容易误译的英语

［例句］　Nolan cannot oppose that suggestion more.
［误译］　诺兰不能再反对那个建议。

［例句］　Bertha cannot help beating her up.
［误译］　伯莎不能帮助别人揍她一顿。

［例句］　Some students of the economics department had a bull session last Sunday.
［误译］　上星期天，经济系的一些学生参加了公牛交易会。

［例句］　Horace is a bull in a china shop.
［误译]       “霍勒斯”是中国（畜产）商店里的一头公牛（的名字）。

［例句］　Robert was sent to the bug house by his son.
［误译］　罗伯特被他的儿子送到了昆虫养殖房。

A: I ate twenty pounds of beef yesterday.
B: Bull!

［例句］　Did you know the police had bugged John's room?
［误译］　你知道警方已在约翰的房间里捉过臭虫了吗?

［例句］　Bert passed the spoken language exam by the skin of his teeth.
［误译］　伯特轻而易举地通过了口语考试。

［例句］　Roy did his duty by his sister.
［误译］　罗伊的妹妹已替罗伊尽了义务。

［例句］　Will John buy your story?
［误译］　约翰会买你的小说吗?

［例句］　Mr. Wang bought Bonnie a gold watch.
［误译］　王先生买了邦妮的一块金表。

［例句］　He tried to buy the engineer off.
［误译］　他想买断这位工程师的雇用权（其他人不能雇用他）。