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12.3 Hitch

英英释义:an unexpected difficulty, obstacle, delay, etc.

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In written English, people usually prefer to use (small/minor) problem rather than hitch, which sounds slightly informal:


hitch 作为名词可以表示“故障、障碍”,当我们想表示 slight/little problem 时,就可以用更简洁准确的 hitch,有时候也可以用 hitch 替换常见的 obstacle、hinderance。

搭配:1.a slight/major hitch

      2.A technical/legal hitch

      Last-minute hitch(There are always a few last-minute hitches at the dress rehearsal.

彩排时总会在最后时刻出现几个问题。)

1.      without a hitch(Everything went without a hitch)

2.      a hitch in(There’s a hitch in the plans.)

There were some minor technical problems when the product was first released.

例句:The plan was executed without a hitch.

例1:差之毫厘,谬以千里”,说的就是“稍微有一点差错,就会造成很大的错误”。用英文就可以说成:

A slight hitch can lead to a deadly disaster.

例2:我们可以用 without a hitch 表示“非常顺利”,比如“顺利完成了计划”就可以说:

The plan was executed without a hitch.

我们也可以在 hitch 前面加一个形容词,表明是在某一方面的故障,比如 a technical hitch(技术故障),a legal hitch(法律问题) ;也可以加表示程度的形容词,比如 a slight/minor/major hitch。

我们也可以在 hitch 前面加一个形容词,表明是在某一方面的故障,比如 a technical hitch(技术故障),a legal hitch(法律问题) ;也可以加表示程度的形容词,比如 a slight/minor/major hitch。

《牛津英语搭配词典》中的一个例句中,就同时用到了“slight”和“technical”修饰 hitch:

There was a slight technical hitch which delayed the plane’s take-off.

一个小小的技术故障耽误了飞机的起飞。

和 hitch 意思差不多的常见表达还有 glitch、hiccup、snag、blip 等,都是指一些小问题

glitch /ɡlɪtʃ/ a software glitch

hiccup/ˈhɪkʌp/a hiccup in the negotiaotion

snag hit/run into a snag

翻译:周杰伦在北京顺利举办了一场演唱会 Jay Chou held his concert without a hitch.

(参考翻译:Jay Chou’s concert in Beijing went off without a hitch. 或者 Jay Chou’s concert was held in Beijing without a hitch.)都是用concert做主语

场景:一个小问题导致整个计划失败。

A slight hitch leads to the failure of the plan.

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