中式英語之鑒:他們走到病床前,只見她臉黃黃的

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292. 他們走到病床前,只見她臉黃黃的。
    [誤] They came to her sickbed and found her looking yellow.
    [正] They came to her sickbed and found her looking pale and unwell.
    注:顯然,這句話如果直譯外國人多半不懂,因為他們的膚色與我們的不同。所以應該直接把虛弱和病態(tài)表達
    出來,而不拘泥于原文。