汉译英常见错误 | 电影明星的漂亮容貌容易使观众感动
[译] 电影明星的漂亮容貌容易使观众感动。
[误] A movie star's good look can easily affect the audience.
纽约时报文摘 | “美国优先”的特朗普为何“顾外不顾内”
“美国优先”的特朗普为何“顾外不顾内”
Why the ‘America First’ President Keeps Looking Abroad
容易误译的英语 | splash 引人注目，炫耀，引起轰动
枝形吊灯一般悬挂在天花板下面，怎么可能“溅出水花”？可见上述第一种译法不符合逻辑思维。
词源趣谈 | clerihew 克莱里休诗体
clerihew /'klerɪhju:/ 是一种 [...]
小词详解 | buoyant
He was too buoyant, too full of ruddy life, too assured.
他太轻浮快活，太爱寻欢作乐，又太自信了。
区别辨析 adventure 与 venture
adventure 与 venture 两个词都有“冒险(活动)” 的意思：
英语谚语：A good dog deserves a good bone
A good dog deserves a good bone.
好狗应得好骨头。
区别辨析offend与insult
offend与insult这两个动词均含“得罪或激怒某人”之意。
《经济学人》每日一词：broadside
四声嚎叫，像一阵排炮，齐射中他。
He was assailed by a broadside, composed of a quadruple howl.
英语短语 | Mend fences with someone 重归于好
表达 “mend fences with someone” 的字面意思是 “与某人一起修补篱笆墙”，比喻 “发生分歧或产生矛盾后与某人重归于好，冰释前嫌”。
熟词僻义 | plank 是一种怎样的核心要点？
If you think time flies, you haven't held a plank recently.
《经济学人》每日一词：exasperate
There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.
比会做饭却不愿下厨的妻子更令人抓狂的是，不会做饭却偏爱显身手的妻子。
