Dove the toiletries: Dove is a personal care brand owned by Unilever. In 1957, Dove came up with a new kind of soap and claimed that if people use their soap, their skin won’t be as dry as the other soap does, and it turned out to be right. From then on, Dove has built a great relationship with its customers. Dove_多芬:多芬是聯合利華旗下的個人護理品牌,1957年Dove美容香皂在美國市場露面。它向女性承諾,不會像普通香皂那樣使她們的皮膚干燥,而且確實如此。因此Dove 品牌和顧客之間開始建立起十分信賴的關系。
Dove the chocolates: Dove is a brand of chocolate made and marketed by the Mars company. The name comes from Dove Candies &Ice Cream, which were Chicago sweet shops. People also say that the word “Dove” is consisted of the letters coming from the sentence “Do you love me”. Dove_德芙:德芙是瑪氏食品公司旗下的巧克力品牌,品牌名稱源自位于芝加哥的糖果商店Dove Candies &Ice Cream。還有人表示,Dove名稱的四個字母是來自“Do you love me”這句話。
【小科普】
Hawk and Dove in politics:“鷹派”和“鴿派” 國際政治事務的報道中經常出現的名詞“鷹派”和“鴿派”是翻譯自英語的外來詞。英語中hawk 和 dove這兩個詞原意本來分別為“鷹” 和“鴿”,“鷹派”指代政府內閣或議會中主張用武力解決國際事務爭端的“強硬派” ,而“鴿派” 常指代主張用和平手段解決爭端的“溫和派”。
關于Dove的諺語:
He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.
弱肉強食。
It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
老鷹勝鴿,不足為榮。(以強凌弱,勝之不武。)
Eagles do not breed doves.
虎父無犬子。
(來源:滬江英語)