汉译英常见错误 | 南方人以大米为主食

[译] 南方人以大米为主食。
[误] The people in the south feed on rice.

[正] The people in the south live on rice.
[注] feed on 和 live on 都有“以……为主食”的意思。但是 feed on 只能用于动物,而 live on 可以用于人或动物。