Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
名门之后
English translation:
be born in/be from an influential family
Added to glossary by
Julia Zou
Jan 20, 2007 02:21
17 yrs ago
Chinese term
名门之后
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名门之后
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be born in/be from an influential family
其实还是要看上下文再决定翻译成动词短语或名词短语。
我觉得可以翻译成：
1.be born in an influential/a famous/a prominent family
2. be from an influential family
3. be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth(这个是英语里本来就有的idiom)
4.an offspring of an influential family
我觉得可以翻译成：
1.be born in an influential/a famous/a prominent family
2. be from an influential family
3. be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth(这个是英语里本来就有的idiom)
4.an offspring of an influential family
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
1 hr
descendants of the peerage
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+3
5 hrs
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4
名门 = an old and well-known family; a distinguished family; an illustrious family
名门 = an old and well-known family; a distinguished family; an illustrious family (外研社:汉英词典)
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-20 08:05:37 GMT)
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名门之后 = 名人的后代
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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-01-20 08:39:58 GMT)
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It depends on the context.
Other possibilities (from Google):
'member of a prominent family'
'dynast' (eg member of the Bush dynasty, member of the Kennedy dynasty/clan)
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Note added at 16 hrs (2007-01-20 18:23:32 GMT)
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scion = (literary) a young member of a rich and famous family eg He's the scion of a very wealthy newspaper-publishing family. (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-20 08:05:37 GMT)
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名门之后 = 名人的后代
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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-01-20 08:39:58 GMT)
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It depends on the context.
Other possibilities (from Google):
'member of a prominent family'
'dynast' (eg member of the Bush dynasty, member of the Kennedy dynasty/clan)
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Note added at 16 hrs (2007-01-20 18:23:32 GMT)
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scion = (literary) a young member of a rich and famous family eg He's the scion of a very wealthy newspaper-publishing family. (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Shaojie Huang
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of famed descent
a person of famed descent
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