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本帖最后由 klwo2 于 2019-11-3 23:44 编辑 * ?2 ~* n! U1 ~3 x: ?. M& b9 ?
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我本来只是要找一下wry,结果又发现一个新版、旧版打架的词,大家请看:, @) c) [; y& X
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牛津高阶双解(第四版):
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rueful. c: s3 u3 A" Z% h
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showing or feeling good-humoured regret 表示或感到后悔的(但很看得开):
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牛津高阶双解(第9版):7 P% ?* T3 F" }* i, d$ s
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feeling or showing that you are sad or sorry 悲伤的;懊悔的;沮丧的; M0 S0 g- W8 C
a rueful smile6 A# s6 D7 A0 a2 }8 k; P
惨然一笑
3 @. l) R0 G. ^' X% S你还别说,强调rueful 这个词不止是「苦」,也有点「小乐」的辞书不止一本:* ]! \8 h9 Q9 U0 O* d/ k O
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新牛津双解:5 P, k3 K3 j/ E6 ?& ?* i
expressing sorrow or regret in a slightly humorous way
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Oxford Dictionary of English:
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Expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way ' w& N$ P: G! u9 Q. m' B
奇了怪了,原文里面明明有humorous ,新牛津双解的译者为什么偏偏看不到呢!!!!!4 b9 \. V3 {7 ?" Y
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary:
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quizzically mournful
w2 K/ f4 Y R; Y# \ < looked up … with a rueful grin — Elmer Davis >
# k0 p, s& b: E, d( |- V3 O* W/ qVocabulary.com Dictionary:. r# i i- Q, o' F8 d
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If your elaborate magic trick goes awry, and instead of pulling a rabbit out of an audience member's shoe, you set the shoe on fire, you might give a rueful smile. Rueful means apologetic or remorseful.9 l: G8 B& o- X- q* ~0 J% r2 j8 T
The adjective rueful sincerely expresses regret, but it manages to do it with a hint of humor. Rueful shows up a lot in descriptions of remorseful grins or apologetic smiles. If you're sorry about something you've done but you can still laugh at yourself a little bit, you feel rueful. The word itself comes from the verb to rue, which means "to regret."
* M% m2 _0 B3 _0 h! FVocabulary.com 清楚地讲了为什么这个词是「苦」中带点「乐」,真是宝贵呀!$ r& C5 c# B- i$ r5 R6 B# l: s
/ H1 U( h! Z" aCollins COBUILD:
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If someone is rueful, they feel or express regret or sorrow in a quiet and gentle way. 1 A" [, c1 l2 S& Y3 M7 M
哇!我以后不小瞧Collins COBUILD了,有时候还是有亮点的嘛!只不过汉译没有翻出来,而是生搬硬套说「后悔的;懊悔的;遗憾的」
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Concise Oxford Dictionary 9th:, A# N, I% K* T* a5 y6 j
! D* l6 t! r' l! u( C9 q expressing sorrow or regret in a genuine or humorous way. ( V- I9 C q a0 t
Webster's New World College Dictionary:
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韦氏新世界这个解释有点意思,说得应该是Vocabulary.com里头讲的情况:带点不好意思的懊悔
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6 I5 o( ^' V5 E/ f- t/ [$ ?BBC English Dictionary:
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2 c" L p0 f: m+ }6 p- E5 r JIf someone is rueful, they feel or express regret or sorrow in a quiet and gentle way; a literary word. ' Q& s$ O& Z6 H2 r5 e' k% H
The Penguin English Dictionary 3rd, 2007:. H2 Z! f1 L. b. H7 U
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1 expressing sorrow or regret, often mixed with self-deprecating humour.
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$ i- |: x @( {# y2 _当然了,不强调「小乐」的词典也有不少,只举一个AHD作例子:
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+ O# j. g5 w: X2 h0 E% [Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret
# V% o% I4 q$ u' o& K+ O) i/ U可见并不是共识,顶多是一种倾向性 —— 不过这种倾向性也足够向我们解释,为什么rueful 爱跟「笑」类词语在一起了.) y6 ^$ p* ^ ~0 u
) x t7 p6 s, ~+ L6 ^7 L3 b在我看到的所有英汉词典里头,牛津高阶双解(第四版)是唯一一本讲出「看得开」这一点的,这还要得益于原文里有 —— 虽说新牛津原文里也有,但是译者就是看不见也没办法。
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别的英汉词典都是一副李清照还魂的样子,只会说悲伤懊悔沮丧悔恨悲哀悲惨……凄凄惨惨,我倒不是说李清照还魂凄凄惨惨不好,而是 ——
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: \# J {- M8 n8 L( s我在上面列出来的这些英英词典没有几本罕见货呀,都是英汉词典「参考书目」里面该有、常有的,为啥英汉词典编纂技术节节高,却抄不到人家好的地方呐?传说中的「博采众长」「自建语料库」呢?( E+ p* L4 b2 V# ~: ~
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