现在年轻人结婚花费飙升 如何用英文表达这些?
2019-09-03 10:08
来源:新东方英语
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9 no burden, please 请不要给我们压力
Many young Chinese don’t want to shoulder the expense.
在中国,很多年轻人不想负担婚礼的花销。
花钱谁不心疼!
10 enter “naked marriage” “裸婚”
Some rebellious couples have chosen to enter so-called “naked marriages” with no houses, no cars, no weddings – and sometimes no rings.
一些有反叛精神的夫妇选择所谓“裸婚”:不要房,不要车,不要婚礼,甚至有时连钻戒都不要。
Only you, I want nothing more ...
11 true love trump everything else 真爱胜过一切
The public seems to appreciate the philosophy of true love trumping everything else.
人们其实似乎很欣赏真爱胜过一切的婚姻哲学。
如果可以变为现实,就不叫philosophy了。
12 hard to disavow all the traditions 拒绝所有传统习俗很难
But it is still hard to accept the notion of disavowing all traditional trappings of marriage.
但是要彻底拒绝所有传统婚姻的圈套,仍然十分困难。
挡不住来自社会,家庭和自身的压力
13 less radical, but more creative 少点激进,多点创意
Therefore, less radical, but more creative and affordable ideas are gaining popularity in big cities.
因此,在大城市中,越来越多的人选择不那么激进,但是更有创意,更能够承负得起的结婚方式。
不租婚车,我们可以坐地铁
14 we just want to have fun 开心就好
Some young people do not want their weddings to go through the same drill as most of the other weddings.
一些年轻人不想经受其他人办婚礼的那一番折磨考验。
人之常情
15 no flaunting wealth 不要炫富
They do not wish their wedding to be about flaunting wealth or letting parents have “face” through extravagance.
他们不希望自己的婚礼是为了炫富,或者是通过奢侈来给自己的父母“长脸”。
要面子累死人
16 let’s hold a “DIY” wedding 举办一场“DIY婚礼”吧!
Hold a “do-it-yourself” wedding, they may only need to spend less than $2,000 on the big day.
办一场DIY婚礼,他们可能仅需要在自己的大日子里花费不到2000美元。
少花钱,办大事
17 a winning formula 一个好方法
That does sound like a winning formula for a special occasion.
这听起来确实是一个应对特殊场合的成功办法。
我们要双赢
18 or we can choose to stay single 或者,单着也不错
Or you can choose to stay single, as long as you can stand being badgered by your parents to get married.
或者你可以选择一直单着,只要你承受得了父母的一再催婚。