留美老师带你每日说英文 第674期:男士感冒

 　　台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

　　It's a pretty common trope that a cold or the flu doesn't really affect women as much as it does men. There's even kind of a pejorative¹ name for it, "the man flu", which implies that men are just being babies. Now, of course this is a crazy exaggeration… being sick sucks for everyone... except… studies have shown this difference in experience may have a hint of truth to it.

　　社会上有个很普遍的说法是：女人得到的感冒或流感没有男人得到的严重。甚至还有一种贬抑的称法，把感冒叫做："男流感"，言下之意就是男人只是在装可怜。当然这是种很荒谬夸张的说法。每个人生病都不会好过。但有研究显示，这些感受上的差异多多少少有它事实上的根据。

　　男士感冒

　　学习重点：

　　1.trope 比喻

　　trope (n.) 比喻

　　troop (n.) 部队

　　2.pejorative 轻蔑的

　　pejorative (adj.) 轻蔑的

　　3.imply 暗示

　　imply (v.) 暗示

　　implication (n.) 言外之意

　　4.exaggeration 夸大

　　exaggeration (n.) 夸大

　　exaggerate (v.) 夸饰

　　5.hint 暗示

　　hint (n.) 暗示

1 pejorative   

adj.贬低的，轻蔑的

参考例句：

• In the context of ethnic tourism,commercialization often has a pejorative connotation.摘要在民族旅游语境中，商品化经常带有贬义色彩。
• But news organizations also should make every effort to keep the discussion civil and to discourage the dissemination of falsehoods or pejorat