美国俚语:desk potato 桌边神游族

 　　英文中把那些成天赖在沙发上看电视、不爱动弹的人叫做couch potato。自从有了网络以后，有相当一部分人已经放弃了couch potato的身份，转而加入了desk potato的行列。

　　Desk potato is someone who sits at a desk all day long but gets little to nothing done -- usually because of websurfing or playing computer games. The term is derived¹ from couch potato.

　　desk potato（译为“桌边神游族”）指整天坐在书桌边，却不见有任何事情完成的人，通常都是因为他们成天都在上网闲逛或玩游戏。desk potato这个说法来源于couch potato（电视迷、成天坐在沙发上无所事事的人）。

　　例句：

　　Jim has become a real desk potato. Between Mahjong and Minesweeper he manages to squeeze in a few hours on MySpace, and then he plays RPG's(Role-playing game) 'til midnight.

　　吉姆已经成了不折不扣的“桌边神游族”。除了玩麻将和踩地雷游戏，他还会抽出几小时上MySpace，然后就一直玩角色扮演游戏到半夜。

1 derived   

vi.起源；由来；衍生；导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取

参考例句：

• Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》