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回答: *=*=* 《每日一句漢譯英》 *=*=*EnLearner2012-05-24 19:50:38

請把下麵的漢語翻譯成一句英文:

這些人的故事顛覆了中國在非洲給人們留下的兩大虛幻印象:一,中國在非洲完全是為了大宗商品;二,中國人在非洲是步調一致的。

參考答案:

Their stories belie two myths about China in Africa: that it’s all about commodities, and that China moves as one.

be·lie (b-l)
tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies
1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce).
2. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.

 

com·mod·i·ty /kəˈmɑ:dəti/ noun
plural com·mod·i·ties
 
[count] 1: something that is bought and sold
▪ agricultural commodities like grain and corn
▪ Oil is a commodity in high demand.
▪ commodity prices

2: something or someone that is useful or valued
▪ Patience is a rare commodity
▪ an actor who is a hot commodity [=who is very popular] in Hollywood right now

 

 

 

 

 

 

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