Lincoln Hui wrote:
你自己都提出waterproof這個字了, 原來waterproof一字中受到保護的是水?
foolproof (adj.) Look up foolproof at Dictionary.com
also fool-proof, 1902, American English, "safe against the incompetence of a fool," from fool (n.) + proof.
換成Cop-proof, 其實即是safe against the incompetence of a cop.
還有, "more user-friendly" 與「该机器不会对使用者造成任何问题」完全是兩回事。
[Edited at 2013-12-17 09:51 GMT]
我很好奇,safe against the incompetence of a fool 在这里against 的宾语是incompetence吧, fool貌似定语,修饰incompetence. 所以,cop的对应部分应当是incompetence 而不是fool