中式英語之鑑:富起來

306. 要使中國的農民富起來不是短時期內能辦到的事。

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[誤] It is not a matter that can be settled in a short period of time to make Chinese farmers rich.

[正] It is not a matter that can be settled in a short period of time to improve Chinese farmers' living
conditions.

注：在英語中，rich 是一種很高的生活水準，要相當富有。很顯然，這裏的“富起來”遠談不上 rich，只是生活有所提高的意思，即 have some improvement。此處把 rich 換成 better-off 也可以。