中式英語之鑑:小人物

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163. 史密斯先生覺得自己是個小人物，他多希望有一天能成爲大人物啊！

[誤] Mr Smith always considers himself a small figure, and how he wishes to be a big figure one day!

[正] Mr Smith always considers himself nobody, and how he wishes to be somebody one day!

注：“小人物”也好，“大人物”也罷，是言其地位，而非體格。nobody 和 somebody 能準確表達這一中文意思，而 small figure 和 big figure 是指“小個子 ”和“大個子”，不要混淆噢！