例如: “The child likes to blow bubbles into water through a straw.”(這個喜歡用麥稈吸管往水里吹泡泡。)
“The glass of beer has a good head of foam.”(這杯啤酒上有厚厚的一層泡沫。)
“The extinguisher is filled with chemical foam.”(這個滅火器里充滿了化學泡沫。)
“泡沫”的第二個意思是比喻某一事物表面上的繁榮,而實際上虛假不實的成分。英語翻譯為“bubble”,
例如: “As a stock market bubble is taking shape, the investors should take precautions against the risks.”(股市泡沫正在形成,投資者應該防范風險。)
“In March of 2003, the Internet bubble suddenly burst. ”(2003年3月,互聯(lián)網泡沫爆裂。)
“經濟泡沫”可以翻譯為“economic bubble”,而“泡沫經濟”翻譯為“bubble/foamy economy”。
例如“ “A real estate bubble is a type of economic bubble that occurs periodically in local or global real estate markets.”(房地產泡沫是本地或全球房地產市場周期性發(fā)生的一種經濟泡沫。) “Bubble economy usually starts with false prosperity and ends in a breakout of crises. ”(泡沫經濟通常以虛假繁榮開始,以危機爆發(fā)告終。)