“××门”中“门”词义的跨语言引申

On the Extended Meaning of "门(-gate)" in Chinese and English

"××门"中"门"的意义与汉语中的原意毫不相干,从语源的角度说它来自于英语中的词缀"gate"。它的词义演变经历了政治丑闻、某一方面的丑闻、带有贬义性质的事件、一般事件、双关意义等阶段,有从直译的词缀向兼有汉英双重意义词缀转化的趋势。

The ＂gate＂ in ＂x-gate＂ has nothing to compound form of the ＂-gate＂ of English. The meaning do with ＂门＂ in Chinese, though it originates from the ＂ ×× 门＂ in Chinese has 4 stages ： a scandal in politics, scandal in a certain field, affairs of derogatory sense, events, and double meaning. The structure of ＂x- gate＂ has a trend to change from a compound form to an affix with double meaning both in English and in Chinese.