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苏州奥数网 2011-07-27 10:33:39

  英语新词:Gazumped 买房遭遇“临时加价”

  我一个朋友前几天买房的时候遭遇了房主食言毁约(be gazumped),本来他已经和房主商量好了价钱,他也已经开始准备搬家了。但是签合同之前,房主突然(out of the blue)打电话说有人出了更高的价,所以他决定pull out(撤销口头协议等)。我朋友还因此白花了一些钱(out of pocket),因为他已经开始办理哪些昂贵的法定程序(legal formalities)了。

  Gazump意为“抬价敲诈某人(rip someone off)”,但是gazump几乎只用在房产市场中,而rip off的用途则更为广泛。例如:

  I got gazumped when I tried to buy that house - after we agreed on a price, they changed the contract.

  我去买那个房子的时候被房主骗了——本来我们已经商量好了价格,可是签合同的时候,他们就食言了,要改合同。

    

英语新词:Gazumped 买房遭遇“临时加价”

 

  The drinks in that new bar are a rip off!

  那个新酒吧里卖的酒太宰人了。

  Peter realized he'd been ripped off when his "new" car turned to have had three previous owners!

  当皮特知道他的“新车”原来已经有三位旧主人了,他才意识到他被骗了。

  “gazump”这个词来源于犹太语,这种语言是德语和希伯来语的一种混合体,现在英语(论坛)里面有很多犹太语词汇,例如下面句子里面这些:

  I was hungry so I went out to look for some nosh.

  我很饿,所以就出门去看了看有什么吃的。

  I bought a bageland a coffee from the schmuckwho owns the shop on the corner.

  我在街角那家店买了一个百吉饼和一杯咖啡,那家店的老板很逊。

  He gave me some spielabout a computer he had for sale. Everyone knows the guy is a klutzand that any computer of his would be full of glitches.

  他极力向我推销店里卖的一台电脑。大家都知道那个人笨手笨脚的,他的电脑肯定有一堆小毛病。

  If I was going to buy a computer I'd have a schmoozewith my friend Danny. He's a real menschand knows everything about information technology.

  如果我打算买台电脑,我会跟我朋友丹尼聊聊的。他人很好,而且对这些信息技术方面的东西很在行。

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