中式英語之鑑:陪年邁的祖父

370. 每個週末，瑪麗都會陪年邁的祖父去看電影。

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[誤] Every weekend, Mary would accompany her old grandfather to go to the cinema.

[正] Every weekend, Mary would accompany her old grandfather to the cinema.

注：accompany 常被翻譯成“陪同”，所以人們在翻譯“陪某人看電影”時，會很自然地用 accompany sb. to go to the cinema。其實，查英英詞典你就會發現，accompany 的意思不是 together with，而是 go togethr with。所以上述情況中其後的 to go 明顯是多餘的。