中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒105

　　[誤] Denis himself doesn't work hard, however, he is always red-eyed of other people's achievements.

　　[正] Denis himself doesn't work hard, however, he is always green-eyed of other people's achievements.

　　注：中國人說一個人嫉妒用“眼紅”，但英美人則用“眼綠”來形容。英語的 green 除了表示顏色之外還有“嫉妒”的意思，又如：I was absolutely green (with envy) when I saw his splendid new car(我看到他那輛漂亮的新車非常眼紅)。其實，英語中許多表示色彩的詞匯都有特殊的含義，不能照字面去理解。再比如：He gave me a black look(他惡狠狠地蹬了我一眼);She visits us once in a blue moon(她

　　難得來看我們一次)等。