趣味英语|“呵呵”背后的含义,你猜到几个

毫无疑问,鬼马精灵的emoji已经成为世界语言。

丰富的表情,精准的表达,微妙的区别,萌苏的设计,亮眼的色彩,让这张小黄脸在网络世界大行其道。明年,你还会在大银幕上看到《Emoji大电影》——一群表情包在手机里的冒险故事。

表情虽然无国界,语言表达却有差异。你知道咱们中国人用得最多的emoji表情符“呵呵” (Smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes) ,用英文怎么表达吗?

之所以被用得最多,因为国人一句“呵呵”内涵无穷,你几乎可以在任何场合、任何语境下、表达任何情绪时用得上它,堪称万试万灵。不信?你看:

最常见:表示没兴趣

比如甲对乙谈自己对一则新闻事件的看法。

—That' s the official version of the story. I always trust the rumour because... (10 minutes later) How do you think?

=That' s interesting.

(觉得对方说的很扯,不感兴趣,敷衍客套过去)

不准备向别人透露自己的看法

仍是甲对乙谈自己对一则新闻的看法。

—That' s the official version of the story. I always trust the rumour because... (10 minutes later) How do you think?

= I have nothing to say.

(讳莫若深地,显得自己很高冷、很有见地)

很无奈地赞同

比如老公陪老婆挑墙纸挑到已残。

—Which one do you think suits the living room most, blue, pink or grey?

= Up to you.

(无条件赞同,一切随你便。不过需慎用,有可能面临老婆的暴风骤雨。)

好吧,行吧,就这样吧

老兄,今天我们要完成这个报告~

—We have to finish this report tonight, buddy~

= All right then, let' s get to work.

(工作日复一日,报告一个接一个,这就是人生)

内心很无语,嘴上不明说

如甲为自己的错误找各种理由搪塞乙。

—Hey, I' m pretty sorry for being late but the train was stopped by a deer…

= I' m so tired of your excuses that I am speechless.

(心里实在生气,“呵呵”表示无语,内心是崩溃的)

表达谢意

比如甲夸乙变瘦了变美了。

Dear, you must drop a lot of weight lately! You look much better!

= Thank you. You are smart as usual.

(努力甩肉的成果真的被人看出来了,开心!道个谢,也可补一句夸夸对方)

闺蜜表达“省省吧

同样的,如果这段对话发生在闺蜜之间......

Dear, you must drop a lot of weight lately! You look much better!

= You are flattering me. Seriously, what do you want?

(别恭维我了,说正经的,你想干啥?戳破对方,直达真相,因为对方有求于你)

除了呵呵脸 ,emoji还有许多其他传神的表情和神组合,用英文表达起来更是变化莫测。语言的丰富和符号的直观叠加,为今天的我们表达语义提供了几何级数量的方式,有的还写进了牛津词典。

你,愿和我们一起探索这些新鲜有趣的表达吗?


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