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2011-08-17 16:25 |
it：【它】【他】【她】
英语单词 it，可以指性别不明的人或动物，译成中文时，有人直接将这个 it 接译成“它”，这样做是否合适？
例句：我们的耳边随即传来了婴儿的啼哭声——孩子出生了！我略微侧了侧身，向产床望去。现在，我已经想不起那究竟是个女孩，还是男孩了。它才刚刚出生，连名字都没有。这时，那些强盗逼问我们：它是什么人，库利亚布人，还是帕米尔人？我问的不是它是男孩，还是女孩。
《韦氏英语词典》：
it 1：that one —used as subject or direct object or indirect object of a verb or object of a preposition usually in reference to a lifeless thing <took a quick look at the house and noticed it was very old>, a plant <there is a rosebush near the fence and it is now blooming>, a person or animal whose sex is unknown or disregarded <don't know who it is>, a group of individuals or things, or an abstract entity
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