花都区新华中学分数线:“剩女”的英文表达

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“剩女”的英文表达

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“剩女”的英文表达

 

剩女是指高学历、高收入、高年龄的一群在婚姻上得不到理想归宿的大龄女青年。她们因为对男人的要求是“宁缺毋滥”,所以,在用相亲等方式找男朋友,可是,一直眼光高高在上,就成了"剩女"。“剩女”,是那些大龄女青年得的一个新称号,也可以称为“3S女人”:Single(单身)、Senventies(大多数生于上世纪七十年代)、Stuck(被卡住了)——单身,这些人一般具有高学历和高收入,条件优越。

“剩女”的英文表达on the shelf 剩女?

When we put something on the shelf, it means we plan to delay the time to do it. However, if those, especially women, are on the shelf, they are not married and people now believe they are too old to get married. 

 


 


我们常常形容一个计划或者一件事情推迟被执行,叫做put it on the shelf。
on the shelf 也用来形容那些还没有结婚的女性,她们通常是因为年纪太大而被认为不容易嫁出去。

Examples:
We are going to have to put our plans to add another room onto our house on the shelf until we have more money in our savings account.
我们准备将添置一个新房间的计划束之高阁,等储蓄账户里有了更多钱再打算。

The library's plan to show three films next week has been put on the shelf.
电影院准备在下周放映3场电影的计划被推迟了。

I was afraid my daughter would never find a husband, that she'd be left on the shelf.
我担心我的女儿很难嫁出去,这样她就成了“剩女”了。