中国人最易误解的表达第21期:八月的令尊

Your august father is my friend.
（误译）你父亲八月份成为我的朋友。
（正译）令尊是我的朋友。

august
adj. 威严的；令人敬畏的
n. 八月（简写为Aug）

1. father n. 父亲，爸爸；神父；祖先；前辈
vt. 发明，创立；当…的父亲

I see you are a proud father.
我看得出来你是一个自豪的父亲。

The grieving father helps to solve the mystery.
悲痛中的父亲帮助解决了谜团。

2. old man 情人；丈夫；老头子；父亲

After the old man died, his children found that his will was invalid.
这位老人死后，他的子女们才发现他的遗嘱是作废的。

The old man cherished the girl as if she were his daughter.
老人很疼爱那女孩子，就像亲生女儿一样。

3. male parent [农学] 父本；父亲

In the Great Lakes area, mother gulls are sharing nests and raising eggs together because their male partners hae forgotten how to parent.
在北美五大湖区，雌海鸥正共同分享巢穴和下蛋因为它们的伴侣忘记了如何抚养。

Chinese chive used as male parent showed some incompatibility when crooned to onion and Japanese bunching onion, which required longer time for pollen tube to penetrate entire style.
韭菜为雄亲与葱及洋葱杂交有不亲和现象，花粉管虽能伸入，但生长速缓慢。

4. pater n. 父亲

Highest grade was of Pater (father) under Saturn.
最高级别就是土星之下的佩特（父亲）级别。

He wrote and told the pater I was an immoral young dog and corrupting his house.
他写信给我父亲，说我是只堕落的小狗，败坏了他的门风。