含义丰富的wind

摘要

<正> 名词 wind 的字面意义比较单一,一般为“风”,但由此产生的引申意义却十分丰富,翻译要提高警惕,勤查词典,切勿望文生义。下面例子中的wind 都不译作“风”:1.All you arc doing is to beat the wind.你干的这些都是徒劳的。(tobeat the wind 意为“白费力气”)2.He was noted for his witty retorts,which usually hit his antagonists