英語口語練習小對話 第164期:代代相傳

迷你對話：

A: Your ring is very beautiful.

你的戒指非常平好看。

B: Thank you. It has been handed down in my family for three generations.

謝謝，他是我們家裏三代傳下來的。

A: Oh, it is precious.

哦，那太珍貴了。

B: It surely is.

當然啦。

地道表達：hand down

解詞釋義：hand down的本義是“往下傳遞，攙扶下去”，引申爲“世代相傳”。

拓展講解：在美國還有“正式宣佈，宣判，頒佈”的意思。

支持範例：

（1）世代相傳

The house have been handed down from father to son since the nineteenth century.

自19世紀該住宅就由父親傳給兒子。

The antique have been handed down to them from one generation to another.

這些古董世代相傳傳到了他們手裏。

We must always uphold the glorious tradition of plain living and hard struggle and hand it down from generation to generation.

我們必須保持艱苦奮鬥的光榮傳統並一代一代傳下去。

（2） 正式宣佈，宣判，頒佈

The city council will hand down the budget on Monday.

市政議會星期一將正式頒佈預算。
If the courts don't hand down the death penalty, I can't hang anyone.

假如法院沒有死刑判決，我絞死誰去！

The board of directors will hand down its decision on Monday.

董事會在星期一將會下達它的決定。