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世界上大概没有哪一种语言文字不带粗语、脏话的成分。特别是文学作品里，粗语、脏话时有所见1．The telephone rang. "Shit，"Dale said. The phone kept running. "Don't answer it"， she whispered. "It might be Joanna，"I said. "No. It's your fucking friend Bloom，"she said. It was my fucking friend Bloom." 恋人独处时当然希望清静，不愿外界打扰。对话双方正是一对热恋中的情侣。电话铃声大作时两人正在上演作爱前奏，怪不得女方口出租言。"shit"一词的脱口而出恰如其分地表现出了她此时的厌烦、不满之情，译成"讨厌"比较合适。 2．I put the receiver back on the cradle. Frank was still staring and scowling at me. "What'd he want？"he asked. "They've got George Harper． Morrie asked me to represent him during the Q and A." "Shit,"Frank said." 与上例一样，"shit"独立成句，但所表达的意义有所不同。Frank对自己的搭档除了独立成句外，"shit"还可在句子中充当其他成分，例如： 3．"Some pow'ful shit．Cost enough，but，man，it was pow'ful．" 这是一个黑人妇女在注射毒品后所说的，"shit"显然是毒品的代名词。 pow'ful shit可译为"挺厉害的玩意儿"。 4．"Susan，"I said， my voice rising，"I called to tell you that I'm home and Joanria is still in Mexico，She'll be back this Saturday and that's all I have to say to you." "That's not a11 Eliot will have to say to you." "I welcome a call from that mealy-mouthed shit，"I said， and hung up，trembling. | 
