16. 防疫人员在田野里挖了一个深坑,把病鸡和死鸡都埋了。The anti-epidemic workers dug a deep hole in the field, and buried the diseased and deceased chickens.
由于“坑”有“掩埋”的功能,汉语中很早就由名词变为一个动词,其意思是“坑杀”或“活埋”。秦始皇焚书坑儒,就是最好的例证。英语可以译为 to bury sb alive, to have sb buried alive,例如:
17. 秦始皇统一中国后下令焚书坑儒,以巩固中央集权统治。After the unification of China, Qinshihuang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, had classic books burned and Confucian scholars buried alive so as to consolidate his centralized domination.
18. 史书记载这个将军如何下令他的部下坑杀降兵。The history book recorded how the general ordered his subordinates to bury those surrendered soldiers alive.
19. 这位老农回忆了日本鬼子如何坑杀他村子里的无辜百姓。This old farmer recalled how the Japanese soldiers buried alive the innocent people of his village.
“坑”的另一个功能是“充当陷阱”。挖个坑,可以使人落入其中。古战场上的“绊马坑”就是一种使奔跑的战马掉入的陷阱。英语可以译为 horse trap,例如:
20.由于毫无戒备,这个士兵和他的战马陷入绊马坑。Unsuspecting, the soldier and his battle steed fell into a horse trap.
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