- 音同異義配對學(xué)詞匯
- 趙榮德
- 488字
- 2021-05-13 10:57:16
13 bail the project out , bale hay
Henry:今天我們談甚麼?
趙Sir:你知道bail和bale這對同音異義字的意思嗎?
Henry:Bail是“保釋(金)”,例如:
He hasn't posted bail for her.
(他並沒有為她交保釋金。)
There is a hearing today to set bail.
(今天有一個決定保釋金金額的聽證會。)
但如果法官不讓犯人保釋,我們又怎麼說?
趙Sir:可這樣說:
The judge is expected to refuse the suspect bail.
(法官應(yīng)該不會讓該嫌疑犯保釋。)
Henry:除了名詞(noun)用法,bail也可作動詞(verb)嗎?
趙Sir:可以。Bail用作動詞有幾個意思:
一、“保釋”,例如:
Three of the youths were bailed.
(其中三名年輕人被保釋。)
二、“幫助……擺脫困境(尤指財務(wù)困難)”,例如:
The government has already bailed the project out once before.
(政府以前已給該工程紓困一次。)
三、“(自船)抽水以免下沉”,例如:
When the storm rose on the lake, we had to bail out to reach the shore safely.
(湖上刮起風(fēng)暴時,我們必須把船上的水抽掉以便安全到達(dá)岸邊。)
Henry:若不把水bail out,船或會下沉了。Bale又如何?
趙Sir:Bale是“(紙、棉花或乾草等的)大捆、大包”,例如:
There was a bale of hay in the shed.
(在小屋中有一捆乾草。)
動詞bale則指“將……打成大包(/大捆)”,例如:
Once hay has been cut and baled, it has to go through some chemical processes.
(乾草一旦被收割及捆紮後,便會進行一些化學(xué)加工。)
Henry:乾草原來要經(jīng)化學(xué)加工才可賣給市場的。