本文章由春喜在線英語(yǔ)于2017.2.2８日編輯發(fā)布

　　在英語(yǔ)中，關(guān)于"胖"，我們首先想到的就是"fat"。但"fat"在英語(yǔ)中是個(gè)強(qiáng)烈的貶義詞，是"愚笨"，"遲緩"，"自制力差"的標(biāo)志，所以在西方如果說(shuō)某人"fat"，不僅是對(duì)別人的傷害與歧視，也是自身粗魯無(wú)教養(yǎng)的表現(xiàn)。

　　那應(yīng)該如何恰當(dāng)而又有禮貌地表達(dá)"胖"、"豐滿"呢？下面是一些常見(jiàn)的委婉語(yǔ)，不論是翻譯還是口語(yǔ)都很有用。

1.gain weight增加體重
例如：People who drink diet soft drinks don't lose weight. They gain weight, a new study finds.

2.super size person超大之人
例如：No more hamburgers, I don't want to be a super size person.

3.heavyset身子重的,體格粗壯、敦實(shí)的
例如：He was tall and heavyset.

nutritionally endowed營(yíng)養(yǎng)豐富的
例如：Though garlic is a nutritionally endowed food, it is only consumed in small amounts.

4.gravitationally challenged受地球引力挑戰(zhàn)的(增加的體重確實(shí)在挑戰(zhàn)地球引力)
例如：That girl is gravitationally challenged.

5.well-built體格健美的，體型勻稱(chēng)的
例如：That girl is well-built.

6.stout結(jié)實(shí)的，壯實(shí)的
例如：She is getting too stout for her dresses.

7.big-boned骨架大的
例如：I'm not fat, just big-boned.

8.overweight超重的
例如：Overweight in a child should not be neglected.

9.chubby胖呼呼的(多指小孩和女子)
例如：The baby has a chubby face.

10.buxom形象健康豐滿的，健美的
例如：A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has since come to worship thinness.

　　同樣，"瘦"不能說(shuō)"skinny"，這可是"皮包骨"的意思(時(shí)尚界的許多模特正在朝這個(gè)方向發(fā)展)，要形容一個(gè)人苗條應(yīng)該用"slender"，"slim"，或"delicate"。"減肥"則可以說(shuō)"lose weight"。

　　總之，"胖"和"瘦"是英美人敏感的話題，"fat "和"skinny"的使用要十分小心，注意回避。但是有一個(gè)例外就是" phat "(妙，好，酷)，是"fat "的異體詞，在口語(yǔ)中常常用于贊美美妙的東西，相當(dāng)于"cool "。例如"The car is really a phat. "