生活中的颜色词-模板

1、生活中的颜色词作者王振国内容颜色词除表示其具体实际的色彩外，还会由于不同国家的不同文化而具有不同的涵义。例如a white day 可 译为”白色的日子”，但在英国，白色往往表 示”纯真”、”崇高”、”吉祥”、”幸福”之意。 a white da y意为”吉日” 或”喜庆的日字”。此外，英语中与颜色词在一起组成的复合词或带有颜色词的 词组往往有其特 殊意义或习惯用法，这些都是在翻译颜色词时不可忽略之处。 下面就各种颜色词分别举例略作说明。1. RED:(1) The preside nt was treated to the redcarpet in Rome.总统在罗马受到了隆重的接待。(2

2、) It was a red-letter day in the history of Chin ese revoluti on.这是中国历史上值得纪念的日子。(3) A thief was caught red-handed in the act of breaking open alock. 一个窃贼在砸开锁时被当 场抓获。(4) You said that l am very good. ls my face red?你说我很好，真使我难为情了。(5) Whe n he started criticiz ing my work,l really saw red.当他批评我的工作时，我就冒

3、火、发脾 气。(6) There is too much red-tape in obta ining an ide ntity card.领身份证的手续实在太繁琐了。(7) They had to sell the firm because for years they had operated itin the red.因为经营这 家公司几年来一直亏损，所以他们只好把它卖掉。(8) We II soon be out of the red.我们很快就会扭亏为盈。(9) Every time he es to New York,he wants to paint the tow n red.

4、 每次来纽约，他都要痛饮一番。2. GREEN:(10) He is still gree n to his job.他对其工作尚无经验。(11) Do you see any green in my eye?你认为我幼稚可欺吗？(12) lf you want to be a successful gardener,of course you ve gotto have green fin gers. 假如 你想当个称职的园工，那你就得有园艺技能。(13) She is a green hand in teachi ng En glish.在英语教学中，他还是个生手。(14) Mother

5、gave us the green light to go on the camping trip this summer.妈妈准许我们今年夏天去野营一次。(15) He has a gree n wound in the left breast.他左胸上有一新伤口。3. BLUE:(16) He is proud of his blue blood.他因出身名门贵族而骄傲。(17) Thi ngs are look ing extremely blue.情况极其不妙。(18) True blue will never sta in.真金不怕火炼。(19) She ran and ran un

6、 til she was blue in the face.她跑啊跑啊，累得脸色发青精疲力竭。(20) lt s once in a blue moon that you get a chanee like that. 你 得到的是个千载难逢的机会。(21) He can read like a blue streak.他看书极快。(22) The bad n ews came like a bolt out of the blue.这消息来得如青天霹雳。(23) John arrived out of the blue.约翰突然来了。(24) A rainy day always gives

7、 me the blues.下雨天总是使我心情抑郁。4. BROWN:(25) The leaves brow ned slowly.树叶渐渐枯了。(26) We are all of us do ne brow n.我们都上当了。(27) Whe n she gives a dinner party,she always does it up brow n. 她举行宴会，总是办得很出色。(28) 1 m browned off,sitting here all daywith nothing to do. 我整天坐在这儿没事干，感到抑郁无聊。(29) Aim at one bird, don

8、 t blaze into the brown.瞄准一只打，不要射击鸟群。(30) 1tried to attract his attention,buthe was in a brown study.我企图吸引他的注意力，可是他仍在沉思默想。5. BLACK:(31) The black dog is over him.他意气消沉。(32) Tom is the black sheep of his family.汤姆是个败家子。(33) Next time l see him, l ll give him a black eye.下次我见到他一定打他一顿。(34) She gives me

9、 a black look.她对我怒目而视。(35) He blacked out the words he didn t want.他涂掉不想要的词。(36) He came out of the fight black and blue.打架之后，他遍体鳞伤。(37) He gave me assura nee in black and white.他给我作出了书面保证。6. WHITE:(38) They treated us white.他们公正地对待我们。()My childre n have bled me white.我的一切都为孩子花光了。(40) He said he did

10、n t want to have a white-collar job and sit inanoffice all day. 他说他 不愿意做文职工作，整天坐在办公室里。(41) Althoughthey got a lot of nice wedding presents,they alsogotoneor two white elepha nts .虽然他们收到许多很好的结婚礼品，但也得到几件昂贵而无用的东西。(42) Don t show the white -feather fight for your beliefs.不要怯懦，要为你的信念而战。(43) He is the whi

11、te-headed boy of the new gen erati on.他是新一代中的宠儿。(44) Sometimes we are forced to tell white lies.有时，我们被迫要讲些无恶意的谎言。(45) Don t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.等他们非常靠近时再射击。(46) ln his youth he was treated as the white hope of theAmerica n theater.他在青年时期就被认为是能为美国戏剧界带来荣誉的人。7. YELLOW:(47) He is too yellow to sta nd up and fight.他太胆怯，不敢奋起战斗。(48) He has a yellow streak in him.他胆小。(49) We