a paid test-taker 枪手
分类: 英语学习方法
“枪手”本意指“射击手(shooter)”,意思是“a person who shoots a gun”,常见表达如“神枪手(sharpshooter)”。
除此之外,“枪手”还有一个十分常见的含义,比喻“替别人代笔作文(ghostwrite for somebody)的人”,古人称之为“捉刀人”。现在,“枪手”也可以指冒名顶替代为考试并获取相应报酬的人(one who sits for an examination in place of another person),英文翻译为“a paid test-taker”。
例句:
检方称,黄某在2016年3月安排了一名“枪手”代替她参加托福考试。
Prosecutors said Huang in March 2016 arranged to have a paid test taker sit in her place and take the TOEFL.
为将军的回忆录捉刀
Ghost the general's memoirs