
根据《牛津英语词典》(OED)的界定,"stand buff" 意为 "to stand firm, not to flinch; to endure"——站稳脚跟、毫不退缩、硬扛 。
格林俚语词典(Green's Dictionary of Slang)进一步阐释:这个短语用来形容在抢劫等场合面对反抗或对抗毫不畏惧、绝不临阵脱逃的顽固之徒,或指严刑拷打下也什么都不招的死硬分子 。
年代 | 出处 | 原文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|---|
1680s | Butler | stood buff 'gainst many a bitter kick and cuff | 屹然面对无数拳打脚踢 |
1693 | D'Urfey | to stand Buff with his Purse upon occasion | 关键时刻坚定地掏腰包支援 |
1697 | Fielding | I must even stand buff, and outface him | 我必须硬扛到底,直面他 |
1748 | Dyche | to stand stoutly to a thing, to be resolute and unmoved | 坚定不移,不为所动 |
1761 | Colman | Stick close to my advice, and you may stand buff to a tigress | 听我劝,你就能毫不退缩地面对一头母老虎 |
1822 | Scott | Stand buff against the reproach of thine over-tender conscience | 坚守立场,抵御过于脆弱的良知的谴责 |
He stood buff against the charging cavalry. 他首当其冲,面对冲锋的骑兵屹立不动。 |
语境 | 推荐译法 |
|---|---|
面对压力/危险屹然不动 | 屹然不动、坚守不退、屹立不倒 |
承受打击而不退缩 | 硬扛、死扛、毫不退缩地承受 |
坚持原则/立场 | 坚守立场、矢志不渝 |
财务上坚实可靠 | 财力雄厚、随时能提供坚强后盾 |
俚语色彩(顽固抗拒) | 死硬到底、顽抗不退 |
💡 记忆要点:stand buff = 像披着水牛皮战袍的战士一样屹立不退。
