句子：他隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備為公益而犧牲個(gè)人利益。

誤譯：He is always ready to sacrifice his personal interest for public good.

正譯：He is always ready to sacrifice his personal interest for public welfare.

解釋：作為名詞，good 有兩個(gè)意思：一是好處、益處、利益；二是商品、產(chǎn)品等。public good 不是“公共利益”。public good 與 private good 相對(duì)立，前者是“公共物品”，后者是“私人物品”。如：

公共物品的最佳實(shí)例之一是國(guó)防。

One of the best examples of a public good is national defense.

“公益”的意思是“公共利益，多指衛(wèi)生、救濟(jì)、慈善等群眾福利事業(yè)”。可譯為 public welfare, public benefit, public interest, general welfare, common well-being, commonweal。如：

這位慈善家每年都籌集固定數(shù)額的基金用于公益。

The philanthropist annually raises a fixed amount of fund for public welfare.

“公益事業(yè)”可譯為public service, public welfare undertaking。如：

姚明還投身慈善工作和公益事業(yè)，成為一個(gè)著名的體育明星。

Yao Ming has also thrown himself into charity work and public service, and become a famous sports celebrity.

“公益廣告”可譯為 public service advertisement, public welfare ad。如：

廣告可以分為商業(yè)廣告和公益廣告。

Advertisements can be divided into commercial advertisements and public service advertisements.

“有公益精神的”或“熱心公益的”可譯為 public-spirited。如：

她是一個(gè)熱心公益的人，急切糾正那些我們都看得見(jiàn)但是容易忽視的錯(cuò)誤行為。

She is a public-spirited person who is eager to correct the wrongs that we all see but we easily overlook.

相關(guān)閱讀

網(wǎng)絡(luò)世界中的新詞新語(yǔ)

詞匯的空缺

敷衍還是贊同？

《圍城》英譯選句 - “體無(wú)完膚”

（來(lái)源；新浪教育 作者：王逢鑫 編輯：崔旭燕）