中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒77

　　[誤] It's time to eat your dinner.

　　[正] It's time to have your dinner.

　　注：不是所有的“吃”字都能翻譯為英語 eat 的，英語中有許多固定搭配，如：take one's medicines(吃藥); lead an idle life(吃閑飯);be very popular(吃香);I had some meat for lunch(午餐我吃了些肉)等。eat：“進(jìn)餐”，在英國不常用，但在美國卻常見。

　　例如:

　　Eat your dinner.

　　He ate his breakfast quickly, then ran up to his room again.