中英法翻譯的走跳生活

連結：http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475582/keywords?ref_=ttpl_sa_3

cocky  ’a young person who is confident in a way that is unpleasant and sometimes rude'（cam dict）

這個字的中文意思是「趾高氣昂、自命不凡的」，尤其用來指年輕人

-> He's a bit cocky for my liking. 這句話只看英文，實在有點容易誤會意思，英式英文的講法真的好厲害啊⋯⋯這句話的意思就是委婉講出對方「並不喜歡」這樣

-> arrogant and cocky

cocky這個字讓我想起「peacock」跟「as proud as a peacock」，我想這個字的經典代表就是Sherlock Holmes和Big Bang Theory裡的 Sheldon了（也共用了eccentric這個字ＸＤ）～

cocky這個字讓我想起了「peacock」跟「as proud as a peacock」～

(圖片來源：Sheldon 這裡 Sherlock Holmes 這裡)

baffle(v.) 'cause someone to be unable to understand or explain sth.' 使困惑、疑惑

-> She was completely baffled by his strange behavior.

baffling(adj.) 'confusing'

->a baffling decision/a bafflingly complex explanation

baffle這個字大概就是經典的黑人問號臉吧ＸＤ

（來源：這裡）

nemesis [C] 這個字有兩個意思，其中之一是「勁敵」，另一則是「報應、天譴、應得的懲罰、不可避免的失敗」'punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided'

->old/main/career-long nemesis

-> The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis.

nemesis的字源是希臘復仇之神，另一個特點是負數型是sis-ses，所以複數型是nemeses

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sleuth [C] 偵探，和detective同義，只是傾向比較早期的人在用的英文單字了（1872年），但我想柯南道爾那時應該是用這個字來講Holmes的

而這個字的演變也真的跟柯南道爾有關係喔～這個字本來是動詞，用來形容偵探偵查的過程

-> The popular TV sleuth lives a much more action-packed life than do his real-world counterparts.

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de facto (adj.)(adv.)事實上的、實際上的 'existing in fact, although perhaps not intended, legal, or accepted' （n.）[C]名詞用來形容「同居人」

這個字的意思是，雖然可能沒有官方承認，但實際上就是如此

-> the de facto head of state 若放在台灣，指的就是我們的總統，雖然許多國家沒有承認台灣的主權，嗚嗚ＱＱ

-> The city is rapidly becoming the de facto center of the financial world.

-> English is de facto the common language of much of the world today.

-> They've invited Erica and her de facto for dinner on Monday.

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dominatrix [C]在性關係中占主導地位的女人，特別的是複數型是「dominatrices」

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wrath [U]憤怒 'extreme anger'

->the wrath of the gods 觸犯神明，激起眾怒（常見搭配詞）

->That weather it rained in Taiwan for one week straight, as if I had brought with me a terrible wrath that somehow agitated the atmosphere, releasing a flood of rain.

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a hallucinogenic drug = hallucinogen [C] 迷幻藥物

-> Psilocybin(迷幻蘑菇，裸蓋菇素） is a hallucinogen derived from mushrooms. (Merriam Webster)

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modernized setting 以現代為背景，特別註明不是’modern setting' 而是'modernized' setting

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deduction [C,U]（1）根據事實做出推斷、推論、推理 (2)減法、扣除、扣除額(=substract)

-> His guess is based on intuition rather than deduction.

-> All we can do is make deductions from the available facts.

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asexuality 無性、性冷感

這個字就是植物「無性」生殖所對照的英文單字喔～

無性植物：asexual plant 無性生殖：asexual reproduction

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eccentric (adj.)行為古怪的、怪誕的、滑稽的、離經叛道的 (圓)不正圓的、不共同圓心的  (n.)[C]古怪的人

->eccentric clothes 奇裝異服

->a kind but eccentric man

-> My mother is something of an eccentric.

這個字對照就是concentric指的就是同心圓～

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sociopath [C] 反社會者 ’a preson who is completely unable or unwilling to bahave in a way that is acceptable to the society'

-> I'm telling you he is a total/complete sociopath. (cam dict.)