句子：傾盆大雨淹沒街道，許多汽車泡湯了。

誤譯：The torrents of rain flooded the street, and many cars drowned.

正譯：The torrents of rain flooded the street, and many cars were drowned.

解釋：在這里，“泡湯”有“被水淹沒”的意思。to drown 的意思是to completely cover sth in water，即“淹沒”，為及物動(dòng)詞。“汽車泡湯”，就是“汽車被淹沒”，應(yīng)該用被動(dòng)語態(tài)。

“泡湯”的第一個(gè)意思是“浸泡在湯里”。英語可以譯為 to be immersed in soup。例如：

1. 我認(rèn)為吃米飯泡湯對(duì)胃不好。

I don't think that eating the rice immersed in soup does any good to the stomach.

“泡湯”的第二個(gè)意思是“被水淹沒”。英語可以譯為 to be drowned, to be immersed in water。例如：

2. 這場(chǎng)傾盆大雨過后，至少有20輛汽車在被水淹的地下車庫泡湯了。

After the heavy rainfall, at least 20 cars were immersed in water in the flooded underground car park.

“泡湯”的第三個(gè)意思是“在溫泉里沐浴或洗浴”。英語可以譯為 to bathe in a hot spring。例如：

3. 冬天，他喜歡到溫泉泡湯。

In winter, he enjoys bathing in a hot spring.

“泡湯”的第四個(gè)意思是“怠工”或“磨洋工”。英語可以譯為 to dawdle, to loiter。例如：

4. 現(xiàn)在干活泡湯的吃不開了。

Those who dawdle over their work have now become unpopular.

“泡湯”的第五個(gè)意思是“落空”。英語可以譯為to come to nothing, to dash to pieces，to fall through。例如：

5. 由于管理不善，他的投資全部泡湯了。

As a result of bad management, his investment came to nothing at all.

6. 由于干旱歉收，村民豐收的希望泡湯了。

Due to the crop failure caused by drought, the villages' hope for good harvest dashed to pieces.

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（來源；原版英語? 作者：王逢鑫?編輯：Julie）