“杠精”

“抬杠”的意思是“无谓地争辩”。英语译为 to argue for the sake of arguing, to argue for no reason at all。例如：

1.他在公司里因爱与人抬杠而名声不好，因此他的同事们都不待见他。He is notorious for being keen on arguing for the sake of arguing with others in his company, so his colleagues all dislike him.

2.这两个无所事事的闲人找不着更好玩的事情做，就再次开始抬杠来打发时间。The two idlers found nothing better to do, and once again started arguing with each other for no reason at all to kill the time.

“杠精”的意思是“爱抬杠的人”。英语译为 a stubbornly argumentative person。例如：3.由于大家都说他是个杠精，因而他周围没有人喜欢跟他讲话。As everybody says he's a stubbornly argumentative person, so nobody around him likes to talk with him.

4.不管别人说什么，这个杠精总是第一个反驳挑刺，为了反对而反对，并通过与人抬杠来显示自己的存在感和优越感。No matter what others say, the stubbornly argumentative person is always being the first to make a retort and find fault so as to oppose for the sake of opposition, and to show his sense of existence and sense of superiority by way of arguing with others for no reason at all.▲

（本栏目供稿：王逢鑫教授）