Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
average working adult
Chinese translation:
普通成年工作者
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-08-11 22:54:13 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Aug 8, 2011 04:47
12 yrs ago
English term
average working adult
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average working adult
According to an estimate by the US Department of Labor, an average working adult (18-38 years old) changes jobs ten times over his or her lifetime.
average working adult怎么理解？这里的average是用来修饰working adult的还是后面的ten times?
average working adult怎么理解？这里的average是用来修饰working adult的还是后面的ten times?
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 5 +4 | 普通成年工作者 |
Hui Zeng
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| 5 | 就业成人 |
ChefZ
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| 4 | 一般的就业成人；一般的工作成年人 |
jarv95888
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| 4 | 普通的就业的成年人 |
Teplocteur
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Proposed translations
+4
2 hrs
Selected
普通成年工作者
average修饰working adult，按照汉语习惯可翻译为“普通成年工作者”
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Cherry86
30 mins
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| agree |
Bin Tiede (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
Yulian Wang
7 hrs
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| agree |
Ivan Niu
1 day 22 hrs
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12 mins
一般的就业成人；一般的工作成年人
Average 是修饰 "adult" 指一般的，或普通的，例如“average people"
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普通的就业的成年人
朗文当代高级英语词典：
average: of the usual or ordinary kind 平常的，普通的
'Average' is used to modify the noun 'adult' here.
working adult: 有工作的成年人；引申为就业的成年人
average: of the usual or ordinary kind 平常的，普通的
'Average' is used to modify the noun 'adult' here.
working adult: 有工作的成年人；引申为就业的成年人
7 hrs
就业成人
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