时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

 Potboiler: 粗制滥造的作品


对作家而言,最痛苦的事莫过于读者认为他的文章是potboiler(为混饭吃而粗制滥造的文学作品),更通俗一点,“某本小说被认为写得很‘烂’”。文章“烂”怎么会和boiler(锅炉)、pot(壶)扯上关系呢? 其实,就语言习惯而言,理解这个词组并不难。先从汉语角度来考虑,我们会听到:“为了糊口,他在学术创作之余,还编写取悦市场的‘肥皂剧本’。”句中,“取悦市场的肥皂剧本”——sitcom plays that intends to tailor the marker,就可以用pot-boiler来代替。“糊口、谋生”既然离不开锅、碗、瓢、盆,以此为目的而创作的小说和剧本,用“炊具组合”来表达真是再形象不过了。 19世纪60年代,potboiler进入英语词汇,用以形容a work of literature as money-makers rather than as works 1 of art(以盈利为目的,缺乏艺术价值的作品)。 另外,potboiler的动词形式是to boil the pot(谋生,粗制滥造文章)。例如:He had to boil the pot when he was a teenager. (他十来岁就得挣钱糊口。)

n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
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Abū Sayr
acid hydrolyzed casein
agricultural structure
Alpinia pinnanensis
an arc
ankle clonus center
arettes
avulsion of ophthalmic branch of trigeminal nerve
be handy of reference
benalaxyl
bi-axial stress
bifurous
binomial density functions
branch voltage vector
campus paper
catch the devil
choropleth
cirolemycin
colby cheese
crash proof
cupulometer
d-series
diesel rock drill
dihydergot
each part
eigentriple
EIPS
electromagnetic deflector alignment system
English serpentary
english vermilion
exchange factor
family Loxomataceae
Federal Farm Loan Act
feed grade
fibre-reactive dye
flow-induced
foreign bill (of exchange)
four-note
gardaine
garlic salt
gravity incline
ground surface effect
hoof-pad
humanistic disciplines
hypertension of pregnancy
ian
inactive optics
incendiary munitions
insulation cork board
itchweed
jump trace
jupiter fidiuss
kelyphitic rim
kick-back test
kicking strap
Knox, William Franklin
lead autunite
long gone
merrison
Mokelumne R.
nickel-iron storage battery
NWFZ
old black
otreus
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peat bath
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phenopyrazone
placamen tiara
power-driven vehicle
praseodymium carbonate
rated nozzle charateristic
related factors
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sexed-up
sfz
shallow explosion
shoulder pivot
sideperson
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skullface
stereophototopography
stirgus
subsidiary traffic
successive conduction
Surinam toad
systematics of mineral deposit
t-bird
tening
Thabyegan
toughness of material
trend method
tuncs
venae cavae sinistrae ligamenta
waterflow recorder
wygnin