雅思詞匯之錢鐘書書信“拍賣”

　　The widow of the well-known Chinese author Qian Zhongshu registered a "temporary victory" on Monday in her fight to prevent Qian's private letters from being sold at auction.

　　著名作家錢鐘書遺孀反對拍賣錢鐘書私人書信一事于本周一取得“階段性勝利”。

　　“把某物拿去拍賣”可以用put something under the hammer表示，也可以說sell something at auction或者更簡單的auction something。比如：Sungari International Auction in Beijing intends to put letters written by Qian under the hammer on June 21 as part of its spring collection. (中貿(mào)圣佳國際拍賣有限公司打算在6月21日的春季拍賣會(huì)上拍賣錢鐘書的書信。)

　　楊絳在之前的聲明中表示，拍賣公司公開拍賣錢鐘書私人書信的行為侵害了其發(fā)表權(quán)(right of publication)、隱私權(quán)(right of privacy)、及著作權(quán)(copyright)，將導(dǎo)致其受到難以彌補(bǔ)的損害。在接到楊絳的聲明后，北京保利國際拍賣有限公司決定對錢鐘書和她的三封私人書信撤拍(scrap/cancel the auction)。