如火的七月北京,音乐节数目攀升,甚至出现了"井喷"。仅本月就有5场演唱会,罗大佑、梁静茹,孙燕姿等天后天王齐聚首都。明星云集的当下,自然少不了粉丝们的身影。那我们快来一起学习一下如何用英文地道表达各种级别粉丝的方法吧!
首当其冲的自然是身为团队老大的骨灰级粉丝们,英语中称呼他们我们可以用 The hardcore fan/ super fan/crazy fan/ rabid fan/ frenzied fan/ addicted fan 等, 其中crazy, rabid, frenzied 三个词都侧重形容了粉丝们的狂热度,而super 则主要说明这些人有超出寻常追星族的执著力量。而一个addicted fan 可以是对于音乐或者某项运动本身非常感兴趣,以至于"上瘾了"的粉丝。骨灰级粉丝的英文参考释义见下:
The "super" fans buy everything the stars make available, watch every video of their idols on the Internet, get into any discussions about how great they are, go to see where they live(even if it means a long trip), and in some cases even
profess their
devotion to the stars with a tattoo.
值得注意的是hardcore这一词除了在电影里面有限制级别的用意之外,其实还可以用其本身的"绝对的,无条件"的意思,颇有一番为了偶像赴汤蹈火在所不惜的感觉。
骨灰级粉丝英文例句: Man, he is a rabid Harry Potter fan! He watches every movie of HP
series that is ever released! 他是个狂热的哈里.波特粉丝,他把所有上映的哈里.波特系列电影都看了个遍!
表达某人对某人某事着迷还可以说: someone obsessive about/with sth.
英文例句
David was obsessed by a girl he has just met.
大卫被一个他刚刚认识的女孩迷住了。
The life of
western Hunan obsessed him and
applied him with many
writing materials.
湘西生活有令他推崇和着迷的巨大魅力,也为他的写作提供大量的素材。
除此之外,大家如果想要表达一般有选择爱好的粉丝,或者是本身没有强烈追星愿望而被同龄人携带同去参加演唱会的"被"或"伪"粉丝,用法应分别是The "Simply a Fan" Fan 和The "Passive" Fan。英文解释见下:
The "simply a fan" refers to those who like most of the stars' stuff, love some of it, but not crazy about ALL of it. They will buy a CD if there are two or more songs on it that blow them away, but they will probably wait for the greatest hits record just to be safe.
例句:She is "simply a fan", so don't
bother to ask her to buy everything about Elvis that is in the market. 她是个普通粉丝而已,别指望她会把市场上关于猫王的东西都买下来。
The "passive" fans is the fans who kind of like the stars' stuff. However, not enough to buy it or even go to a show if it was free, but if they heard the big names on the radio they wouldn't turn it off. What they do is
admirable from a
technical standpoint, however that little kid inside who lights up when you hear something
incredible doesn't really get aroused.
例句:Vanessa is a
passive fan. She won't be joining us this afternoon at the concert. 凡尼莎是个伪粉丝,她才不会跟我们一起参加下午的音乐会呢。
那么读了本文的你,又会属于哪类粉丝呢?Our dear readers, which
category of fans do you fall into?