《破產姐妹》口語養成之“禮券”

1.an airline voucher

【原句】You know, Randy did give me an airline voucher ... (S06E11)

【翻譯】蘭迪送過我一張航空公司禮券。

【場景】Caroline跟Max聊起機票的事，說着某個熟人可能會偷偷跟着前去最好不要告訴他，同時表示想要陪同Max一起去找Randy，但貌似Max不太希望她跟着。

【講解】

voucher n. [ C ]

1）代金券，票券。= a piece of paper that can be used to pay for particular goods or services or that allows you to pay less than the usual price for them

2）（美國的）私立學校獎學金。= in the US, a scholarship (= money to pay for studies) that allows a student to attend a private school rather than a state school

【例句】

The voucher is valid between July and December and entitles you to ten percent off all overseas flights.

該代金券在7月至12月間有效，憑此券所有國際航班可享受9折的優惠。

Suburban voters are completely against vouchers.

郊區選民完全反對私立學校獎學金。

2.be rented out

【原句】Well, the rental cars are rented out, trains are down, and no flights till Tuesday. (S06E11)

【翻譯】租車店的車全租出去了，火車停運，航班停飛到週二。

【場景】Max聽剛進門的蘇菲講着自己孩子的事情，然後忽然想起讓Earl幫查交通的事情，詢問了下回復竟然是都停了。

【講解】

rented adj.租用的；rented accommodation租住的房屋。

rent v.租用，租借；出租。= to pay or receive a fixed amount of money for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc.

【例句】

My Dad has a villa that he rents (out) to tourists.

我爸爸有一處鄉間小屋出租給遊客。

I rented a car from a garage so that I could get about.

我從汽車修理廠租了一輛車，以便能夠四處走走。

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