中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒182

[誤] Mr Smith always considers himself a small figure, and how he wishes to be a big figure one day!

[正] Mr Smith always considers himself nobody, and how he wishes to be somebody one day!

注：“小人物”也好，“大人物”也罷，是言其地位，而非體格。nobody 和 somebody 能準(zhǔn)確表達(dá)這一中文意思，而 small figure 和 big figure 是指“小個(gè)子 ”和“大個(gè)子”，不要混淆噢!