narrative

Chinese translation: 说头/托词

02:26 Jun 13, 2015

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Social Sciences - Economics

English term or phrase: narrative

During prosperous times, bad behavior may go unpunished, shrugged off because it appears to have little effect on anybody else. During melancholy times, however, bad behavior, no matter how trivial, becomes a dominant theme. It provides a narrative for those who seek to blame others for their own misfortune and an escape route for those who want to get rich quick.

请教下最后这句的narrative怎么理解？字典里的释义似乎都不符合这里的语境。”It provides a narrative for those ....“ 这句话又该如何
翻译？

先行谢过。

calpain KudoZ activity Questions: 51 (none open) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 59 China
Local time: 15:43

Chinese translation:说头/托词

Explanation:
FYI

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Jinhang Wang
China
Local time: 15:43

Grading comment

我感觉这种解释似乎最符合逻辑，谢谢了。
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3 +1

说头/托词

Jinhang Wang

借题发挥的内容

TGG

咎由陈词

tanglsus

[順境時, 人們不會責罰不良行為,,,因為對別人影響不大。但是, 時勢不好時, 無論過失多輕微, 都成為了眾的之矢。] 這樣, 人們便堂而皇之讉責霉鬼...

hoichu

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1 hr confidence:

借题发挥的内容

Explanation:
“ 借题发挥” 有：make an issue of, capitalize on, seize a pretext to air one’s own complaints or attack others 的意思。

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TGG
United States
Local time: 03:43
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: 谢谢。

1 hr confidence:

咎由陈词

Explanation:
供参考

tanglsus
United States
Local time: 03:43
Native speaker of:

Chinese

Notes to answerer

Asker: 谢谢。

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

说头/托词

Explanation:
FYI

Jinhang Wang
China
Local time: 15:43
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 19

Grading comment

我感觉这种解释似乎最符合逻辑，谢谢了。

54 mins confidence:

[順境時, 人們不會責罰不良行為,,,因為對別人影響不大。但是, 時勢不好時, 無論過失多輕微, 都成為了眾的之矢。] 這樣, 人們便堂而皇之讉責霉鬼...

Explanation:
因為[...]的理由, 所以人們便把他們的行為合理化, narrative 是指[...]給了人們大條道理這樣做。
愚見認為不必特別譯出來。

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Note added at 10 hrs (2015-06-13 12:44:57 GMT)
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And although Google's co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, did graduate, they both dropped out of their PhD programmes. This rather runs against the conventional [narrative] – that an expensive college education and a good degree are essential prerequisites for success.

hoichu
Hong Kong
Local time: 15:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Chinese

Notes to answerer

Asker: 谢谢了。在你给的例子中，narrative似乎可理解为“观点”。

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