汉译英常见错误 | AB 与 AC 两线(垂直相交)形成的角称为直角

[译] AB 与 AC 两线(垂直相交)形成的角称为直角。
[误] The angle contained by the lines AB and AC is a straight angle.

[正] The angle contained by the lines AB and AC is a right angle.
[注] 直角为 right angle,不是 straight angle。又如:A right angle is the angle between two perpendicular lines, i.e. an angle of 90°。直角是两条垂直线之间的角,即 90 度角。