2014年度十大英語新詞之九：拉仇恨

 

當(dāng)有人向他/她的朋友們曬自己最新買到的打折品或者展示短時間內(nèi)成功瘦身的成果等值得炫耀的事情時，朋友們一般都會說他們這是在“拉仇恨”，其實，這是間接的追捧啦。

When someone shows off to his or her friends anything from a newly bought bargain to a weight loss achieved in a short time, some of the friends will say, as an indirect flatter, that it is an act of courting envy. (Source: Shanghai Daily)

當(dāng)有人向他/她的朋友們曬自己最新買到的打折品或者展示短時間內(nèi)成功瘦身的成果等值得炫耀的事情時，朋友們一般都會說他們這是在“拉仇恨”(courting envy)，其實，這是間接的追捧啦。

For example:

Jane is showing off her newly bought LV handbag on her WeChat, that’s just courting envy.

Jane在她的朋友圈里曬她新買的LV包包，這簡直是在拉仇恨嘛。