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“护身符”英语怎么说

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  名词解释:护身符,护身之灵符,又作护符、神符、灵符、秘符,即书写佛、菩萨、诸天、鬼神等之形像、种子、真言之符札,将之置于贴身处,或吞食,可蒙各尊之加持护念,故有此名。符之种类极多,依祈愿之意趣而有各种差别;而其作用亦多,可除厄难、水难、火难及安产等。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

  When it comes to finding love, having a lucky charm on your side can make all the difference, according to match.com, the world's biggest dating site.

  Match.com tested the theory by handing the attendees at a singles event a rose quartz stone or bracelet.

  Almost three quarters (73 per cent) of the charm carriers said they were more successful in meeting a prospective partner than at similar events in the past.

  Professor Richard Wiseman believes the experiment attests that lucky talismans, from crystals to four-leaf clovers, can help to put singletons in the right frame of mind to find love.

  全球最大的婚恋网站默契网称,寻找爱侣时,身上佩戴护身符,能使一切变得大不相同。

  默契网通过给参加单身活动的参与者发放粉晶石或手镯,对该理论进行检验。

  约3/4(73%)佩戴护身符的人表示,与此前参加过的类似活动相比,他们与自己未来伴侣约会更成功。

  理查德·怀斯曼教授认为,这个实验证明了像水晶或四叶草这样的幸运物能使单身人士保持良好心境,去追寻自己的真爱。

  【讲解】

  文中的lucky charm就是“护身符”的意思,也可以称为“幸运符”,其中charm作名词,意为“魅力;护身符”,如:irresistible charm(无法抵抗的魅力);也可以作动词,意为“吸引,诱惑”,侧重迷住某人或使之高兴,如:The old sailor's stories of his adventures charmed the boys.(老水手自己的冒险故事使男孩子们着了迷。);而attract指客观上吸引人的注意力,如:This scenery attracts many tourists.(这里的景色吸引着许多游客。)

  第二段中的rose quartz stone指的是“粉晶石”,常见的水晶(crystal)还有:citrine(黄水晶),amethyst(紫水晶),smoky quartz(茶晶)等。

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