詞語掌故:無選擇余地
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Thomas Hobson
校稿 reallyyan
翻譯 chshhj
組長 ilmalfoy
Making choices is necessary, but not always easy. Many of our expressions tell about this difficulty. One of these expressions is Hobson's choice. It often is used to describe a difficult choice. But that is not what it really means. Its real meaning is to have no choice at all. The Hobson in the …
有的時候做出選擇非常必要,但并不一定容易。很多英文短語就用來形容做選擇的困難。 其中之一就是無選擇余地(Hobson's choice)。人們通常用它來表示做出一個艱難的選擇。但這并不是它的真正含義。它其實是指根本沒有選擇的余地。 這個短語中的霍布森(Hobson)是指人名托馬斯·霍布森(Thomas Hobson)?;舨忌谟鴦Α?/div>