作者:小雅和英美友人
中文里,我们在尝试了一道新菜、一种新的育儿方法等的时候,会用“你是我的小白鼠”,来开玩笑地表达“我在拿你做试验”。在英语国家,小白鼠同样是实验室最常用的实验动物,但在做比喻的时候,人们用的却是guinea pig-豚鼠。
(1) White mouse
小白鼠
Brad has a white mouse as a pet.
布莱德有一只宠物小白鼠。
White mice are often used for labs experiments.
小白鼠常被用于实验室实验。
(2) Guinea pig
豚鼠
You see, we were his guinea pigs. He tried out all of his psycho experiments on us.
你看,我们都是他的小白鼠。他在我们身上做了各种心理学实验。
- Sean Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
肖恩·柯维《杰出青少年的七个习惯》
After making a new dish I had never made before, my family acted as my guinea pigs and tried it out.
我做了一道从没做过的菜,我们家人都成为我的小白鼠了。
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