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中国人最易误解的表达第11期:大约也是问题

2012-07-04来源:

He paid a matter of 1000 yuan.
  
(误译)他付了1000元的货物账。
(正译)他大约付了1000元。

a matter of 大约;……的问题

It is a matter of compromise and balance. 这是一个妥协与平衡的问题。

This is actually a matter of indifference. 这其实是一件无关紧要的事。

Cancer therapy is too often a matter of chance. 癌症治疗是否成功,经常得靠运气。

It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. 这不是环境的问题,而是我们的选择问题。

1. approximately adv. 大约,近似地;近于

I kept out till approximately nine o'clock, and then I came back. 我在大约九点钟以前,一直留在外面,后来我才回来。

Malaria, as we all know, kills approximately one million people a year. 虐疾,如我们所知,每年夺走大约一百万条人命。

Experts predict by the 2015, approximately 35 percent of the Germany population will be over 60. Part of the reason is high unemployment which discourages couples from having families. 专家预测,到2015年,德国人口将近35%都是60岁以上。原因之一就是高失业率,阻碍了夫妇的结婚生育。

2. about prep. 关于;大约
adj. 在附近的;四处走动的;在起作用的
adv. 大约;周围;到处
n. 大致;粗枝大叶;不拘小节的人

Well, I… about three months or. 我……,大概三个月左右或者。

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