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| Processed by: | richwarm (2017-02-04 07:57:36 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 59503 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1. Note that "turn and leave abruptly" is exactly the same as our def for 拂袖而去. (See my sub for that one elsewhere on the queue.) But they have quite different meanings: - 拂袖而去 implies that the person who is leaving is upset, whereas - 扬长而去 implies that it's those who are left behind that are most likely upset. 2. I'm not sure that the lit. part is helpful. I suggest omitting it. 3. All dicts say there is an element of objectionable behavior: the person who leaves does so haughtily or rudely, leaving others behind, muttering under their breath. 4. I thought of adding "to leave others in one's dust" as a 4th gloss. Not sure about it, but it does seem good for a few of the examples below (TP 2 &3 expecially). ------------------------------------- TP 1. 僅為了五毛錢，我再次讓步；然而──他並沒有掏錢，只是說：「我一會回頭買，」接著揚長而去、再沒回頭。 He was still haggling over a lousy 50 cents per bag! I gave in, but he made no move to pay any money. Instead, he said, "I'll be back later," and walked off. I never saw him again. 2. 一輛轎車從旁超越，揚長而去，剎時滿腔的悶氣加溫沸騰， A sedan suddenly hurtles past. Instantly, your seething blood comes to a boil. 3. 更扯的是，巴士司機還在北京市郊就把乘客「丟包」、揚長而去。 Things got worse when the bus driver dumped all the passengers on the outskirts of Beijing and zoomed off. ---------------------------------- Some of the J sentences: 1. The punk kids just thumbed their noses at us and walked off. 那些小流氓对我们嗤之以鼻，然后扬长而去了。 2. Only now and then a stranger passing noticed the small group, handed out a coin, and went away, unheeding. 偶尔有个陌生人路过这里，看见这一小群人，拿出一枚硬币，然后就扬长而去。 3. Wearing a fur coat, Blewett had the sick child stripped to the waist and shot for 15 to 20 minutes. After they finished shooting, they left the child undressed and didn't even cover the latter with the quilt. 凯特－布莱维特自己穿着皮衣，却让病孩光着身子。 他们拍摄了十五至二十分钟，拍摄完后也不给病童穿好衣服盖上被子，便扬长而去。 |
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- 揚長而去 扬长而去 [yang2 chang2 er2 qu4] /to shake one's sleeve and leave (idiom); to turn and leave abruptly/ # + 揚長而去 扬长而去 [yang2 chang2 er2 qu4] /to stalk off haughtily/to swagger off/to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind/ + 揚長而去 扬长而去 [yang2 chang2 er2 qu4] /to swagger off/to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind/ |