中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒10

　　[誤] We all respect the experienced aged teachers in our department.

　　[正] We all respect the experienced old(或 senior)teachers in our department.

　　注：aged 往往有“年邁力衰”的含意，用作原句的譯文不恰當(dāng)。我們可以說(shuō)：We should take care of the sick

　　and the aged.我們應(yīng)當(dāng)照顧病人和老人。I go home to see my aged parents at weekend. 周末我回家看望年邁的雙親。因?yàn)樵趦蓚€(gè)例句中強(qiáng)調(diào)的是“年老體弱”。