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01.有他這顆掃帚星,什么事情都辦不成。
[誤] With a comet like him, nothing can be accomplished.
[正] With a jinx like him, nothing can be accomplished.
注: “掃帚星”是中國(guó)人對(duì)“慧星”(comet)的俗稱,因其后面象拖著的一條像掃帚一樣的長(zhǎng)尾巴而得名。在中國(guó)古代,“掃帚星”被認(rèn)為是災(zāi)難的預(yù)兆,并被用 來比喻不吉利的人或事;禍根:(person or thing that is thought to bring)bad luck(to sb/sth);curse。英語(yǔ)的 comet 雖然沒有這層含義,但卻有一個(gè)對(duì)應(yīng)的說法,即 jinx。 例:There's a jinx on/Someone's put a jinx on this car: it's always giving me trouble. “這輛汽車上有什么妨人的東西,總給我找麻煩”。