Bubble我们最常使用的语义就是“泡沫”,也就是水面上聚集在一起的许多泡泡。比如:champagne bubbles香槟酒的泡沫
a bubble of oxygen氧气泡
blowing bubbles into water through a straw用吸管在水里吹泡泡
或者是“肥皂泡”肥皂泡:
The children like to have bubbles in their bath.
孩子们喜欢浴盆里有肥皂泡。
Bubble也可以延伸为比喻某一事物表面上的繁荣,而实际上虚假不实的成分;(a good or lucky situation that is unlikely to last long)
At the time the telecoms bubble was at its height.
当时电信业的泡沫正处于极度膨胀时期。
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“As a stock market bubble is taking shape, the investors should take precautions against the risks.”股市泡沫正在形成,投资者应该防范风险。
另外,还有比较少用一层意思:(欲表达的)一点感情
(a small amount of a feeling that sb wants to express)
a bubble of laughter/hope/enthusiasm
一点笑声╱希望╱热心
经济泡沫也是翻译为”economic bubble”,而“泡沫经济”翻译为”bubble economy”.
A real estate bubble is a type of economic bubble that occurs periodically in local or global real estate markets.房地产泡沫是本地或全球房地产市场周期性发生的一种经济泡沫。
Bubble economy usually starts with false prosperity and ends in a breakout of crises.
泡沫经济通常以虚假繁荣开始,以危机爆发告终。
延伸学习:
the bubble bursts(好事或好运)突然告吹,成为泡影;泡沫破灭
When the bubble finally burst, hundreds of people lost their jobs.
当泡沫最终破灭时,有几百人丢了饭碗。
和Bubble有相似用法的单词还有”foam”
泡沫经济也可以翻译为foamy economy。
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