2014年度十大英語新詞之九：拉仇恨

 

當有人向他/她的朋友們曬自己最新買到的打折品或者展示短時間內成功瘦身的成果等值得炫耀的事情時，朋友們一般都會說他們這是在“拉仇恨”，其實，這是間接的追捧啦。

When someone shows off to his or her friends anything from a newly bought bargain to a weight loss achieved in a short time, some of the friends will say, as an indirect flatter, that it is an act of courting envy. (Source: Shanghai Daily)

當有人向他/她的朋友們曬自己最新買到的打折品或者展示短時間內成功瘦身的成果等值得炫耀的事情時，朋友們一般都會說他們這是在“拉仇恨”(courting envy)，其實，這是間接的追捧啦。

For example:

Jane is showing off her newly bought LV handbag on her WeChat, that’s just courting envy.

Jane在她的朋友圈里曬她新買的LV包包，這簡直是在拉仇恨嘛。