Humpty Dumpty Capitalism

Chinese translation: 汉普蒂.邓普蒂式的资本经济体系

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English term or phrase:Humpty Dumpty Capitalism
Chinese translation:汉普蒂.邓普蒂式的资本经济体系
Entered by: Sunshine Wang

01:38 May 13, 2002
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English term or phrase: Humpty Dumpty Capitalism
Humpty Dumpty capitalism: all the kings horses and all the kings men fell down and couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again!
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汉普蒂.邓普蒂式的资本经济体系
Explanation:
Humpty Dumpty =汉普蒂.邓普蒂
Capitalism =资本主义;资本经济体系
Humpty Dumpty 出自"Mother Goose"(鹅大妈童谣),原是儿歌里一个蛋形的人物,坐在樯头上,摔下来......
原文在前面还有两句,是:
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
(接上All the kings horses and all the kings men fell down and couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again!)
一般用来比喻损坏后无法收拾、弥补的事物.

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Note added at 2002-05-13 04:23:57 (GMT)
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我又查得上海译文出版社的「新英汉美国小百科」、「英汉大词典」都译为\"汉普蒂.邓普蒂\", 并有类似的解释.
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Sunshine Wang
Local time: 02:17
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汉普蒂.邓普蒂式的资本经济体系


Explanation:
Humpty Dumpty =汉普蒂.邓普蒂
Capitalism =资本主义;资本经济体系
Humpty Dumpty 出自"Mother Goose"(鹅大妈童谣),原是儿歌里一个蛋形的人物,坐在樯头上,摔下来......
原文在前面还有两句,是:
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
(接上All the kings horses and all the kings men fell down and couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again!)
一般用来比喻损坏后无法收拾、弥补的事物.

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Note added at 2002-05-13 04:23:57 (GMT)
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我又查得上海译文出版社的「新英汉美国小百科」、「英汉大词典」都译为\"汉普蒂.邓普蒂\", 并有类似的解释.

Sunshine Wang
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in pair: 94
Grading comment
Many thanks for your timely help.

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