嗨,大家好!今天我們一起來學習“情人眼裡出西施”的英語表達。
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
的意思是“to express the fact that not all people have the same opinions about what is attractive”,即“情人眼裡出西施;對美的判別因人而異”。
在16世紀,在莎士比亞的作品《愛的徒勞》中有這樣一段話:
Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean,
Needs not the painted flourish of your praise:
Beauty
is bought by judgement of the eye,
Not utter‘d by base sale of chapmen’s tongues
這段話表明了美的判別因人而異,隨著時間的發展,到了十
九世紀,人們開始用“
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
”來表示不同的人對美的看法不同。
例句:
Mike seems to think his wife is beautiful。 It all goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder。
邁克似乎認為他的妻子很美。這就叫做情人眼裡出西施。
下面再介紹一個關於beauty的習語:
beauty is only skin-deep
。
beauty is only skin-deep
的意思是“to say that a person‘s character is more important than how they look”,即“美貌不過一張皮;貌美不如心靈美”。
這句習語源於托馬斯·奧弗伯裡爵士的詩歌《妻子》中:
All the carnall beauty of my wife is but skin-deep。
隨著時間的發展,人們通常用這個習語來表示心靈美比美貌更為重要。
例句如下:
They should know that beauty is only skin-deep。
他們應該知道貌美不如心靈美。
以上就是今天所學內容,你學會了嗎?