原文地址：☞ [2018-02-18] 每逢佳节胖三斤英语怎么说？

每逢佳节胖三斤英语怎么说？

一个学术问题。

“每逢佳节胖三斤”，我给个英译：Whenever there is a festival, there is weight gain.

搜了些句子：

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• Avoid vacation weight gain: 5 tips
• How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
• 20 Ways to Beat Post-Holiday Weight Gain - Reader’s Digest
• Holiday Eating Tips Guaranteed to Help You Avoid Weight Gain
• ……

想来这是世界范围内的难题。

柯林斯 COBUILD 高阶英汉双解学习词典

resolution » They made a resolution to lose all the weight gained during the Christmas period. 他们下定决心要减去圣诞期间增加的体重。 taut /tɔːt/ » That summer she had shed the weight gained during pregnancy, her body was trim and taut. 那年夏天，她减去了怀孕期间增加的体重，身材又变得修长而健美。

注：taut 和 taught 发音相同，均为 /tɔːt/ 。

新世纪英汉大词典

torte /tɔːt/ n 【烹】 （源自奥地利的）果子奶油蛋糕 taut (firm) [+ body, person] 肌肉结实的；健美的 » That summer she had shed the weight gained during pregnancy, her body was trim and taut. 那年夏天她减掉了怀孕时增加的体重, 身体苗条结实了。

记个句子吧：The torte taught me how to be taut 才怪.

剑桥高阶英汉双解词典

vicious circle a continuing unpleasant situation, created when one problem causes another problem which then makes the first problem worse 恶性循环 » Many people get caught/trapped in a vicious circle of dieting and weight gain. 很多人都陷入节食减肥而后又体重增加的恶性循环之中。

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