中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒101

　　[誤] During the natural calamity, most people were half hungry, half full.

　　[正] During the natural calamity, most people were underfed.

　　注：under- 是一個英語前綴，表示“......不足的”，如：underdeveloped(經(jīng)濟發(fā)展不充分的)，underage(未

　　到法定年齡的)等。所以，underfeed 表示“未喂飽的，食物不足的”。漢語中“半......半......”的結構可以翻譯成 half...half...，例如：As for this matter, I am half-believing, half-doubting(對于這件事我是半信半疑的);This composition is half literary, half vernacular(這篇文章寫得半文不白的)。