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1704795272 It is the custom for Englishmen to raise their hats to ladies.(英国人有对妇女脱帽为礼的习惯。)
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1704795274 It is the custom with (或 of) foreigners to change gifts at Christmas.(外国人有在圣诞节交换礼物的习尚。)
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1704795276 I made it a custom to get up at six.(我惯常六时起床。)(= I made a custom of getting up at six.)
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1704795278 由以上诸例看来,个人的习惯或社会的风习是都可以用 custom 的,不过 habit 则是专用于个人的。普通商店里的顾客说 customer,是从名词 custom(作“主顾”或“惠顾”解)加人称接尾语而变来的,质问中的 Low prices draw custom.应译作“廉价招揽生意。”才对。他如:
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1704795280 That shop has plenty of custom.(那店生意很好。)
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1704795282 I withdraw my custom from that shop.(我不再去那店家购买东西了。)
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1704795284 商人的习惯(the custom of merchants)即是商人的法律(law merchant),也就变成商法(commercial law)了。
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1704795286 这个名词又可作“关税”或“海关”解,但多用复数,例如:
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1704795288 It took us an hour to get our luggage through the customs.(我们的行李花了一个钟头才通过海关的检查。)
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1704795290 此字作形容词用时,意为“定制的”,如 custom shoes(定做的皮鞋),a custom suit(一套定做的衣服)。
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1704795295 英文疑难详解 [:1704787163]
1704795296 英文疑难详解 168.This is mere apology for soup.句中的 apology
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1704795298 This is mere apology for soup.译成“这只是为羹汤道歉。”似乎不通,不知应怎样翻译才对?
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1704795300 【解答】英文 apology 一字,普通作“道歉”或“谢罪”解,但它另外还有两个意义:一为“辩解”,一为“代替物”。例如:
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1704795302 I made an apology to the host for my lateness.(我因迟到特向主人道歉。)
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1704795304 This is an apology for the Christian religion. (这是为基督教辩解的。)
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1704795306 而质问中的例句正是此字的第三种意义:
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1704795308 This is a mere apology for soup.(这个实在不成其为羹汤。)意即有名无实。英国人考究吃茶,有时在茶馆里吃的茶太不够味,他们就要骂,说那个哪里是茶,简直是猪食(hog-wash)。美国的总统 Abraham Lincoln,讨的太太不贤慧,有泼妇之名,弄给他吃的茶简直吃不得,于是林肯说:
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1704795310 If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea,please bring me some coffee.(如果这是咖啡,就请拿杯茶来给我;如果这是茶,就请拿杯咖啡给我。)
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1704795312 可知他太太拿给他吃的,只是 a mere apology for tea (or coffee),实在不成其为茶或咖啡呢。再如:
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1704795314 He devises apologies for window curtains.(他设法用他物代替窗帷。)
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1704795316 It is a sad apology for hat.(这是一个勉强的帽子代用品。)
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1704795321 英文疑难详解 [:1704787164]
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