英语中对女性的这些尊称你会用吗
<p>最早开始学习英语的时候，我们就知道，称呼女人有<span word="Miss">Miss</span>和<span word="Mrs">Mrs</span>. 两种，未婚姑娘称作<span word="Miss">Miss</span>，现今在美国，一般是十八岁以下的女孩被称为<span word="Miss">Miss</span>，年龄再大的尽管尚未结婚，也很少被称为<span word="Miss">Miss</span>了;已婚就称作<span word="Mrs">Mrs</span>.，维基百科中对<span word="Miss">Miss</span>这个词来源的解释是：</p><p><span word="Originating">Originating</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 17<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="contraction">contraction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mistress">mistress</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="women">women</span>。</p><p><span word="Miss">Miss</span>是<span word="mistress">mistress</span>的缩写，<span word="mistress">mistress</span>可以指称所有女人。(虽然<span word="mistress">mistress</span>意为情妇，意思不是很好)</p><p>不过注意哦，对于结了婚但并未随夫姓的女士，称呼<span word="Mrs">Mrs</span>。也是不妥的;随女权主义运动的兴起，有很多女性不愿意通过称呼体现出自己的婚姻状况(<span word="marital">marital</span> <span word="status">status</span>)，所以更倾向于被称为<span word="Ms">Ms</span>.,这个不论是已婚还是未婚都可以用，所以为礼貌起见，第一次见到女士时，可以用这个称呼。</p><p>除了这三个平时很常用的称呼，还有其他的尊称，如<span word="madam">madam</span>(或者拼做<span word="madame">madame</span>，遵循法语里的拼法，法语字面原意为<span word="my">my</span> <span word="lady">lady</span>)，来看一下对这个词的阐释：</p><p><span word="Madam">Madam</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="address">address</span>, <span word="without">without</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>&<span word="rsquo">rsquo</span>;<span word="s">s</span> <span word="name">name</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="address">address</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="known">known</span>: <span word="May">May</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="you">you</span>, <span word="madam">madam</span>? <span word="The">The</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="equivalent">equivalent</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="sir">sir</span>。</p><p><span word="Madam">Madam</span>后面不用跟人名，当遇到一位不知其姓名的女士就可以这样称呼她。相对应的男性尊称为<span word="sir">sir</span>。</p>
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