托福词汇之“假小子Ladette”

　　Ladette is a young woman whose social behaviour is similar to that of male adolescents or young men. Ladette behaves in a confident and noisy way, who drinks alcohol and may enjoy sport or other activities that are traditionally enjoyed by men.

　　“假小子”指的是社会行为类似于青少年男性或者年轻男性的年轻女性。“假小子”表现很自信，但也很吵闹，爱喝酒，可能喜欢体育或其他男性通常喜欢的运动。

　　Analysts believe the ladette phenomenon has been driven by increasing levels of financial independence among young women.

　　分析人士认为，“假小子”现象是因为年轻女性经济越来越独立。

　　For example:

　　例句：

　　17-year-old Zola and her gang of ladettes boast about just how much under-age drinking they did last weekend.

　　17岁的左拉和她的假小子同伴们自夸说上周末喝了好多酒，而她们还没有达到法定饮酒年龄。

　　She has also had a reputation as a hard-drinking, hard-partying ladette who seems to enjoy the single life.

　　她酗酒，爱开派对，是个假小子，并因此名声在外，看起来很享受单身生活。