作描寫(xiě)更加生動(dòng)、形象、有趣。