常見的語法分析方法(小詞詳解straddle)
2023-05-11 05:00:38
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straddle 英 [ˈstrædl] 美 [ˈstrædl]
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外刊例句
A niche business straddling journalism and oil is proving surprisingly lucrative.
橫跨新聞業和石油業的利基業務利潤之豐厚令人驚訝。
——《經濟學人》
A plan by officials in an Indonesian city to ban women from straddling motorbikes has prompted an outcry from critics, who say local leaders are infringing on women’s safety and freedom in the name of religion.
印度尼西亞一城市所提出的禁止女性跨坐摩託車的提議,引起了批評人士的強烈抗議,他們認為當地領導人是在以宗教的名義危害女性的安全、侵犯她們的自由。
——《紐約時報》
基本釋義
[verb] sit or stand with one leg on either side of
[動詞] 跨坐或分腿站立
深入解讀
Straddle 一詞可能是英語單詞 stride (大步走、闊步行走)古英語形式的某種變體,16世紀60年代起原指「把腿張開」,發展到現在則是指「騎、跨坐、分腿站立」或「兩腿叉開、叉著雙腿行走」,比如:
他戴上頭盔,跨坐在摩託車上,然後全速駕車行駛。
He pulled on his helmet and straddled the motorbike, then drove along at full throttle.
為了在船的搖晃中保持平衡,我叉開雙腿。我感覺一陣疾風就可以吹翻這艘小船。
My legs straddled to balance myself against the movement of the boat. I felt that a flurry of wind could upset the small boat.
從跨坐或分腿站立這種一邊一腿的概念引申在結構、地理、領域、時期等時,則表示「橫跨、跨越(河流、道路、邊界等)」或「橫跨、跨越、同屬、融合、兼顧(不同時期、風格、主題、群體、活動領域等)」,比如:
這座山脈橫跨法國和瑞士邊界。我們越往上爬路就越陡。
The mountains straddle the French-Swiss border. And the path grew steeper as we climbed higher.
這位橫貫兩種文化的作家的臉上一副破釜沉舟的神情。
The expression on the face of the writer who straddles two cultures was one of grim determination.
等到了1838年後, straddle 更在美式口語中衍生出了「騎牆觀望」的貶義,比如:
總統今年已經不是第一次被人指責態度曖昧了。他不該逃避自己的責任。
It's not the first time this year that the president has been accused of straddling an issue. He should not duck out of his responsibilities.
就沒有執照的出租汽車司機在機場攬生意的問題,三位候選人都持騎牆觀望態度。
All three candidates straddled on the problem of unlicensed taxi drivers touting for business at airports.
名著用例
She sat down next to him, straddling the bench, and pushed a wild mop of red-brown hair out of her eyes.
她叉開腿,跨坐到他身邊的長凳上,伸手撥開眼前一團紅棕色亂發。
出自美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁所著的史詩奇幻小說系列《冰與火之歌》(A Song of Ice and Fire)。《冰與火之歌》主要描述了在一片虛構的中世紀世界裡所發生的一系列宮廷鬥爭、疆場廝殺、遊歷冒險和魔法抗衡的故事。2011年,《冰與火之歌》被美國HBO電視網改編成了電視劇《權力的遊戲》(Game of Thrones)。
同近義詞
bestride: stand astride over; span or straddle
mount: get up on (an animal or bicycle) in order to ride it
span: (of a bridge, arch, etc.) extend from side to side of
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