“WOW!你今天好‘Fashion’!”
假如有谁光鲜亮丽地走进办公室,你觉得TA很潮,所以说了这么一句话,那就恭喜你中枪了。
有多少人以为“潮”的英语单词就是“Fashion”?甚至会用英语说:
“You are very fashion!”(错误范例)
这么说只会让人觉得你英语好差……
“潮”在汉语口语中属于形容词,比如我们常说的“你很潮”。
那么这样的说法对应在英语里也应当用形容词表示。然而Fashion却没有形容词的用法,作为名词它只能指“潮流”或“时尚”。要形容一个人很“潮”,必须得使用其形容词变体,即:
Fashionable
所以正确的说法应该是:
“You are very fashionable!”
(你很潮哦!)
假如你想说“你是一个潮人”,说“fashionable person”也是有些拗口的,因为有另外专门的名词描述潮人:
Fashionista / hipster
范例:You are a fashionista / hipster!
(你是个潮人哦!)
不过,在潮流和时尚的世界里,改变永远是最潮的东西。所以,假如你只会用fashionable这一个单词来描述“潮”,那么就会显得你很OUT。所以,要学会这么几个可以代替的单词:
stylish-attractive in a fashionable way(有型)
例句:Your boyfriend is quite stylish.
(你男朋友特别有型)
trendy-influenced by the most fashionable styles and ideas(新潮)
例句:I enjoyed being able to go out and buy trendy clothes.
(我特别享受出去溜达然后剁手买新潮的衣服)
chic-very fashionable and expensive, and showing good judgment of what is attractive and good style(时髦)
例句:You are looking very chic in blue.
(你穿蓝色看着特别时髦)
in-relating to persons, places, and things that are declared fashonable and acceptable at the time.(潮流)
例句:Pinkis definitely the in colour this year.
(今年的潮流无疑是粉色)
上述7个单词,哪怕会用一半,你都能变身成真正的潮流达人。不过假如你还不满足,想必一般人变得更潮,那办法还是有的。
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