
雪上加霜;傷害之外又加侮辱
Justin:Yes, but, to add insult to injury, she kept telling me how successful her boyfriend is compared to me.
賈斯汀:對啊,更可惡的是,她還在傷口上撒鹽,一直跟我講她男朋友跟我比起來多有成就。
I am lucky I am healthy, But I don't discriminate against any patient. Cause they already feel sad for sick, Why do we add insult to injury!
我慶幸我很健康,但我決不會歧視病患,因為他們得了病已經很難過了,為什麼我們還要雪上加霜呢?
Salt. Fast food restaurant food tends to be very high in sodium, a major contributor to high blood pressure. Don't add insult to injury by adding more salt.
食鹽。 快餐店的食物通常鈉的含量極高,而鈉又是導緻高血壓的主要來源。千萬不要再往食物中加鹽。
To add insult to injury, beautiful people get paid more, too!
更令人難以接受的是,他們獲得的報酬也更多!
Help the other person, and don't add insult to injury.
幫助别人,不要再在别人的傷口上撒鹽。
Pick a place that won't put too much of a dent into your savings.Eating at the dining halls is already paid for, so don't add insult to injury by buying a steak every time you go to a restaurant.
選一個較便宜的餐館不會讓你破費太多,學校的夥食費已經付了,所以不要每次去餐館都點牛排之類的上等菜。
To add insult to injury, the Bureau of Labour Statistics now says 366, 000 more jobs were lost than it first estimated in the year to last March.
雪上加霜的是,勞工*********稱,比起今年首次做出的預計,就業機會在最後三個月内将會更少,相差至少366000人次。
Later, to add insult to injury, an expert in Munchausen by proxy decided, simply by watching a television programme, that it was actually Sally Clark's husband who did it.
隨後,由代理人指派的一名專家更是雪上加霜,僅僅通過收看電視節目就斷定這件事實際上是薩利·克拉克的丈夫所為。
First, the basement flooded, and then , to add insult to injury , a pipe burst in kitchen.
先是地下室被水淹了,接着廚房的水管爆了,真真是雪上加霜。
First, the basement flooded, and then, to add insult to injury, a pipe burst in the kitchen.
先是地下室淹水,更糟糕的是,廚房的管子又爆裂了。
Don't add insult to injury by adding more salt.
千萬不要再往食物中加鹽。
What you said to her is to add insult to injury.
你對她所說的話等于是雪上加霜。
Further work by Seiffert's team appears to add insult to injury.
塞弗特團隊的進一步研究更是雪上加霜。
We started off late; to add insult to injury, our car broke down on the way.
我們出發得晚,更糟的是,我們的汽車又在路上抛了錨。
The nearest parking space was half a mile away, and then, to add insult to injury, it began to pour.
最近的停車場在半英裡外,更糟的是,大雨傾盆一般開始下起來了。
And, as if to add insult to injury, U. S. Internet connections are more expensive than those in South Korea, too.
同時,就像雪上加霜的,美國互聯網比韓國也貴很多。
To add insult to injury, she gets less out of her labours than he does.
更糟的是,女人賺得卻比男人少。
First of all he arrived an hour late and then, to add insult to injury, he proceeded to complain about my choice of restaurant.
他先是遲到了一小時,更糟糕的是,他繼而抱怨我餐館選的不好。
Pick a place that won't put too much of a dent into your savings. Eating at the dining halls is already paid for, so don't add insult to injury by buying a steak every time you go to a restaurant.
選較便宜的餐館不會讓你破費太多,學校的夥食費付了,不要每次去餐館都點牛排之類的上等菜。
To adopt the 'responsible soy' label is to add insult on injury, and supermarkets may face a consumer backlash.
對轉基因大豆采用“可信賴的大豆”的标籤等于傷害之外又加侮辱,超級市場可能面臨消費者的強烈反對。
“add insult to injury”是一個英語習語,字面意為“傷害之外又加侮辱”,通常用于描述在已經不利或尴尬的情況下,進一步做出使事情更糟糕的行為。這一表達強調對他人的二次傷害,既包含實際損失(injury),又包含精神或情感上的貶低(insult)。
該短語最早可追溯至古羅馬寓言作家菲德魯斯(Phaedrus)的《寓言集》(Fables)。其中一則寓言描述了一名秃頭男子被黃蜂蜇傷頭部後,因試圖拍打黃蜂而誤擊自己頭部的故事。菲德魯斯用“傷害後又添侮辱”諷刺此類自讨苦吃的行為。類似概念也出現在古希臘《伊索寓言》中,如《秃子與蒼蠅》的比喻。
在當代英語中,該習語多用于批評“雪上加霜”的行為。例如:
《劍橋詞典》将其定義為“使已經糟糕的情況變得更糟”,強調行為的雙重負面影響。
根據《牛津英語詞典》,該短語自18世紀起被廣泛使用,并在文學作品中頻繁出現,如勞倫斯·斯特恩(Laurence Sterne)的小說《項狄傳》(Tristram Shandy)。語言學家指出,其修辭效果源于“遞進式矛盾”的結構,即通過疊加不同性質的傷害增強批判力度。
參考資料
"Add insult to injury" 是一個英語習語,字面意思是"在傷害之上增加侮辱",實際指在已經不利或令人痛苦的處境中,進一步做出使情況更糟糕或更令人難堪的行為。其核心含義可以理解為"雪上加霜"或"傷口撒鹽"。
語義邏輯
該短語通過兩個遞進動作構成比喻:
典型使用場景
同義表達對比
| 短語 | 側重點 | 情感色彩 |
|---|---|---|
| Add insult to injury | 傷害與侮辱的疊加 | 強調行為遞進性 |
| Rub salt in the wound | 加劇既有痛苦 | 側重痛苦延續性 |
| Kick someone when they're down | 趁人之危 | 突出時機惡意性 |
特殊用法注意
該短語常以現在分詞結構出現強化因果關系:
Adding insult to injury, the landlord raised the rent right after the apartment flooded.
(更惡劣的是,公寓剛被水淹,房東就漲了租金)
最早書面記錄可追溯至公元1世紀羅馬寓言作家菲德魯斯(Phaedrus)的作品,講述秃頭男子被蒼蠅叮咬頭部,拍打時反而打傷自己,蒼蠅嘲諷道:"你本想懲罰輕微的叮咬,結果卻給自己帶來更大的痛苦。"(拉丁語原文:volnus addidit injuriae)
該表達在1748年通過英語劇作《謙卑的道歉》普及,現已成為國際通用比喻,在法語(ajouter l'insulte à la blessure)、西班牙語(añadir insulto a la injuria)等語言中均有對應說法。
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