时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 通缉犯 大搜捕


几个人一起聊天,一不小心谈到了山西黑砖窑案包工头“衡庭汉”,由“衡庭汉”又谈到关乎“追捕-逃亡”的好莱坞影片,由“影片”又谈到“在逃犯”的种种表达。 “逃”,最简单的词莫过于“escape”,由此,“escaped convict”可以表达“在逃犯”。不过,报刊杂志中,“逃”似乎更偏向短语,比如“convict at large”、“convict on the run”,前者重在描述在逃犯“逍遥法外”的内质,后者再现了通缉犯“亡命天涯”的状态。 除此之外,“在逃犯”还有一个俚语表达—— convict on the lam。注意啦,千万别把lam(鞭打、潜逃)误认为是lamb(羊羔),后者可是用来解馋的。Lam源于挪威词根lamja(使变残废),16世纪进入英语词汇时表示beat(痛打)。由“打”到“逃”的转变很可能是源于短语beat it(逃走),想一想:人逃命那会儿,一定是“马不停蹄”地玩儿命跑。由此,汉语中的“溜之大吉”就可表达为“to take it on the lam”。
既然有“逃犯”,就一定会有“大搜捕”。警方对逃犯的“搜捕、追捕”可表达为“manhunt”,如to launch a massive manhunt(进行大搜捕);be on a manhunt(执行搜捕任务)。 看个“on the lam”表达“在逃”的例句:He's always in some kind of trouble and perpetually on the lam.(他总招惹麻烦,总被人追。)
Cheese it:“(警察!)快跑!”
Go scot-free: 逍遥法外

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