“毁容”英语怎么说
2017-03-16
摘要:一位美丽的花季少女因拒绝同学的追求而被其泼洒打火机油,造成脸部和身体严重烧伤。去年九月,17岁的周岩在家中卧室遭到同为17岁的陶汝坤伤害,造成毁容。你知道用英语怎么表达吗
A pretty teenager suffered horrific burns to her face and body when she was splashed with lighter fluid after she had spurned the advances of a classmate.
Zhou Yan, 17, was disfigured, following the alleged attack by 17-year-old Tao Rukun in the bedroom of her home last September.
一位美丽的花季少女因拒绝同学的追求而被其泼洒打火机油,造成脸部和身体严重烧伤。去年九月,17岁的周岩在家中卧室遭到同为17岁的陶汝坤伤害,造成毁容。
【讲解】文中的disfigure即指毁容,还有“毁损”的意思,如This landscape is disfigured by a power station.风景被发电厂破坏了。名词形式为disfigurement, 形容词形式为disfigured。advance除了有“前进,提高”的意思,文中的advance是求爱,示好的意思。