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“气质”这类抽象词不像苹果、西瓜等具体名词,比较难在英文里找到完全的对应词(equivalent),但在翻译时如能依语境(context)来寻找英文在同样环境下对应的表达法,也可以找到相当接近的说法。
英语中描述气质的那些词
1. Class: (风度、举止等)漂亮、优雅
She's got real class.
她很有气质。
2. Elegance: (举止)典雅
It was here natural elegance that struck me.
她浑身散发出的天然气质给我印象极深。
3. Charisma: 魅力,领袖气质
On screen she had this great charisma so that you couldn't take your eyes off her.
荧幕上的她有一种超凡的气质,能让你深深地迷恋上她。
How did a man of so little personal charisma get to be prime minister?
如他这般没有个人魅力的人,是怎么当上首相的?
4. Refinement: 文雅,有气质
She's the personification of culture and refinement.
她既有修养,又有气质。
5. Posh: 谈吐高雅的
A woman with a very posh accent telephoned for him earlier.
一位谈吐高雅的女士早些时候给他打了个电话。
6. Polished: 优雅而又自信的
He's suave, polished and charming.
他文雅、自信,富有魅力。
7. Grace: 气质,风度
Joanna has natural grace and elegance.
乔安娜举止自然优雅。
They accepted their defeat with good grace.
他们很有风度地认输了。
8. Chic: 时髦,别致
I like your haircut - it's very chic.
我喜欢你的发型——很别致。
British politicians are not renowned for their chic.
英国政治家并不以优雅而著称/英国政治家向来不讲优雅那一套。
9.Debonair:(男性)风度翩翩的
John Barrymore is remembered both for his roles as a debonair leading man and for his interpretations of Shakespeare' s Richard III and Hamlet.
约翰•巴里摩尔以演绎风度翩翩的气质男和莎士比亚的《理察三世》与《哈姆雷特》著称。
10. Temperament, air, aura, disposition:个性,气质等抽象含义
Character and temperament
性格与气质
There is an ingenue air about her.
她有一种天真无邪的气质。
You can identify him by his intensity, his will power and his strong hypnotic aura.
你可以一眼认出他,他有着逼人的气势、强大掌控力和让人眩晕的气质。
Everyone is unique in character, disposition and nature.
每个人的个性、气质都是独一无二的。
下面我们来总结一下:
形容一个人有气质,可以用elegance和class,elegance强调有高雅、典雅,class强调有格调、有品位,也可以用这两个词的形容词:elegant和classy。
形容男性风度翩翩、有气质,可以说debonair。
形容女性的时尚高贵,或所谓的“上流美”,可以说chic,grace,polished,refinement。
领袖气质、领袖魅力可以说charisma;明星受欢迎、有人气也叫charisma。
表达抽象的“个性”“气质”含义,英文可以用temperament, air, aura, disposition等
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