汉译英常见错误 | 他是沉船中唯一活下来的活人

[译] 他是沉船中唯一活下来的活人。
[误] He is the only live man who survived the shipwreck.

[正] He is the only living man who survived the shipwreck.
[注] 形容词 live 与 living 是同义词,都可作"活的"、"有生命的"解。living既可以修饰人,又可以修饰物。如:A living man must breathe air. 活人必须呼吸空气。/The tree is still living. 这棵树仍旧活着。live(=living)只修饰活物。如:I bought a live fish. 我买了一条活鱼。