中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒45

　　[誤] John becomes a night cat every time the examination is coming. However, this is not a good way to

　　learn.

　　[正] John becomes a night owl every time the examination is coming. However, this is not a good way to

　　learn.

　　注：owl 是“貓頭鷹”的意思，即一種深夜不睡，睜一只眼，閉一只眼，準(zhǔn)備隨時(shí)捕捉田鼠的動(dòng)物。英語中用

　　night owl 來比喻經(jīng)常熬夜的人，就像我們習(xí)慣用“夜貓子”一樣。不論叫你“夜貓子”還是a night owl，“開夜車”(burn the midnight oil)總是免不了的。