中式英语之鉴:该吃晚饭了

74. 你该吃晚饭了。

[误] It's time to eat your dinner.

[正] It's time to have your dinner.

注：不是所有的“吃”字都能翻译为英语 eat 的，英语中有许多固定搭配，如：take one's medicines（吃药）； lead an idle life（吃闲饭）；be very popular（吃香）；I had some meat for lunch（午餐我吃了些肉）等。eat：“进餐”，在英国不常用，但在美国却常见。

例如:
Eat your dinner.
He ate his breakfast quickly, then ran up to his room again.