容易误译的英语:pay (one's) attentions to

pay (one's) attentions to这个词语在特定语言环境下很容易使人误译，那么你觉得pay (one's) attentions to应该怎么翻译呢?pay (one's) attentions to的原意又是什么呢?

pay (one's) attentions to

［例句］　He likes to pay attentions to a lady.

［误译］　他喜欢注意 女士。

［原意］　他喜欢向女士献殷勤 。

［说明］　pay (one's) attentions to 意即“向……献殷勤”。pay attention to才是“注意”。前者的attention用复数形式，后者用单数形式。可见，对名词（尤其是习语中的名词）之单复数不能掉以轻心。

pay one's debt to nature

见pay the debt of nature

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