假如要说我生肖羊,那就是:I was born in/under the Year of the Sheep。介词用 in 或 under 都可以。
正由于有生肖纪年的风俗,于是在大家这里有了本命年的定义。那羊年是我的本命年英语如何说呢?
Since I am a Sheep in the Chinese horoscope, this is my year.
在英语里,本命年 的地道说法是year of fate1或者animal year, 除此之外也可以看到把本命年翻译为 birth year和 big year的。
所以今年是我的本命年用英语来讲就是:
This year is my year of fate.
This year is my animal year.
This year is my birth year.
This year is my big year.