英译汉常见错误 | between you and me

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[例句] Just between you and me, I have lost money.
[误译] 我丢了钱,这仅仅是你与我之间的事。
[原意] 我丢了钱,请别说出去。
[说明] between you and me 意为“不要对别人说”、“秘密地”。此短语与between ourselves和between you and me and the post等同义。just(口语)用于祈使句对表达有缓和的效果,意为“且……”、“试……”、“请……”(比please更随便)。