極端天氣

句子：今年極端天氣發生得比往年頻繁。

誤譯： Extreme weather has occurred more frequent this year than previous years.

正譯：Extreme weather has occurred more often/frequently this year than previous years.

解釋：frequent 是形容詞，不能修飾動詞。需要用表示時間頻度的副詞often 或frequently修飾動詞occur。

“極端”的第一個意思是“事物順著某個發展方向達到的頂點”，是個名詞，譯為 extreme。例如：1. 我們要全面地看問題，不要走極端。We must look at an issue in an overall way, and mustnt go to extremes.

“極端”的第二個意思是“偏激”、“絕對”或“徹頭徹尾”，是形容詞，譯為 extreme。例如：2. 自學能力對一個學生極端重要。Self-taught ability is of extreme importance to a student.

“極端”的第三個意思是表示程度極深,相當于“極其”或“非常”，是副詞，譯為extremely, exceedingly。例如：3. 這位經濟分析師認為試圖救助樓市是極端愚蠢的行為。The economic analyst holds that trying to save the real estate market is an exceedingly foolish act.

“極端”的第四個意思是“極其不正常”，是形容詞，譯為 extreme。例如：4. 我國許多地方最近經歷了極端天氣狀況，包括熱浪、暴風雨和洪水。Many places of our country have recently experienced extreme weather conditions including heatwaves, storms and floods.▲

（本欄目供稿：王逢鑫教授）