【问】 It is not possible to take a bath along this coast because the sea is badly polluted.
这一带海边不能游泳了,因为海水污染严重。
有一本书的作者说这是个错句。请说明错在何处。
【答】 take a bath是指在浴盆或浴室里洗澡(wash oneself and relax in a bath),而bathe [bei
](vi)才是指“湖泊江海或室内游泳池里游泳”。因此上面的句子应改为:
It is not possible to bathe along this coast because the sea is badly polluted.
赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第169页.