meili 发表于 2022-10-18 21:57:54

AA制里的“A”分别代表哪两个字母?很幽默了!

<p>"<span word="AA">AA</span>制"的英文可不是<span word="Let">Let</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="AA">AA</span>,这是中式英文了,老外听不懂,可以这样说:<span word="Let">Let</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>.</p><p>来看看美国俚语词典<span word="If">If</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eat">eat</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="might">might</span> "<span word="go">go</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>," <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="individual">individual</span> <span word="portion">portion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span>.</p><p>如果我和朋友去外面吃饭,我们可能会选择“<span word="go">go</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>”的结算方式,意思是我们各自承担账单中属于自己的那部分。那么问题来了,<span word="go">go</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>里的<span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>表示"荷兰",<span word="go">go</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>的字面意思为"去荷兰",为什么"<span word="AA">AA</span>制"和"荷兰"扯上了关系?还有,<span word="AA">AA</span>这两个字母分别代表哪两个单词?</p><p>昨天文章的评论区有两位读者前后脚不约而同地解释了<span word="go">go</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>的典故,根据我的考证,他们的说法无误,是正解:</p><p> 我们看到第二位朋友说的<span word="Algebraic">Algebraic</span> <span word="Average">Average</span>下面谈谈为何平摊费用跟荷兰在英文中有3个词都跟“荷兰”有关,分别是:<span word="Netherlands">Netherlands</span>, <span word="Holland">Holland</span>, <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>。</p><p>①<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Netherlands">Netherlands</span>是“荷兰”的正式国名。</p><p>②<span word="Holland">Holland</span>也可以指荷兰,但<span word="Holland">Holland</span>实际上是荷兰的一个省,因为以前荷兰省做海上贸易很厉害,大家便用<span word="Holland">Holland</span>来指代整个国家,中文里的“荷兰”就是"<span word="Holland">Holland</span>"的音译。</p><p>③<span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>是"荷兰人",也可以指"荷兰语",就像<span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>可以指中国人再讲讲为何<span word="go">go</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span>表示“平摊费用”。</p><p>由于历史上荷兰是英国的竞争对手。17-18世纪,为了争夺海上贸易霸权,他们之间爆发了四次战争,史称“英荷战争”这种世仇比如:</p>
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