地道英式驚嘆詞

地道英式驚嘆詞，你get了么？Likethepeopleofanycountry,theBritisharegiventoloudlyexclaimingsomethingwhenevertheyarestartled;unlikemostpeople,however,therestrictionsontheEnglishlanguagethatarecausedbyclassicBritishpolitenessmeanthatsuchphrasesareoftenabsolutenonsense.Let'stakealookatsome.和其他各國(guó)的小伙伴們一樣，英國(guó)人在被震驚時(shí)也會(huì)大聲驚呼。不過(guò)和大多數(shù)人不同，因?yàn)槭軅鹘y(tǒng)英式禮貌的限制，這些表達(dá)震驚的短語(yǔ)通常被視作不雅的粗口。下面就一起來(lái)領(lǐng)略一下英式“臥槽”吧！

BLOODYHELL!OneofthemostcommonandversatileofBritishexclamation,'Bloodyhell'iswhatwelinguisticscallamincedoath,astheword'bloody'isprobablyashorteningof'ByOurLady'(i.e.theVirginMary).Originally,then,thisprobablymeantsomethinglike'byourLady,allHell'sabouttobreakloosebecauseofthisthingthat'ssurprisedme!'It'salittlebiteasiertosaythesedays.這是最常見(jiàn)并通用于各種場(chǎng)合的英式驚呼之一。從語(yǔ)言學(xué)上來(lái)說(shuō)，“Bloodyhell”是一種避免爆粗的委婉表達(dá)?！癰loody”應(yīng)該是“ByOurLady”（即圣母瑪利亞）的縮略語(yǔ)。這個(gè)詞組最初的意思大概就是：“圣母在上，天都要塌了！這實(shí)在太令人吃驚了！”。相比之下，現(xiàn)在的說(shuō)法還是容易多了！

BLIMEY!Thisoneisperhapsalittlearchaicnow.Anothermincedoath,'Blimey!'–or,lesscommonly,'Corblimey!'–isashorteningofthesaying'Godblindme!'Hopefullyyou'restartingtoseethepatternhere:mostBritishexclamationshavetheirrootsinreligiousoaths.ThisisbecauseswearingbyGodwastakenveryseriously,soifyousaid'Godblindme'everyonewouldknowyouweretrulypissedoffandshouldprobablybeleftalone.這個(gè)詞匯也是一種委婉表達(dá)，不過(guò)已經(jīng)略顯過(guò)時(shí)。它的另一種不太常見(jiàn)的說(shuō)法是“Corblimey!”。“Blimey!”是“Godblindme!（上帝蒙騙了我）”的縮寫(xiě)。你可能已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了：大部分英式驚嘆詞都來(lái)源于宗教誓言——因?yàn)閷?duì)著上帝宣下的誓言都是嚴(yán)肅莊重的，所以如果你說(shuō)“上帝蒙騙了我”，那么所有人都會(huì)知道你是真的非常生氣，想要一個(gè)人呆著冷靜一下。

DARN/DANG!Thesetwointerchangeablewordsarepolitewaysofsaying'Damn',thoughaseverybodyknowswhatyoumeanit'sawonderanybodybothers.Like'Blimey',sayingtheseinordinaryconversationmightmakeyousoundabit19thcentury.這兩個(gè)可以互換的詞語(yǔ)是“Damn”一詞的禮貌說(shuō)法，不過(guò)其實(shí)所有人都知道你想表達(dá)的是什么意思，有沒(méi)有稍微“禮貌”一點(diǎn)，也沒(méi)有人會(huì)在意。就像“Blimey”一樣，在日常會(huì)話(huà)中使用“Darn”或者“Dang”會(huì)讓你瞬間穿越回十九世紀(jì)！

ISAY!Nowwe'rereallygoingbackintime.ThisisaclassicBritishphrase,probablynotsaidinanyserioussince1891,whichconsistsofloudlyexclaimingthatyou'reabouttosaysomething,butthenactuallysortofchickeningoutanddecidingjusttolet'Isay!'dothebusiness.現(xiàn)在我們真的要回到過(guò)去了!“Isay!”是一個(gè)經(jīng)典的英式短語(yǔ)，大概在1891年后就沒(méi)有在正式場(chǎng)合被使用過(guò)了。使用這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的大致場(chǎng)景是：你的一句大聲驚呼剛剛開(kāi)頭，后面的話(huà)還沒(méi)出口卻又臨陣退縮，于是決定說(shuō)完“Isay!”便就此打住。

STREWTH!Inasimilarwayto'Blimey','Strewth'isashorteningof'ByGod'struth',andisprobablythemostoutdatedwordonourlist–althoughithasenjoyedsomethingofarecentrevivalinAustralia.Still,ifyou'reeveraskedtostarinatraditionalEnglishdrawingroomdrama,you'llbeequippedwithexactlytherightwaystoexpressatrulyBritish