中式英语之鉴:绿帽子

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59. 他被戴上了绿帽子。

[误] He is made to wear a green hat.

[正] He is a cuckold.

注：中文的“戴绿帽子”是指某人之妻与他人私通，但直译成英文西方人只会按字面意思理解为“某人头上被戴了顶绿色的帽子”，无论如何也不会理解汉语的喻义。而英语的 cuckold 是指“奸妇的丈夫”（a man whose wife deceives him by having a sexual relationship with another man），所以用be a cuckold 才能正确表达原文的意思。