sear:
1.vt.煎炸,燒焦,燒掉某物的表面。To sear something means to burn its surface with a sudden intense heat.(To sear something 意思是用劇熱燒掉某物的表面)
Eg: Grass fires have seared the land near the farming village
of Basekhai.
草地野火燒焦了巴斯克亥農莊附近的土地。
2.vt.燒灼;灼傷;灼痛。If something sears a part of your body, it causes a painful burning
feeling there.(如果某物灼傷了妳身體的某個部位,就會感到強烈的燒傷痛感。)
seared,除了是sear的原型和過去分詞外,還可做形容詞使用,意思是燒焦的,煎炸的,燒灼的。
在具體的語境中,可以有更準確的翻譯。比如“香煎”這個翻譯,應該就是在翻譯菜譜的時候會這樣翻譯。要想有更好的翻譯,請把整個句子貼出來。
比如馬丁路德金《I have a dream》下面這句話中用到了seared,就不能譯作香煎吧?應該譯作“炙烤”
This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
這項重要法令的頒布,對於遭受非正義烈焰炙烤的千百萬黑奴而言,是壹束強烈的希望之光。