翻譯公司帶你學(xué)雙語(yǔ)知識：讓人看了發(fā)愁的"桌邊神游族"

　　英文中把那些成天賴(lài)在沙發(fā)上看電視、不愛(ài)動(dòng)彈的人叫做couch potato。自從有了網(wǎng)絡(luò )以后，有相當一部分人已經(jīng)放棄了couch potato的身份，轉而加入了desk potato的行列。

　　Desk potatois someone who sits at a desk all day long but gets little to nothing done -- usually because of websurfing or playing computer games. The term is derived from couch potato.

　　Desk potato（譯為“桌邊神游族”）指整天坐在書(shū)桌邊，卻不見(jiàn)有任何事情完成的人，通常都是因為他們成天都在上網(wǎng)閑逛或玩游戲。Desk potato這個(gè)說(shuō)法來(lái)源于couch potato（電視迷、成天坐在沙發(fā)上無(wú)所事事的人）。

　　For example:

　　Jim has become a real desk potato. Between Mahjong and Minesweeper he manages to squeeze in a few hours on MySpace, and then he plays RPG's(Role-playing game) 'til midnight.

　　吉姆已經(jīng)成了不折不扣的“桌邊神游族”。除了玩麻將和踩地雷游戲，他還會(huì )抽出幾小時(shí)上MySpace，然后就一直玩角色扮演游戲到半夜。