《英美白领高阶词语》书评

deadly fresh

很好的创意，很好的书！优点：学习鲜活的英语、时尚的英语、很酷的英语、地道的英语。不足：要求再高点的话，这本书还是有些不足的。首先，词条都没有注音，对于字典中能查到的还好办，查不到的话，就不知道怎么念。好在查不到的词估计也不是很多，没有什么大碍，总是不方便就是了。其次，词条和意义之间的距离，有的很小，如 dim bulb，非常形象，直接给出释义就能明白。有的很大，bohemian，不管是中文释义还是英文释义，看完之后，仍然不是很明白为什么有这个意思。如果要求加上“为什么（背景知识）”的话，是否要求太高了？毕竟不是字典……另例：digerati 数码族People who have lots of technical knowledge of PC and the Net. The digital elite: geeks/gurus/nerds/whiz.看了中英文释义，仍然不明白 digerati 为什么会有这个意思，查wikipedia：The digerati (or digiterati) are the elite of the computer industry and online communities. The word is a portmanteau, derived from "digital" and "literati", and reminiscent of the earlier coinage glitterati (glitter + literati). Famous computer scientists, tech magazine writers and well-known bloggers are included among the digerati.The word is used in several related but different ways. It can mean:Opinion leaders who, through their writings, promoted a vision of digital technology and the Internet as a transformational element in society;People regarded as celebrities within the Silicon Valley computer subculture, particularly during the dot-com boom years;Anyone regarded as influential within the digital technology community.看了这段解释，就会明白 digerati 是什么以及为什么如其所是。第三，有些释义不是很准确，如cash cow，释为“财源人物”，就不是很准确。cash cow不仅仅指人，或主要不是指人，如Office就是微软公司的cash cow。第四，注释有错误。aficionado 的英文释义：A buff (freak/junkie/nut) who falls head over heels in love with something and knows no end about it.<Note:> head over heels : (start to) fall in love with sb or sth原句 falls head over heels in love with... 中的 head over heels 肯定不再是 (start to) fall in love with sb/sth 的意思了，否则就无法理解了！在网上查到一个解释：in disorderly haste，这个解释与 head over heels 真是太般配了！拿到书，就迫不及待地（in disorderly haste?）翻了翻，虽然有些问题，仍然是一本不错的书。