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1704796950 Let me see the man who should give the cold shoulder to anybody I chose to protect and patronise.—— Dickens(我打算要来保护和照顾的人,谁要对他表示轻视的态度的,不妨出面给我看看。)
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1704796952 这个成语的来源为 the cold shoulder of mutton(一块冷的羊肩肉),后来略去了后面二字,而成现在的这个形式。原意是有些不速之客到来,坐着不走,到吃饭时,只好开饭给他吃,主妇对这不受欢迎的客人一肚子不高兴,碍于情面,随便拿点冷东西给他吃(an unappetizing dish),以免他下次再来打扰。因为后来把成语中的“羊肉的”字眼略去了的关系,世人不察,就把那原来的羊肩当作人肩看待,因此又产生了 turn a cold shoulder on 的一个说法,我们再看 W. S. Maugham 的短篇集 Cakes and Ale 书中的这个用法:
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1704796954 Than Roy no one could show a more genuine cordiality to a fellow novelist whose name was on everybody’s lips, but no one could more genially turn a cold shoulder on him when idleness, failure, or someone else’s success had cast a shade on his notoriety.(对于一个家喻戶晓的小说家同行,谁也不及拉伊那样表示真纯的热诚,但当懒惰、失败、别人的成功在这小说家的名声上投上一条暗影时,则拉伊比谁都要乐意地对他加以冷遇。)
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1704796956 从受到冷遇者的立场来说,便有:
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1704796958 She would be laughed at as a peasant or, even worse, receive the cold shoulder as a Puritan or prig.—— E. V. Lucas: A Visit to Nicotina House(她会被人当作一个乡下农妇而嘲笑的,或是更糟的,当作一个清教徒或拘守礼教者而不予理睬。)
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1704796960 单说“冷肩”,前面什么动词都不说也是可以的,如:
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1704796962 Sick of the eternal cold shoulder of the academic world, the young man is arranging for the publication of a worthy work.(厌恶学术界对他永远的冷淡,这青年正安排着出版一本有价值的著作。)
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1704796964 在十九世纪中叶以后,人们甚至把 cold-shoulder 当作动词来用了。
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1704796966 The young writer with fresh ideas was cold-shouldered.—— A. A. Milne: Secret Papers(那个有新观念的青年作家受到了冷遇。)
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1704796971 英文疑难详解 [:1704787197]
1704796972 英文疑难详解 200.a number of 和 the number of
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1704796974 在 Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English 的665页上,有 A number of books (=some books) is missing from the library.一例,为什么要接单数动词呢?括弧内说主语等于 some books,这分明是复数,自应接复数动词才对。请就 a number of 的用法,加以说明。
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1704796976 【解答】依照 Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language 上的解释是:a number of=several or many,意为“许多”,所以它后面必须接复数名词或代名词;既然是指的数,而且是指的多数,不是指的量,动词自然也应该用复数动词才合理,但老派的英国人因受“a”的牵引,也有用单数动词的,如质问中所提出的例子。不过多数的文法家,都认为用单数动词不算正当,因为逻辑上说不通。如能自圆其说,也就勉强可被接受了。例如:
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1704796978 (a)An increasing number of students have made use of the library.
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1704796980 (b)An increasing number of students has made it necessary to keep more copies of the same books.
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1704796982 第一句的(a)例着重在“更多的学生”,第二句的(b)例着重“学生数的增加”。
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1704796984 在 The New Century Dictionary 上举有 a number of complaints were made 一例。
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1704796986 又在 Concise Dictionary of American Grammar and Usage(by Whitford& Foster,1955)及 Writer’s Guide and Index to English(by P. G. Perrin,1965)上都说 a number of 应接复数动词,the number of 后面才要接单数动词,并举有例句如下:
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1704796988 A number of members are absent.(会员多数未到。)
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1704796990 The number of members is alarming.(会员人数可惊。)
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1704796992 这用法是比较合理而又正确的。若有人问我 What is the number of your house?我便将回答说: The number of my house is28.所指的是一个数目,当然应接单数动词,再举其他的例:
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1704796994 The number of jobless people grows.(失业人数增多。)
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1704796996 The number of deaths was very high.(死亡数很高。)
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1704796998 The number of collectors is growing apace.(搜集者的人数激增。)
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