主题：【讨论】预留座位是否应该译为"reserved seat"还是直接写reserved？

可以用reserved seat。预留座位的票是reserved-seat ticket。

原文由 quanbaogang 发表:
如果给某人预留座位，是否将预留座位译为"reserved seat"或者直接写reserved？

各位大侠给指点一二！

It is reserved.  or This is a reserved seat. This seat is reserved.  or Can you please reserve one room for us, we will be there in, say, half an hour.

谢谢两位，我最后还是打算用”RESERVED“。因为我要打印出来贴在座位上，简练的表达是最合适的。大家的意思呢！？

同意你的想法！

突然想到一个词：engaged. 应该也是这个意思吧？参与讨论，不敢自称为大侠。

如果是贴在座位上,还是写reserved较好.

I appreciate your help! You all are very learned and warmhearted!

原文由 quanbaogang 发表:
I appreciate your help! You all are very learned and wormhearted!

not wormhearted but warmhearted.4, All of you are learned and ...

Engaged 一般指订婚的

re•served  (r -zûrvd )
adj.
1. Held in reserve; kept back or set aside.
2. Marked by self-restraint and reticence. See Synonyms at silent.
re•serv ed•ly (-zûr v d-l ) adv.
re•serv ed•ness n.
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ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.    1.    reserved - set aside for the use of a particular person or party
unreserved - not reserved
2.    reserved - marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
backward - (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
undemonstrative - not given to open expression of emotion
inhibited - held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear"
restrained - under restraint
unreserved - not cautious or reticent; "unreserved behavior"
3.    reserved - cool and formal in manner
restrained, reticent, unemotional
undemonstrative - not given to open expression of emotion