Aug 7, 2013 03:09
10 yrs ago
English term
China
eat the box it came in
English to Chinese
Tech/Engineering
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
calf
The sixties also witnessed the start of feedlots for weaning calves. This works much faster to produce a slaughter able steer or heifer, reducing the growth time period by half. If left on the mother it takes more than a year to have a saleable offspring. By weaning as soon as possible and feeding grains and steroids, beef can be ready for market in 6 to 10 months. The problem is that the people might just as well {eat the box it came in} , according to the USDA.
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 4 +1 | 吃这样的牛肉和吃包装没啥两样 |
Ze Liu
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| 5 | 连包装盒一块吃了 |
Sheldon Fu
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| 4 +1 | 以与此而来的包装盒为食。 |
tanglsus
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| 3 | 索性连包装盒也一块儿吃了 |
Ian Wang
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| 2 | 吃包裝都比較有營養 |
Lincoln Hui
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Proposed translations
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Selected
吃这样的牛肉和吃包装没啥两样
just as well 这里有“不如做某事也可”的意思。在句中暗含的意思是，这牛肉没营养，没口味，如果这个牛肉都能吃的话，那吃包装也无妨。可译为：“吃这个牛肉就像吃包装盒一样索然无味”、“这牛肉的味道和吃包装没啥两样”。
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21 mins
Lincoln Hui
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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Chinese
Hong Kong
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吃包裝都比較有營養
因為缺乏後理, 所以僅能猜測其用意。
26 mins
索性连包装盒也一块儿吃了
因为上文中说到的肉牛早断奶早熟，我认为people might just as well eat the box it came in表达的就是：这样的牛肉很不好，如果人们要吃这样的牛肉，索性把牛肉包装盒一块吃掉得了。夸张点就好比都吃了鹤顶红了，再来瓶敌敌畏也无大碍。
56 mins
Sheldon Fu
China
China
Native in Chinese
China
IT, legal and engineering technology
Native in: Chinese
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
连包装盒一块吃了
网上的句子：
my colleagues that it was unbelievably, incredibly delicious. I went back for another piece and it was gone. I started to eat the box it came in, it was so good.
http://www.mygrandma.com/Content.aspx?src=testimonial2.htm
至于到底是想说牛肉速成不好，还是牛肉味道鲜美。得有更多的上下文才行。
网上也有不少类似句子是想表达味道好得以至于想把包装盒吃了。
my colleagues that it was unbelievably, incredibly delicious. I went back for another piece and it was gone. I started to eat the box it came in, it was so good.
http://www.mygrandma.com/Content.aspx?src=testimonial2.htm
至于到底是想说牛肉速成不好，还是牛肉味道鲜美。得有更多的上下文才行。
网上也有不少类似句子是想表达味道好得以至于想把包装盒吃了。
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11 hrs
Discussion
六十年代还开始出现了饲育场，让小牛尽早断奶。这大大缩短了可以屠宰的小公牛和小母牛的生长期，将周期缩短了一半。要是留在母牛身边吃奶，一头小牛需要一年多才可以卖。通过尽早断奶，并喂以谷物和类固醇，小牛在6至10个月就可以准备拿去卖。据美国农业部声称，问题是，这样的牛肉很不好。共轭亚油酸一点都没有，因此这是导致免疫系统停止运作的主要原因。就像现在的美国那样，大多数男女过于肥胖，体重超标20磅至100磅。连孩子都在逐步变得过重。