黑市的英语对照

黑市的英语对照

下列中，“white market”就是同“black market”相对而言的：
1.
The/U.S. gas/white market could ease rigidities in the system and help fend off black markets...
——Newsweek, February 3, 1975, p. 28
2.
Last week the Administration disclosed the details of its proposed emergency rationing plan. Each registered vehicle would be limited to a fixed number of gallons per week, and any driver who did not use his quota could sell his ration coupons on a white market...
——Time, December 17, May 1980, p
正如有了“开门”和“关门”之后出现了“半开门”这个词一样，按理在有了“黑市”和“白市”之后也该来了“灰市”才好。应该承认，在这一点上，英语确实要比汉语发展得快——汉语尚无“灰市” 一词，而英语中的“gray market”却早已出现了。
3.
The only unfaked enthusiasm/of the Russians/is for Western rock tapes, obtained On the gray market...
——Harpers, March 1976. p.
严格地说，黑市、白市的分界线在于是否合法。既然非法市场与合法市场互为反义，而黑白亦互为反义；那么比照以“黑市”称非法市场，当然要以“白市”称合法市场了。可见，从“black market”到“white market”直到“gray market”的发展，也是类比构词法（word formation by analogy）的一个实例。