「大侦探皮卡丘」皮卡丘有毛???
近日,由瑞安·雷诺兹、渡边谦主演的动作捕捉真人版皮卡丘大电影《精灵宝可梦:大侦探皮卡丘(Pokemon Detective Pikachu)》发布了首支官方预告片。
那只萌萌的身材矮胖圆乎乎的皮卡丘形象首次曝光,化身为大侦探的它还长了一身的毛。#皮卡丘有毛#甚至成了微博上的一个热门话题,哈哈哈哈哈哈哈!
Detective Pikachu: 'Gross' furry Pokemon divides fans
Pikachu has been the approachable face of the Pokemon franchise for more than 20 years, but a new film trailer has left some fans unsettled.
gross
提到gross你可能会想到国内生产总值GDP(Gross domestic product),作为形容词,它可以表示“总的,毛的;总共,全部”,举个🌰:
A person's gross income is the money they earn before tax is deducted from it.
个人总收入是指税前的收入总和。
也可以指“(尤指违法行为)严重的,恶劣的,极端的,不能接受的”,如:
gross misconduct 严重渎职
gross indecency 严重猥亵罪
a gross violation of justice 严重违反公平
gross violations of human rights 严重侵犯人权
在口语中可以表示disgusting“极其令人厌恶的,令人恶心的,令人不快的”,英文解释:extremely unpleasant/very unpleasant to look at or think about,举个🌰:
"Oh, gross!" she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.
“呀,真恶心!”她看着在一堆堆脏盘子上方飞来飞去的苍蝇说道。
此处应该是表示“肥胖臃肿的,极胖而难看的,臃肿难看的;庞大不雅观的”英文解释为“extremely fat or large and ugly”,举个🌰:
I'd put on ten kilos and felt gross in my bikini.
我体重增加了10公斤,穿着比基尼觉得臃肿难看。
approachable
approach作名词表示“方法,方式”,作动词表示“接近,靠近”,此处形容词性approachable则表示“友善的,和蔼可亲的,平易近人的”,英文解释为“If you describe someone as approachable, you think that they are friendly and easy to talk to.”,举个🌰:
The head teacher is very approachable.
校长非常平易近人。
The preview for Pokemon Detective Pikachu shows the character covered in thick yellow fur, which some fans have called "grotesque" and "disgusting".
trailer & preview
两个词都可以指预告片,
trailer表示“(电影、电视节目等的)新片预告,预告片”,英文解释为“an advertisement for a new film or television show”;
preview表示“(电影、电视节目等的)预告(片)”,英文解释为“a description of a film, television programme, show etc that people will be able to see soon ”;
preview还可以指“预演,预映”,而trailer则还可以表示“拖车,挂车;活动房屋,房车”。
grotesque
/ɡrəʊ'tesk,groˋtɛsk/
1)表示“怪诞的,荒唐的”,英文解释为“unpleasant, shocking, and offensive”
2)表示“极丑陋的,怪异的”,英文解释为“extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way”,举个🌰:
They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.
他们尽量不去看他那丑陋的面庞和残疾的身躯。
BTW,在阅读理解里,如果你有些词不认识也不要紧,比如这里的grotesque,我们也很容易根据some fans have called "grotesque" and "disgusting".中的and前后两个并列,由disgusting来猜出部分粉丝的态度,显然,grotesque也不是什么好词...当然,最怕的就是两个词都不认识...不过也不用太担心,上下文中一般也会给出一些线索的。
While Pikachu has always been described as furry, it is the first time the character has been rendered in "life-like" 3D in an official capacity. Many fans liked the realistic fur.
furry
/'fɜːri/
形容词,表示“覆盖着毛皮的;毛茸茸的;柔软的”,英文解释为“covered with fur or short threads”,如有个说法furry friends 毛茸茸的朋友,通常用来泛指动物。
上文出现的名词形式fur,表示“毛,毛皮”。
render
此处作为动词表示“(以某种方式)表达;表现”,英文解释为“to express or present something in a particular way”,如:a sculpture rendered in bronze 一尊青铜雕像;
render也可以表示“使成为;使变得;使处于某种状态”,英文解释为to cause someone or something to be in a particular state,举个🌰:
His rudeness rendered me speechless.
他的粗暴无礼让我无言以对。
还可以指“给予,提供”,英文解释为to give something to someone or do something, because it is your duty or because someone expects you to,如:an obligation to render assistance to those in need 为有困难的人提供援助的义务,举个🌰:
We see that freight railroads make good profits while rendering excellent service.
我们看到铁路货运公司在提供优质服务的同时也赢得了丰厚的利润。
而去年经济学人<翻译的出路在哪里?>的这篇文章中,render出现的意思则是“翻译,把...译成...”,通常用法为render sth into English/Russian/Chinese etc,将sth译成英语/俄语/汉语等,举个🌰:
She is rendering the book into English from French.
她正在把这本书从法语译成英语。
还还还可以表示“粉刷;给(墙壁)抹灰(或水泥)”,英文解释为to put a first layer of plaster or cement on a wall.
capacity
除了表示“能力,才能;容量,容积,容纳人数”等,此处表示“职位;工作;角色”,英文解释为“a particular position or job”,举个🌰:
She was speaking in her capacity as a novelist, rather than as a television presenter.
她是作为小说家而不是电视节目主持人在发言。
Pikachu appeared in the first Pokemon game, which was released in Japan in 1996. It quickly became a global phenomenon and has become one of the best-selling entertainment franchises of all time.
Pikachu is an electric mouse and the animation series has previously showed the character with hair, albeit in a stylised and undefined way.
相关背景
实际上,关于皮卡丘的原型,一直都有争议,比如说老鼠、龙猫、兔子等。而今年据《读卖新闻》报道,早在1996年《宠物小精灵》这款游戏首次发布时,设计人员称皮卡丘是基于一只松鼠而非老鼠设计的。
albeit
表示“虽然,尽管”,英文解释为“used to add information that reduces the force or importance of what you have just said”,举个🌰:
He accepted the job, albeit with some hesitation.
尽管有些犹豫,他还是接受了那份工作。
The new Warner Bros film is the first official movie to integrate Pokemon characters in real-world settings with actors.
Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds provides the voice for Pikachu, which has historically been voiced by Japanese actress Ikue Otani.
相关背景
《精灵宝可梦:大侦探皮卡丘》由美国传奇影业、华纳兄弟(Warner Bros)影片公司联合出品,预计于 2019年5月10日北美上映。由《格列佛游记》《鸡皮疙瘩》导演罗伯·莱特曼执导,由主演《死侍(Deadpool)》的瑞安·雷诺兹(Ryan Reynolds)配音出演。
While many fans questioned the hyper-realistic art style of the film, others pointed out that it reflected what Pokemon might look like in real life.
来源:BBC
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