和心愛的妹子約會

總想處處做到完美

約完會很多男生都會紳士地說：

「我送你回家吧」

大家知道這句話怎麼翻譯嗎？

「Let me send you home」？

Let me send you home是錯的

雖然send 的確是「送」的意思，但是這樣翻譯是不行的！

send someone to是出于一種有目的的安排，把某人送往某地，以期待別人為你做某事。和日常的送回家，是有區別的。

例句

Her parents sent her to a boarding school.

她的父母把她送到了一所寄宿學校。

Sunny sent Jack to buy subway.

Sunny要杰克去買賽百味。

地道的「我送你回家」應該這麼說！

送某人回家

accompany someone home

walk/drive someone home

例句

It‘s too late，let me walk you home.

很晚了，我送你回家吧。

Did you let the boy walk you home？

你讓男孩送你回家了嗎？

關于「send」的其他用法

1.send something off

郵寄

例句

I sent off the letter this morning.

我今天早上寄了信。

2.send-off

送行

例句

If he‘d played in that match he would have got a great send-off and it all would have been fine.

如果他踢了那場比賽一切都會沒事，我們會為他送別。

Before I went to travel， I had a big family send-off.

我出門旅游前，家人們都來送我。

3.a big send-off

歡送會

例句

I had a wonderful big send-off before I left.

我離開前度過了一個盛大的歡送會。

But I could have handled it better， giving him a big send-off and taking pains to make it look like his idea.

但是我本來可以把事情處理得更好些，比如給他舉行一個盛大的送別儀式，盡力地制造一種表象，好像離職是他自己的主意。