2006-05-10 06:29:14Mtk & Lmm

come to terms (MTK)

Coming to terms with that fact (按:the fact that she is a lesbian) meant the radical re-structuring of everything I thought I held sacred.

Come to terms: 達成協議

MTK造句:
Coming to terms with the fact that I love nei nei means compromise with some unpractical dreams I held toward ideal lover.

寫後感:雖然come to terms叫做「達成協議」但翻譯在這句中顯的奇怪。Dictionary.com裡面的定義:

come to terms
1. To confront squarely and come to understand fully and objectively: “He attempts to come to terms with his own early experiences... and with his father, a con man of extravagant dimensions” (Peter S. Prescott).
2. To reach mutual agreement: The warring factions have at last come to terms.

LMM:這個是朗文的定義
come to terms with something
to accept an unpleasant or sad situation and no longer feel upset or angry about it
George and Elizabeth have come to terms with the fact that they will never have children. Counselling helped her come to terms with her grief.


By prepairing for the reading list exam, I’ve just come to terms with my poor sentence construction.