Certificate maniac:哈证族,certificate: 意思是证书,maniac:疯子,两个单词连在一起,大家也大概知道是什么意思了。
一起来看下面的解释:
Certificate maniac refers to many job-seeking youngsters, like graduating college students, who devote their time to preparing for exams that award an array of certificates proving their language and computer skills in the hope of securing an edge over other applicants in the job market.
“哈证族”就是指那些为了考取语言能力或者计算机技能的证书等而投入大量时间的人,其实在上大学报选修课的时候,有的学生会根据个人的兴趣爱好做选择,而有的学生则会考虑哪门课会对自己将来求职有帮助。
后面的这种人往往就会发展成我们今天说的“哈证族”,他们会考取各种各样的证书来为自己的简历增加砝码,应该是“艺多不压身”那句话的最好实践者了。
下面就是一个例子:
This is the 10th certificate he've got in two years, he is really a certificate maniac.
这已经是他两年内拿到的第十个证书了,他可真是个“哈证族”。