字詞研究 (39)
98) stature / statue
/statute/status:
1. stature n. 身材 = standing
height
a. A man with extraordinarily high ~ appeared at the window. 一位相當高個子的人出現在窗口。
b. She might have been a
horse, one without impressive ~ or coloring or head shape. 牠也許是一匹馬,一匹沒有高大身材,突出的顏色或頭部外形。(註:impressive a. 令人印象深刻的)
* stature
n. 高的身分或地位: He is a man of high ~ = He is respected
by others. 他受人尊敬。
2.
statue n. (用石頭、金屬、石膏之) 雕像
a. Some people jokingly suggest that the ~of Liberty face all
directions instead of east only.
有些人開玩笑地建議自由女神像應面對四面八方,而非僅對東邊。
題外話 :
自由女神像原面向東邊乃針對 (歡迎) 歐洲移民(含被迫害者);二次大戰後,來自美國西邊的亞洲移民逐漸增多,但未見神像轉向!
b. To possess Elizabeth’s
picture was as much a statement of faith as a ~ or
medallion of the Virgin
Mary had ever been.
擁有伊麗莎白的畫像,就像聖母瑪麗亞曾經出現的大圓形雕像,表達一樣信仰的闡述。(註:medallion a. 圓形雕像)
l statuesque a.
似雕像的
** sculpture n. 雕刻 (的藝術)
3. statute n. 法律條文
The time period for a landlord’s recovery of unpaid amounts is 4 years,
called a ~ of limitations.
房東追討未付房租的追訴期是四年。
【比較】statute law 成文法;case (common) law 不成文法
4.
status n. 份 position /地位 rank / 狀態state
a. All insurance companies
were required to report insurance~ for all private use vehicles. 所有保險公司必須將私人使用的車輛之保險情形提出報告。
b. What is your marriage
~? 你的婚姻狀況如何?
I’m single/married/divorced/widowed/ legally separated. 我單身/ 已婚/ 離婚/ 喪偶/ 分居。
*~ quo 現狀 status ante n. 社會原狀;status symbol 社會表徵
10/23/2013
英語漫談
AACHW13
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