中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒308
她可是當時有名的交際花。
[誤] She was then a famous social flower.
[正] She was then a famous social butterfly.
注：我們中國人覺得“交際花”十分貼切，但直譯成英文卻會讓人感到另據(jù)。butterfly 才是地道的英國說法呢。
參考例句：I'm just, like, a social butterfly by nature, you know?我就是一朵,天生的交際花,知道嗎?
