今天来考一考大家,“自食其力”用英语怎么说呢?
初学英语的同学可能会逐字翻译成eat by oneself,如果真要这么翻译的话,可就闹笑话啦~
其实正确的说法,也是非常的简单:on one's own~
来看一下权威的解释:
On one's own:
If you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people.
表示在没有别人帮助的情况下,独立完成某事。
理解起来也是比较容易,一起来看两个例句:
Bally learned to tie her shoes on her own when she was three.
巴利三岁时学会了自己系鞋带。
I don't need anyone's pity or help, I can make it all on my own.
我不需要任何人的怜悯或帮助,我自己可以搞定。
在美剧《*姐妹》中,两位美女去推销蛋糕时被拒,于是Channing感叹道:
You were right, Max. We're just a little start-up cupcake company in a hard, hard world. You and I are on our own.
麦克斯你之前说得对,我们只是一家刚起步的小蛋糕店,在这乱世中求生存。我们俩只能自食其力了。
“自食其力”也就是“自力更生”,所以我们也可以说成 self-reliance /ˌself rɪˈlaɪəns/ 例如:
From early boyhood Bart learned the important lesson ofself-reliance.
从少年时代起,巴特就学会了关于自力更生的重要一课。
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