陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

alias/ anonymous/ appellation/ autograph/ incognito/ misnomer/ namesake/ nomenclature/ pseudonym/ roster/ signet

1. 罪犯等為免被發現所用的「化名」或「假名」叫alias；公眾人物為免受到太多打擾而把身分隱藏起來叫incognito（用作形容詞和副詞）：

•After committing murder, Henry Hutchinson used an alias and called himself Jack Lee.

•The monarch enjoyed traveling through the town incognito and mingling with the populace.

•The tycoon spent a three-week holiday in the countryside incognito.

•In an age like ours it's scarcely possible to be incognito.

2. 基於正面或負面動機而以「匿名的」方式做某事叫anonymous；它也指某作品「作者不詳的」，至於「筆名」則是pseudonym：

•The money was donated by an anonymous benefactor.

•It is unpleasant to receive anonymous letters.

•Ignore any anonymous caller in your smart phone.

•After years of research, scholars have finally ascribed this anonymous play to Christopher Marlowe.

•George Eliot is a pseudonym for Mary Ann Evans.

•The writer concealed his identity by a pseudonym.

3. 為表示敬意等在人姓名之外所加的很像是頭銜般的「稱號」或「尊稱」叫appellation；名實不符的「不當名稱」叫misnomer：

•The Hector in Greek mythology is given the appellation "tamer of horses."

•King Alexander was given the appellation "the Great."

•"Bard of Avon" is a poetic appellation for William Shakespeare.

•To call him a brave man is really a misnomer.

4. 「同名者」或「以他人之名取名者」叫namesake；「命名的系統或規則」叫nomenclature：

•I often get letters belonging to my namesake John Smith down the street; it's confusing that we are namesakes.

•He is his grandfather's namesake.

•The nomenclature of the major streets in Taipei City is based on names of large Chinese cities.

5. 「親筆簽名」叫autograph；可用以代替簽名的印章叫signet：

•May I have your autograph, sir?

•The envelope was sealed with the sender's signet.

6. 工作的「班表」、「會員名冊」、「選手名單」等叫roster：

•Why was your name crossed out in the membership roster?