甩手不管（双语加油站●跟我学）

　　句子：工作还没有干完，你不能甩手不管。

　　误译：As the work is not completed yet， you can't swing your hands and ignore it.

　　正译：1) As the work is not completed yet， you can't wash your hands of

　　解释：这句话的“甩手”不是原义“前后摆动手”的意思，而是比喻意义，即“扔下工作或事情，不管不问”。“甩”还可以构成中国文化独有的说法，具有喻义，例如：1. 他一甩袖子，就走了。Flinging up his sleeve in impatience， he walked off.

　　“甩”的第一个意思是“摆动、挥动或抡动身体部位或物件”。英语可以用 to throw， to swing， to fling表示。例如：

　　2. 他一甩手，说：“我不干了！” With a swing of his hand， he said， "I won't do it any more!"

　　3. 这匹马不停地甩尾巴以驱赶苍蝇。The horse kept swinging its tail to drive away the flies.

　　“甩”的第二个意思是“抛出或扔出物件”。英语用 to throw， to fling表示。例如：

　　4. 他把一个空瓶子甩出窗外。He threw an empty bottle out of the window.

　　“甩”的第三个意思是“抛开或摆脱人或物，不再与其接触”。英语用to leave sb behind， to throw off， to cast off表示。例如：5. 让我们等他一下吧，别把他一个人甩在后面。Let's wait for him awhile， and not leave him behind alone. 6. 他把女朋友甩了。

　　1) He cast off his girlfriend capriciously/unfeelingly.

　　2) He jilted his girlfriend.

　　3) He gave his girlfriend the brush-off.

　　7. 这个地下工作者把盯梢的特务甩掉了。The underground worker threw off the spy who had been tailing him.

　　8. 她甩掉了思想包袱。She abandoned her mental burden.▲

　　（本栏目供稿：王逢鑫教授）