先生是稱呼，字面的意思表示：出生比自己早，年齡比自己大的。以此外延為對有一定地位、學(xué)識、資格的人可以稱為先生。古漢語“先生”一詞是對有學(xué)問者的尊稱，并非所有人都可稱為先生，現(xiàn)時漢語、日語、韓語和越南語仍然保留這種用法。那么，你知道先生的英文讀音嗎?

　　先生　[xiān sheng]

　　先生的英文釋義：

　　teacher 英[ˈti:tʃə(r)] 美[ˈtitʃɚ]

　　sir 英[sɜ:(r)] 美[sɚ]

　　mister 英[ˈmɪstə(r)] 美['mɪstər]

　　Mr. 英[ˈmɪstə(r)] 美['mɪstər]

　　monsieur 英[məˈsjə:] 美[məˈsjɚ]

　　先生的英文例句：

　　“這是您的車嗎，先生?”警察問道。

　　"Is this your vehicle, sir?" asked the policeman.

　　對不起，先生，電話占線。

　　I'm sorry, sir, the telephone line is busy.

　　這里有位教士要見你，先生。

　　A reverend gentleman is here to see you, sir!

　　希思先生是英國前任首相。

　　Mr. Heath is the former Prime Minister of Britain.

　　請哪位先生給這位女士讓個座位好嗎?

先生的英文讀音

　　Will any gentleman oblige the lady?

　　威爾遜先生對這個政策進(jìn)行了肆無忌憚的攻擊。

　　Wilson made unbridled attacks against this policy.

　　先生?想代他和你?

　　Huang says he would like to speak to you instead.

　　謝謝您，先生。

　　Thank you, sir.

　　一個小男孩在街上攔住了我，問道;“先生，現(xiàn)在幾點(diǎn)了?”

　　A little boy stopped me in the street and asked me, "What's the time, mister?"

　　The ballot was re-run on Mr Todd's insistence after accusations of malpractice 因被控舞弊，在托德先生的堅(jiān)持下重新進(jìn)行了投票。

　　The governors were joined by Mr Hunter and his management team 亨特先生及他率領(lǐng)的管理小組加入了州長們的隊(duì)伍。

　　A former associate of Mr Pierce's was among the project's boosters 皮爾斯先生的一個前合伙人是這個計劃的熱心支持者之一。

　　Mr Martin was taken out of his car at gunpoint 馬丁先生被人用槍指著從車?yán)飵Я顺鰜怼?/p>

　　Mr Mandela was given a tumultuous reception in Washington 曼德拉先生在華盛頓受到熱情的款待。

　　Mr Olaechea has British residency by virtue of his marriage 奧拉伊奇先生通過結(jié)婚而取得在英國的永久居留權(quán)。

　　Mr Farmer and Mrs Jones both admitted conspiring to murder her husband 法默先生和瓊斯太太都承認(rèn)密謀殺死了瓊斯先生。

　　A point of order was raised in parliament by Mr Ben Morris 本·莫里斯先生在議會就程序問題提出質(zhì)詢。

　　Mr Morris feels the museum is using advertising to good effect 莫里斯先生認(rèn)為博物館作的廣告卓有成效。

　　Mr Dudley has pledged to give any award to charity 達(dá)德利先生已承諾將任何所獲的損害賠償額都捐給慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。

　　Under these laws, he said, Mr Rice's assets could have been frozen 他說根據(jù)這些法規(guī)，賴斯先生的資產(chǎn)可能已經(jīng)被凍結(jié)了。

　　Mr Collier heaved a sigh and got to his feet 科利爾先生深嘆一口氣，站了起來。

　　The device exploded, throwing Mr Taylor from his car 那個裝置爆炸了，把泰勒先生從車?yán)飹伭顺鋈ァ?/p>

　　Mr Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment 赫爾姆先生打算聲明該法案違反了憲法第一修正案。

　　Mr Ben Bella was deposed in a coup in 1965. 本·貝拉先生在1965年的一次政變中被推翻。

　　He called Mr Mandela a hero who had inspired millions 他稱曼德拉先生為鼓舞了數(shù)百萬民眾的英雄。

　　Mr Zuma had a solid reputation as a grass roots organiser 作為一個民眾的組織者，祖瑪先生名聲甚佳。

　　Mr Abel's doctor has said he is unfit to travel 埃布爾先生的醫(yī)生說他不宜出行。

　　Mr Jones received loud support from his local community 瓊斯先生獲得了他所在社區(qū)民眾的熱烈支持。

　　I wonder if I might have a word with Mr Abbot? 請問我能否和阿博特先生說幾句話?