糖果单词 7.26 sibling, mixed-race, out of interest

“Do you have any siblings?”

你有兄弟姐妹吗？

“Yes, I have a younger brother.”

有，我有一个弟弟。

Sibling    /ˈsɪblɪŋ/

n. a brother or sister

Eg. I don't have any siblings, but I have a cousin called Yezo.

我没有兄弟姐妹，但我有个堂妹叫王伊卓。

James is a mixed-race. His mother is a Japanese and his father is a British.

James是一个混血儿。他妈妈是日本人，他爸爸是英国人。

（问了Ayman，是mixed race还是mixed blood，他说没人说mixed blood, 听上去很weird。更没有人说“Hybrid”！！“Hybrid”这个词我是从“吸血鬼日记里听来的）

mixed-race

adj. concerning or containing members of two different races

混血

Eg. a mixed-race child

混血儿

“Out in interest, what church do you normally go to on Sunday?”

“出于兴趣问你一下，你一般周日去哪个教会？”(摘自facebook好友留言)

out of interest

used for saying that you are asking a question because you are interested in finding out the answer and not for any other reason

用于因为感兴趣而问一个问题。

Eg. (Just) out of interest/ As a matter of interest