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旋元祐Time时代杂志核心短语 名词短语51: a bum rap

a bum rap

错怪

bum当形容词用时是表示「错误的」。rap是「责怪、控 诉」。a bum rap 常与 take 或 get 连用;take a bum rap 就是「被错怪、被冤枉了」。

Chinas leading paleontologist,Dong Zhiming, believes some meat eaters too may have been caring parents. In fact,he takes the contrarian view that Oviraptor,a toothless predator whose very name means egg stealer, is the victim of a bum rap.(出自:TIME,Apr. 26,1993,p. 42 )

中国首席古生物学家董智明(译音)认为有些肉食动物也可能是 慈爱的父母。他甚至独排众议,主张「偷蛋龙」这种无齿的恐龙 一直被人错怪了。