中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒303

[誤] It is not a matter that can be settled in a short period of time to make Chinese farmers rich.

[正] It is not a matter that can be settled in a short period of time to improve Chinese farmers\' living conditions.

注：在英語(yǔ)中，rich 是一種很高的生活水準(zhǔn)，要相當(dāng)富有。很顯然，這里的“富起來(lái)”遠(yuǎn)談不上 rich，只是生活有所提高的意思，即 have some improvement。此處把 rich 換成 better-off 也可以。

參考例句：How rich are you? 你到底有多富有啊?