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2017-09-26 商务印书馆英语编辑室

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dotard 到底是什么?



19日,美国总统特朗普在联合国大会上嘲讽朝鲜领导人金正恩是“火箭人”(Rocket Man),他说:

 

"The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. The United States is ready, willing and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary."


 

随后在22日,朝鲜领导人金正恩发表了一份针锋相对的声明,回击道:


“Trump has denied the existence of and insulted me and my country in front of the eyes of the world. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire.”



此语一出,全世界人民纷纷翻查字典,查找dotard到底是什么意思。这个词比较生僻,到底指什么?看看我们的词典是怎么说的。



dotard /ˈdəʊtəd/ n. [C]

年老昏聩的人,老糊涂

(《新时代英汉大词典》)


老糊涂:a dotard

一个算不清账的老糊涂

a dotard who can't even count on the fingers of his hand

(《新时代汉英大词典》)


dotard [ˈdəʊtəd; ˈdotərd] n. 

1. 年老昏聩的人,老糊涂。

2. 溺爱者。

(《英华大词典》)




和dotard有关的词还有dote和dotage。



dotage /ˈdəutɪdʒ/ n. [U]

(尤指老年的)昏聩;老糊涂

The old man was in his dotage and spent much of his time mumbling to himself.

那老头儿老糊涂了,老在嘀嘀咕咕、自言自语。


dote /dəut/ vi.

 1 溺爱;过分喜爱(on;upon)

They dote on their youngest daughter.

他们溺爱小女儿。


2.(尤指因年老)智力衰退,昏聩

dotter n.[C]

dottingly adv.

(《新时代英汉大词典》)


dotage /ˈdəutɪdʒ/

If someone is in their dotage, they are very old and becoming weak.

年老昏聩;衰老。

…spending his dotage in a riverside cottage.

在河边的意见小屋里度过他衰朽的晚年。

(《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》)



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