《破产姐妹》口语养成之“礼券”

1.an airline voucher

【原句】You know, Randy did give me an airline voucher ... (S06E11)

【翻译】兰迪送过我一张航空公司礼券。

【场景】Caroline跟Max聊起机票的事，说着某个熟人可能会偷偷跟着前去最好不要告诉他，同时表示想要陪同Max一起去找Randy，但貌似Max不太希望她跟着。

【讲解】

voucher n. [ C ]

1）代金券，票券。= a piece of paper that can be used to pay for particular goods or services or that allows you to pay less than the usual price for them

2）（美国的）私立学校奖学金。= in the US, a scholarship (= money to pay for studies) that allows a student to attend a private school rather than a state school

【例句】

The voucher is valid between July and December and entitles you to ten percent off all overseas flights.

该代金券在7月至12月间有效，凭此券所有国际航班可享受9折的优惠。

Suburban voters are completely against vouchers.

郊区选民完全反对私立学校奖学金。

2.be rented out

【原句】Well, the rental cars are rented out, trains are down, and no flights till Tuesday. (S06E11)

【翻译】租车店的车全租出去了，火车停运，航班停飞到周二。

【场景】Max听刚进门的苏菲讲着自己孩子的事情，然后忽然想起让Earl帮查交通的事情，询问了下回复竟然是都停了。

【讲解】

rented adj.租用的；rented accommodation租住的房屋。

rent v.租用，租借；出租。= to pay or receive a fixed amount of money for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc.

【例句】

My Dad has a villa that he rents (out) to tourists.

我爸爸有一处乡间小屋出租给游客。

I rented a car from a garage so that I could get about.

我从汽车修理厂租了一辆车，以便能够四处走走。

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