七夕“乞巧的风俗由来已久,年轻女孩子们在这一天乞求的,不仅仅是巧夺天工的好手艺,还会乞求一段美好姻缘。似乎是TVB剧中经常出现七夕之夜女子祈求姻缘的桥段~不知道今年七夕,有多少人会在星空之下默默祈祷呢?
On that night, unmarried girls prayed to the Weaving Maid star for the special gift. When thestar Vega was high up in the sky, girls performed a small test by placing a needle on thewater's surface: If the needle did not sink, the girl was considered to be ready to find ahusband. Once a year, on this day, girls could wish for anything their hearts desired。
七夕之夜,未婚女子通常会向织女星乞巧,也会乞求姻缘。她们将一根针放在水面上,倘若针不下沉的话,她们就能得偿所愿。据说这一晚女孩子们能祈求任何心愿成真。
这里“乞巧的这个“乞,我们可以说beg,也可以用plead这个词,plead to be endowed with perfectsewing skills. 貌似这两个词都和浪漫气氛不符哦,plead其实更常见于法庭上,律师为某人辩护,就是plead one's case;而那句我们耳熟能详的“不认罪,则是plead not guilty,反之“认罪就是pleadguilty——注意这里的用法,比较特殊哦,是在动词plead后面直接加形容词guilty——法官就会经常问这句话:Do you plead guilty or not guilty?你可认罪?也有一个更常见的情况,就是被告人pleadinsanity,以精神失常为借口,试图减轻刑罚。
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