绿色green在英语中可以表示“嫉妒、眼红”,如:green with envy,green as jealousy,green-eyed monster都是指“十分嫉妒”的意思。汉语中表示“嫉妒”意义的“眼红”,应该翻译为green-eyed而不能翻译为red-eyed。
由于美元纸币是绿颜色的,所以green在美国也指代“钱财、钞票、有经济实力”等意义,如:
In American political elections the candidates that win are usually the
ones who have green power backing them.
在美国政治竞选中获胜的候选人通常都是些有财团支持的人物。
在英语中绿色还用来表示没有经验、缺乏训练、知识浅薄等意思,如:
The new typist is green at her job.
刚来的打字员是个生手。
You cannot expect Mary to do business with such people. She is only
eighteen and as green as grass.
你不能指望玛丽同这样的人做生意,她只有十八岁,还毫无经验。
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