中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒16

　　[誤] Pepple around here all feel that he has affairs outside his own marriage.

　　[正] Pepple around here all feel that he is leading a double life.

　　注：affair 本身就指“私通”或“曖昧關(guān)系”，當(dāng)然是“婚外”的事，所以

　　outside one's own marriage 無疑是多此一舉了。英語中“有婚外戀”的地道說法應(yīng)該是

　　lead a double life。