stop your anger dead in its tracks

Chinese translation: 详见下方

14:20 May 11, 2016
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / parenting
English term or phrase: stop your anger dead in its tracks
类似的,还有 stop a fignt dead in its tracks。不知这种表达怎么翻译。
谢谢先。
water drops
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:30
Chinese translation:详见下方
Explanation:
English term or phrase: stop your anger dead in its tracks

——————直译是在怒火还在轨道上(可控状态)时就停止它,可译为将怒火扼杀在萌芽状态下。

类似的,还有 stop a fignt dead in its tracks。不知这种表达怎么翻译。
————————这句是想说 stop a fight dead in its tracks。吧——————可译为将(争斗、战斗)遏制在萌芽状态下。
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Sheldon Fu
China
Local time: 19:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2详见下方
Sheldon Fu
4 +1平息怒气
Randy Wong
4 +1(因意外或恐懼) 嘎然停止[而止,中止] (正在做的事)
brunoccj
4消消你的怒气,以免发作
Intotheworld
4立即停下你的怒火
Jinhang Wang


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
详见下方


Explanation:
English term or phrase: stop your anger dead in its tracks

——————直译是在怒火还在轨道上(可控状态)时就停止它,可译为将怒火扼杀在萌芽状态下。

类似的,还有 stop a fignt dead in its tracks。不知这种表达怎么翻译。
————————这句是想说 stop a fight dead in its tracks。吧——————可译为将(争斗、战斗)遏制在萌芽状态下。

Sheldon Fu
China
Local time: 19:30
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jyuan_us
1 day 7 hrs

agree  brunoccj: +1
4 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
消消你的怒气,以免发作


Explanation:
Sheldon's understanding and translation are right, especially for the second line.

这个也许更通俗一点

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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-05-11 20:40:04 GMT)
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趁早消消你的怒气,以免一发不可收拾

Intotheworld
United States
Local time: 07:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
平息怒气


Explanation:
stop your anger dead in its tracks:平息怒气
stop a fight dead in its tracks:适时收手

Randy Wong
China
Local time: 19:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 20

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agree  tanglsus
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2 days 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
立即停下你的怒火


Explanation:
“立即/马上”这个涵义应该翻译出来。请参见:

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stop in tracks

Jinhang Wang
China
Local time: 19:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 39
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2 days 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(因意外或恐懼) 嘎然停止[而止,中止] (正在做的事)


Explanation:
dead 是形容詞,如 "drop dead" 的結構

brunoccj
Taiwan
Local time: 19:30
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jinhang Wang: 不过 dead 是副词,adverb
1 day 15 hrs
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