中英翻譯《”綠色“一詞及其不同含義》

The Word "Green" and its Different Meanings

"綠色"一詞及其不同含義

Sometimes， the word “Green” means young， fresh and growing。 Sometime， it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished。

有時，綠色這個詞的意思是年輕、新鮮和成長。有時，它描述的是尚未成熟或未完成的事情。

For example， a greenhorn is someone who has no experience， who is new to a situation。 In the fifteenth century， a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed。

例如，greenhorn是指沒有經驗、對某個情況不熟悉的人。在15世紀，greenhorn是幼年有角的小母牛或小公牛。

A century later， a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle。

一個世紀後，greenhorn是一個還沒有任何戰鬥經驗的戰士。

By the eighteenth century， a greenhorn had the meaning it has today——a person who is new in a job。

到了18世紀，greenhorn就有了今天的含義：一個剛工作的人。

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb。 The expression comes from early nineteen hundreds。

有能力把植物種好的人據說叫做green thumb。這個表達來自19世紀初。

A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well。

一個擁有green thumb的人似乎有一種神奇的觸覺，能使植物生長得又快又好。

You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden contines to grow long after your plants have died。

如果你的植物死了，而隔壁婦人的花園還存活很長時間，你就可以說她擁有green thumb。

The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains。

The Green Revolution是幾年前為開發新型稻米和其他穀物而命名的。

The new plantsproduced much larger crops。 The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumb。

這些新植物產量要大得多。The Green Revolution是有green thumb的農業科學家努力工作的結果。

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling， jealousy。

綠色也是用來形容強烈的感情——嫉妒的顏色。

The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space。 It is an expression used about four hundred years ago bu British writer William Shakespeare in his play Othello。

green-eyed monster並不是來自外太空的可怕生物，而是 大約四百年前英國作家威廉·莎士比亞在他的戲劇《奧賽羅》中使用的一種表達方式。

It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone else has something he wants。

它描述了一個人想要的東西卻被別人得到時的不愉快的感覺。

A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else。 Or， that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and he does not。

如果一個年輕人的女朋友開始和別人約會，他可能會患上green-eyed monster病症。或者，如果你得到加薪，而你的朋友卻沒有，那麼這個green-eyed monster可能會影響他。