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本帖最后由 klwo2 于 2020-11-17 12:28 编辑
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# O: Y1 ], a# J 如果有本英汉词典，连 good 都没解释好，读者是不是该直接甩进垃圾堆呢……家长听了会不会气冲冲地去新华书店退货呢……
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这样的咄咄怪事，偏偏发生了……
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先看正确解释：8 n9 @, f, t& T: O0 F# e- F
7 w& V* T3 V' gMerriam-Webster：5 K2 j8 @3 y+ K. K
5 F& t+ p5 ~* u8 q4 L5 Gas good as it gets( q( y4 U- `4 f/ B! s j9 m0 ~
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1—used to say that nothing better is possible or available% I1 }7 M# k' ]3 g
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It's not a great restaurant, but in this part of the city, it's as good as it gets.
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* |7 }8 e3 B, O7 d2—used to say that something is very good and cannot be improved$ }3 [+ I- H5 U( h
. z4 ? y' Z& `6 R! w0 P+ kThere's nothing I enjoy more than spending time at home with my family. That's as good as it gets.
8 F' ]: D) A/ U% f5 @4 [第一个意思是「不完美，但是已经很好了，好得不能再好了，知足吧」，第二个意思是「特别好，没法叫它更好了」，这俩意思的落脚点都是「中间偏好」，就比如说100分满分吧，50分以上的70分、80分、90分、100分都能用「as good as it gets」，但是20分绝不能用。. G2 H T$ s4 G" ^7 n. ^, k
8 @9 C) |+ G% L5 w# }或者也可以换个角度理解，第一个意思，A说这餐馆太烂了，我打49分，B说你可知足吧，我觉得不是49分，是51分，你看看这地段，还挑什么，已经很好了，并不差。落脚点依然是「好」，不是「差」。
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; r% E$ |: Q8 v* |' Rbe as good as it gets informal 4 |& g- v8 Q* x0 |
1 to be not very good and unlikely to improve 就这样了（不太好，但改进的可能不大）
/ a: |6 R5 v0 P2 to be extremely good , so that nothing is likely to be better 太完美了
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这本正确。但是说实话，表述成「not very good」「不太好」，有的人会犯迷糊，什么「不太好」「有点好」「差不多」「还算好」，自己把自己绕进去了。不如Merriam-Webster的例句清楚明白。* _ f+ r8 F4 _ M: z/ b; s
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idioms[thefreedictionary.com]：5 ~# x" S+ {' W1 r5 E2 J0 C
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' M) |! J7 ]$ ~# T/ eAs good as is possible; impossible to improve upon. This neighborhood is as good as it gets—why would we ever move?. [$ E) z- I* \* Z5 f( V
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as ˌgood as it ˈgets used when you are saying that a situation is not going to get any better: The past year has been very special — as good as it gets as far as I’m concerned.
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这本正确。表述得没有Merriam-Webster明白。
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韦氏高阶：" ~8 \- t& N- M' _
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$ Q2 }/ k |+ x( G4 V winformal
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1 t; w- w3 a! Z9 U# h— used to say that nothing better is possible or available没有更好的了
6 G! o& x/ r: j/ |It's not a great restaurant, but in this part of the city, it's as good as it gets.
: \" m+ e: c$ q: D* a这家饭店虽然不是特别好，但在城里这一片，没有比它更好的了。
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1 ^+ C4 E5 U# v4 y6 D; o2 `— used to say that something is very good and cannot be improved再好不过了$ E: W* }8 a3 T
There's nothing I enjoy more than spending time at home with my family. That's as good as it gets.
9 x P3 z2 Z$ C) A# P没有什么能比和家人一起待在家里更让我快乐的事了。这对我而言再好不过了。
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韦氏高阶和韦氏大学完全一样。5 x7 ^9 I4 @0 b7 i5 |
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& H9 W4 ]& y2 @; h7 q64 be as good as it gets " N- E8 i+ a4 `: V. g: u
" S0 g8 e) r( B$ j& mif a situation is as good as it gets, it is not going to improve情况就这样了〔表示不会有好转〕:
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& W3 A) H4 @, ~2 \ Enjoy yourself while you can. This is as good as it gets.你就能享受且享受吧﹐反正事情就这样了。
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英文是对的，虽然表述不好。双解版的中文很奇怪，improve的标准对译词不是「改善」「改进」吗，怎么变「好转」了？
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牛津高阶8、9：
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used when you are saying that a situation is not going to get any better （形势）不会有什么好转，还是老样子
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/ s4 F: D! X, {9 f( [ h" s也跟着说「好转」，不知道谁教出来的。, c. c1 D4 y. V0 |
7 B# i% E# m+ f+ `, \. ^( D「好转」是现代词。近现代汉语辞源：! B' I& D# t) }
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5 ~( d5 I8 Z* \新华反义词词典：2 U- a b4 S( B: ~
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恶化èhuà(动)向坏的方面转化。▷形势～|战局～|环境～|病情持续～|山林气候～|事态继续～|造成水质～|事情完全不会～到你说的那种地步|形势的～已是不可阻挡。
) o: u0 S0 b# j6 C7 v4 X, o$ d$ A好转hǎozhuǎn(动)向好的方面转变。▷～的样子|国运渐趋～|社会风气～|身体～|事情会～|希望～|病情～一些|经济～了|情形～了一点儿|心情～过来。
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「好转」的落脚点有问题，「不会好转」往往暗示「一直坏下去，保持坏的状态」。牛津、朗文的中文都没有抓住「好」的意思。这样的释义，当然无法套用到翻译里去：" ]% B/ ^! |: L; n7 S
! W( O% y: u4 r4 vDr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, is hailing new data on Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine candidate as "striking" and "quite impressive."
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"These are obviously very exciting results," Fauci told CNN on Monday. "It's just as good as it gets — 94.5 percent is truly outstanding."
8 S9 S5 T! l |) ]& o: E% VFauci 说这个疫苗有效率94.5%，照牛津、朗文的译法，「不会有好转」「还是老样子」「情况就这样了」，根本不通。
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- D* t( E; A0 N B3 k: T D2 \! r& v正确的理解是「好得不能再好了」，至于94.5%的有效率究竟是第一个意思（不完美知足吧），还是第二个意思（非常完美再好不过了），差别不大。
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另外，As Good as It Gets 还是一部电影的名字，译名《尽善尽美》，译名当然不一定跟原名意思完全一致，但至少抓住了「喜剧」这一点。一部爱情喜剧，名叫「不会有好转」「还是老样子」「情况就这样了」，可能吗？ |
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