我想请教一下关于职业名字(如 worker, teacher, driver 等)后接人名的使用方法。譬如如此的说法,它们对吗?
Teacher Jim Smith
Driver Bennett
谢谢!
▲英语中某些表示职业的名字(如 worker, teacher, driver 等)是可将来接人名。所以下面的说法是对的:
Teacher Jim Smith 教师吉姆·史密斯
Driver Bennett 司机贝内特
▲但值得注意的是,这种使用方法一般只用于陈述性表达中,而不直接用于呼语。
譬如一般不会说:
Come here, Teacher Jim Smith.
Give her some money, Driver Bennett.
但可以说:
Teacher Jim Smith came to help me.
Driver Bennett had to give her some money.
▲更多类似的使用方法如(均来自词典):
Judge Lanier is a real film buff. 拉尼尔法官是个真的的影迷。
Nurse Millard will be with you shortly. 米勒特护士非常快会来照顾你。
Science teacher James Wood was sacked for slapping a schoolboy. 理科教师詹姆斯·伍德由于掌掴一名男生而被开除。
Photographer Weegee shot to fame with his shocking pics of New York crime in the 30s. 摄影师维吉以拍摄30年代纽约罪案的骇人照片而声名鹊起。