中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒375

[誤] William, who was so popular in the department team, is given a cold bench in the university team.

[正] William, who was so popular in the department team, is given a cold shoulder in the university team.

注：give sb. a/the cold shoulder 的字面意思是“給某人一個(gè)冷肩膀”。當(dāng)不看重某人和對其冷淡的時(shí)候，人們往往會(huì)把身體轉(zhuǎn)過去，用背或肩膀?qū)χ?。這與“坐冷板凳”的意思相同，而且比直譯地道多了。