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问题: 为什么两句话的意思是一样的?

Typically cars lose one-third of their value in the first 24 months from new.
能不能翻译一下这句话?

Buying a car 2 years old can save money as much as one-third of its original price.

难道第一句话的lose value 能译为 save money?

解答:

这两句话相似,但是不是一致的.

第一句话是对的,那么第二句就不对.实际上不是save one third of the ..., 是less pay one third. 少付那么多,并不是省那么多, 因为买的东西不是一样的比原来差.如果同样的东西,这里买花多少钱,那里买少花钱,那是less pay, 同时也是 save.

还有第二句里应该是2 year old. 当数量词形容名词的时候用单数.