·1. 线上发拜年祝福·
▶ I wished all my friends a Happy New Year on WeChat.
我在微信上祝朋友们新年快乐。常用结构是wish sb sth,比如I wish you a Happy New Year/a Merry Christmas. I wish you happiness/good health/success.
▶ I sent New Year greetings to all my friends on WeChat.
我在微信上给朋友们拜年。
greetings复数名词,表示a message saying that you hope someone will be happy and healthy on their birthday, at Christmas etc,生日、节日时说的祝福别人的话,祝福语。
birthday greetings,生日祝福,New Year greetings,新年祝福。New Year's greetings也可以,美式英语经常加's。
▶ I called my grandparents to wish them a Happy New Year.
我给(外)祖父母打电话拜年。
▶ I called my parents to say Happy New Year.
我给爸爸妈妈打电话拜年。
▶ I sent New Year's wishes to my relatives.
我给亲戚们发拜年信息。
wishes复数名词,表示something you say or write at the end of a letter, during a happy event, etc. to show that you hope someone is happy and has good luck,写信或者一些节庆的时候说的祝愿的话。新年祝福用New Year's wishes或者New Year wishes都可以。
▶ I texted my relatives and sent them my best wishes for the new year.
我给亲戚们发信息,发送新年祝福。
·2. 走亲戚拜年·
▶ We're visiting my grandparents today to say Happy New Year and spend some time with them.
我们今天要去看望爷爷奶奶,向他们道一声新年快乐,陪他们坐坐。
▶ We'll pay a New Year visit to my grandparents and bring them gifts.
我们要去给外公外婆拜年,给他们带礼物。去某人家里拜年说pay a New Year visit to sb或者pay a New Year's visit to sb都可以。
▶ We're visiting our relatives to give New Year greetings and catch up.
我们要走亲戚,给他们拜年,叙叙旧。
catch up表示to spend time finding out what has been happening while you have been away or during the time you have not seen someone,通过聊天等方式了解自己不在的这段时间发生了什么事,了解最新的动态。
▶ 单词释义
greetings:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/birthday-christmas-etc-greetings
wishes:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wishes
catch up:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/catch-up
▶ 更多“怎么说”
招牌菜 / 打包 / 肥肉瘦肉 / 加减乘除
我请你吃饭 / 别往心里去 / 留点肚子
腿麻了 / 手很酸 / 玩手机 / 天亮了 / 黑眼圈
临时做 / 顺便做 / 顺路 / 绕路 / 拗口
闯红灯 / 主角配角 / 谁演的 / 凑字数
▶ 推文说明
这系列推文主要分享那些中文里常说、换成英语就不太会讲的话。每天早晨8点更新。
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