常常在閱讀英文文章時,或者聽到外國朋友說:「Vice versa」,那是什麼意思呢?
正確答案: 「反之亦然」的意思,同「The other way around」。
定義上:
vice versa /ˌvaɪs ˈvɜː.sə/ 之所以拼起來像英文又不太像英文,因為它是拉丁文。
作為副詞,通常搭配前句並與「and」 、「or」來做使用。
例句:
The girl is looking at the dolphin, and the dolphin is looking at her, too.
(女孩正看著海豚,而海豚也正看著女孩)
The girl is looking at the dolphin, and vice versa.
(女孩正看著海豚,反之亦然)
The egg comes from the chicken, and the chicken comes from the egg. (雞生蛋,蛋生雞)
The egg comes from the chicken, and vice versa. (雞生蛋,反之亦然)
Should we eat now and then go shopping, or should we go shopping now and then eat?
(我們該先用餐在逛街,還是先逛街在用餐呢?)
Should we eat now and then go shopping, or vice versa?
(我們該先用餐在逛街,還是反過來呢?)
I don’t like James, and he also doesn’t like me. (我不喜歡詹姆士,他也不喜歡我)
I don’t like James, and vice versa. (我不喜歡詹姆士,反之亦然)
善用vice versa可以有效簡化文字描述喔!