【新詞新意】過(guò)節(jié)興送二手禮 省錢(qián)又環(huán)保.

　　到了年底，各類(lèi)節(jié)日接踵而至，辦喜事的人也絡(luò)繹不絕。這個(gè)時(shí)候估計(jì)是一年中“禮尚往來(lái)”最頻繁的時(shí)候了。最近看好多報(bào)道，都說(shuō)西方有些國(guó)家今年圣誕都興送二手禮物，既省錢(qián)，又環(huán)保，受到很多人追捧。其實(shí)，這個(gè)做法在咱們國(guó)家應(yīng)該早就有了吧。

　　Call it tacky, rude, maybe even thoughtless, but "regifting" isabout as ritualistic as giving away that lump of jellied fruit everyyear. A two-year study has found that most Americans have done it. According to the study, 54percent of Americans rewrap, rebox and resend unwanted presents. Now, you know regiftingmeans to give as a gift something that one received as a gift.

　　對(duì)于“禮物轉(zhuǎn)送”行為，說(shuō)它俗氣也好，無(wú)禮也罷，甚至說(shuō)不花心思也行，但這種行為已經(jīng)像每年都要送果凍一樣成了人們的慣例。一項(xiàng)為期兩年的發(fā)現(xiàn)大多數(shù)美國(guó)人都會(huì)將收到的禮物轉(zhuǎn)送出去。這項(xiàng)研究顯示，有54%的美國(guó)人會(huì)將收到的但自己并不需要的禮物重新包裝、放在禮物盒里，然后轉(zhuǎn)送出去?，F(xiàn)在，你知道了吧，regifting就是指將收到的禮物再當(dāng)作禮物重新送出去。

　　For example:

　　Angela thinks some of her wedding gifts may have been regifted once or twice already.

　　安琪拉覺(jué)得她收到的一些結(jié)婚禮物可能是已經(jīng)被轉(zhuǎn)送過(guò)一兩回的東西了。