傘子、不少、稍稍
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GS(14)@2014-08-27 13:31:58問：「開傘子」和「收傘子」英文怎樣說？答：「開傘子」可說to open/ put up/ unfurl/ spread an umbrella，而「收傘子」則可說to close/ fold(up)/ furl/ shut an umbrella，例如：（1）It started to rain, and she opened her umbrella（天下起雨來。她撐起傘子）。（2）She folded her umbrella, shaking from it the clinging raindrops（她把傘收攏，同時搖去附着的雨點）。「開了的傘」和「收了的傘」通常就叫an open umbrella和a closed/ furled umbrella，例如：（1）It is difficult to run with an open umbrella（拿着張開的傘，很難跑起來）。（2）The old man was walking with a furled umbrella, which he used as a stick（那老人以捲起的傘作拐杖，拄着走路）。問：貴欄以下一句，many和in some degree是不是應該改為a lot和to some degree？──Many amusing things happen on the battlefield, which in some degree atone for the terrible experiences of carnage（戰場上，有不少可笑的事，稍稍可以抵消殘殺的恐怖）。答：這位讀者認為many應改為a lot，因為「有文法書說many和much兩字，只可用於否定或疑問句」。其實這兩個字只是「多用」於否定或疑問，而用於肯定句也絕對可以。請看兩句英文成語：（1）Many hands make light work（人手多，工作就輕鬆）。（2）Much honey cloys the maw（蜜太多，就倒胃）。
In some degree和to some degree都是正確說法，只是to較為常用。美國英語學巨擘Noah Webster的An American Dictionary of the English Language pretty條有以下注釋：in some degree（有幾分）。
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