

大到卡车,小到轿车,甚至电动车都要上车牌
你知道"车牌号"英语怎么说吗?
有同学一定会觉得小case,
脱口而出:
"car number!"
Oh, save it(得了吧)!
完全错误!

"车牌号"在英语里有专门的表达:
license plate number
车牌号
license ['laɪsns] 【美】执照, 许可证
licence ['laɪsəns] 【英】执照, 许可证
plate [pleɪt] (印有文字或数字的)金属牌; 车牌
number ['nʌmbə] 数字
这样是不是好记多了?

例句
What's your license plate number?
你的车牌号是多少?
Don't try anything funny. I have your license plate number.
别玩什么花样。我有你的车牌号。
It's illegal to cover you license plate number when you're driving.
开车时覆盖掉车牌号是违法的。

知道了"车牌号", 再来看"驾照"怎么说?
Driving licence
驾照
美国驾照: driver license/driver's license
英国驾照: driving licence
国内驾照上也是Driving licence, 和英式的相同。
例句
It's so hard to a get a driver's license.
考驾照真得好难。
My driver's license is about to expire.
我的驾照马上要过期了。

酒驾、 闯红灯、逆行等等,各种违规情况入了警察蜀黍的法眼,扣分罚款也就难免,那么"罚单"英语怎么说呢?
ticket
罚单
ticket ['tikit] (交通)罚款通知单, 违章通知单
parking ticket 违法停车罚款单
speeding ticket 超速行驶罚款单
例句
You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket.
如果他没给你付款单就放你走, 算你走运了。
I want to know at what point I break the speed limit and get a ticket.
我想知道我是在什么地方超速而受到处罚的。

罚单积累多了, 分数扣完了,被吊销驾照也就不可避免了,"吊销驾照"英语怎么说?
revoke the driving licence
吊销驾照
revoke [rɪ'vəʊk] 撤回, 取消;废除
例句
His driving license was revoked.
他的驾照被吊销。
His driver's license was revoked for hot-rodding.
他因高速驾车被吊销了驾照。


●“拼车”可不是"share a car",小心让人误会,那就尴尬啦!


