shopaholic: 購物狂
[ 2006-06-07 09:05 ]
這張美國影壇小天后“超級購物”的新聞圖片,很容易讓人聯想到中國2006賀歲影片《購物狂》。雖然與張柏芝飾演的芳芳相比,小天后林賽·洛韓還沒到購物成癮的份兒,但狂轟亂炸的媒體新聞,已經把“購物狂”的帽子戴在了她頭上。
請看外電相關報道:Lindsay Lohan has hit back at claims she is undergoing hypnotherapy to overcome a $1 million a year shopping addiction. An American magazine recently alleged the actress is a shopaholic, who is struggling to control her habit of spending as much as $100,000 in just one day.
報道中的shopaholic就是我們常說的“購物狂”,如果聯系上下句,您會發現前句的“shopping addiction”已經解釋了它所有的內涵。
Shopaholic是個合成詞,由shop(購物)和后綴-aholic構成,-aholic(-oholic)指“one that is addicted to or compulsively in need of”(對某種需求有癮的“強迫癥”患者),照此構詞法,我們可以得到其它一系列單詞,如chocoholic(巧克力狂); workaholic(工作狂);alcoholic(酒鬼)。
(英語點津陳蓓編輯)
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