英译汉常见错误 | disappear on one's birthday of all days

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[例句] Jon disappeared on his birthday of all days.
[误译] 乔恩每逢生日那天就失踪。
[原意] 乔恩不在其他日子失踪,偏偏在他生日那天失踪。
[说明] disappear on one's birthday of all days 意为“不在其他日子失踪,偏偏在其生日那天失踪”。disappear (“消失、失踪”)的反义词是appear(“出现”)。