賴世雄英語新聞聽力通 第18期:加拿大輪胎一點(diǎn)也不遜

(GENEVA,Reuters) Canadian Tire Corporation lost a battle for a web page called crappytire.com.

(路透社日內(nèi)瓦電)加拿大輪胎公司在爭(zhēng)取crappytire.com這個(gè)網(wǎng)頁的爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)中打了敗仗。

A judge said Canadian Tire could not claim rights to the expression "Crappy Tire" because "Canadian" and "Crappy" do not have the same meaning.

一位法官表示，“加拿大輪胎”不得擁有“遜輪胎”這個(gè)說法的所有權(quán)，因?yàn)?ldquo;加拿大的”與“遜的”這兩個(gè)詞的意思不一樣。

The Canadian company had argued it was known locally as "Crappy Tire."

這家加拿大公司爭(zhēng)辯，該公司一直以“Crappy Tire”聞名于當(dāng)?shù)亍?/p>

This slang expression was reportedly derived from Canadian Tire trademarks.

根據(jù)報(bào)道，這個(gè)俚語的由來乃是源自于加拿大輪胎的商標(biāo)。