“以貌取人”常见的英文表达有:“judge people by their appearance” 、“judge a person by his looks” 。
“judge people by their appearance”
中,“judge”是“ 断、评 ”的意思,“people”指“人”,“by”表示“通过、依据”,“appearance”则是“外貌、外表”。这个短语直接表达了依据人的外貌来进行 断的意思。例如:We should not judge people by their appearance.(我们不应该以貌取人。)
“judge a person by his looks”
里,“judge”和“by”的含义同上,“a person”指“一个人”,“looks”有“容貌、外表”的意思。比如:It's wrong to judge a person by his looks. (以貌取人是错误的。)
这两种表达都能准确传达“以貌取人”的意思,可以根据具体语境进行选择使用。