I have a headache because of those promotion rules.
在这里也给大家整理一下相关的英文表达,大家赶紧get√起来吧,“剁手”的时候也千万别忘了哟!
预售:pre-sale
定金:deposit
尾款/余款:balance
加入购物车:add…to cart
优惠券:coupons
包邮:free shipping
7天无理由退货:return of goods without reasons within 7 days
好评/差评:positive/negative comments
下单:place your order
分期付款:installment
有货/断货:in stock/out of stock
要说购物狂欢谁最疯狂?当然就是“剁手党”。
“剁手党”的本质含义其实就是购物狂,中英文里都有这个说法。即shopaholic=购物狂。同样的说法还有:
workaholic=工作狂
alcoholic=酒鬼
大家可能发现了,上述几个都是加了后缀“-aholic”,表示“沉迷于……的人”、“对……上瘾的人”。
那么问题来了:大家猜一猜foodaholic是什么意思?
当然了,“剁手党”的英文还有其他的表达方法,例如:a big spender,你还知道哪些呢?
吃土 eat dirt
疯狂“剁手”后,不少人都面临一个窘境——“吃土”。
“吃土”这一说法,最初源于2015年双十一购物狂欢节("Double 11" Carnival),表示网购过度,后来延伸到口袋没钱的含义。
其实国外也有这样的说法,eat one's dust,但是它表示的是“落后于某人”的意思。
例如:
If we race, you'll eat my dust.
如果我们赛跑的话,你就等着输吧。
那么英语是怎么表达我们说的“吃土”呢?
你可以说:
max out the credit card:刷爆信用卡
例如:
Tom has maxed out his credit card.
汤姆已经刷爆了他的信用卡。
也可以说
broke:身无分文的,破产的
例如:
I am broke because I spend too much.
我因为花太多钱破产了。
当然啦,表示“吃土”还可以说:
I'm as poor as a church mouse.
我一贫如洗。
I live from hand to mouth.
我穷到勉强能吃上饭。
Most people in the area are unemployed and not have a bean to spend.
这地方的很多人都失业待岗,没钱花。
但是,由于中国的购物促销太火爆,外媒也逐渐理解了“吃土”的含义,eat/live on dirt/soil。如:BBC就有如下的报道:
Alibaba said more than $1bn was spent within the first eight minutes, and more than 27 million purchases came via mobile phone in the first hour. This is good news for sellers but not that good for shoppers. Soon after the shopping spree began, "eating dirt" became a buzzword on the Internet. The term means that consumers spend too much on Singles Day shopping to have any money left for food; as a result, they can only "eat dirt", which is free.
阿里巴巴表示,双11零点后的前八分钟,网购消费超过10亿美元,而在第一个小时内,移动端的购买订单就超过2700万个。卖家生意火爆,买家们可就悲惨了。双11抢购开始没多久,“吃土”就成为网络热词。
这个新晋的网络热词是指因消费超出预算,而导致生活拮据,没有剩余的财力购买食物,只能吃免费的“土壤”。
Weibo user @Yanjinggong said:"I was complaining that Double 11 was only a trap for consumers, but now I am a girl eating dirt."
网友@眼镜宫在其微博表示,“前几个小时还在吐槽双十一是个消费陷阱,然而现在已然成为吃土少女。”
Another user, @zzyyyyyyyyun, said:"It's only two hours since the Double 11 started, but I know that I will be eating dirt for the rest of the year."
网友@zzyyyyyyyyun表示,“双十一刚开始两个小时,我已经知道我今年都要吃土了。”
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