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You can think of 'bad' as a thumbs-down on anything: the thing in front of you falls short of what you'd want, or it works against you. Everything else 'bad' does is this same thumbs-down pointed at a different target — at quality, at a choice, at a person's character, at how serious something is, even (in slang, flipped on its head) at how tough someone is.

可以想成「bad」就是對眼前事物比一個「不行」的手勢:它沒達到你想要的樣子,或者它對你不利。後面那一長串用法,其實都更多收起可以想成「bad」就是對眼前事物比一個「不行」的手勢:它沒達到你想要的樣子,或者它對你不利。後面那一長串用法,其實都是同一個「不行」的手勢,只是指向不同的對象——指向品質、指向選擇、指向一個人的品性、指向事情有多嚴重,甚至在俚語裡整個翻轉過來,指向一個人有多狠多酷。

原始詞典資料35 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

badadj詞源 1/bæd/

  • 1

    Of low quality.

    • That movie was really bad!
  • 2

    Inaccurate; incorrect

    • A bad guess.
    • This sentence has bad grammar!
  • 3

    Unfavorable; negative; not good.

    • Hiring practice is very bad in this company.
    • The weather looks pretty bad right now.
  • 4

    Not suitable or fitting.

    • Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?
  • 5

    Not appropriate, of manners etc.

    • It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.
    • “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”
  • 6

    Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

    • Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.
  • 7

    Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

    • Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed.
    • I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.
  • 8

    The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.

    • I accidentally put my weight on my bad leg and fell over.
另外 13 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.

    • Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!
    • I can tell that new kid at our daycare is trouble […] He's picking out his favorite corner to stand in when he's bad.
  • 10

    Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

    • Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.
  • 11

    Evil; wicked.

    • Be careful. There are bad people in the world.
  • 12

    Faulty; not functional.

    • I had a bad headlight.
  • 13

    Spoiled, rotten, overripe.

    • These apples have gone bad.
  • 14

    Malodorous; foul.

    • Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.
  • 15

    False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

    • They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.
  • 16

    Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

    • I'm pretty bad at speaking French.
    • He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.
  • 17

    Of poor physical appearance.

    • I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep.
    • I don't look bad in this dress, do I?
  • 18

    Severe, urgent.

    • He is in bad need of a haircut.
    • Oh let me tell you that it / Hurts so bad / It makes me feel so sad / You make it hurt so bad / To see you again.
  • 19

    Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.

    • I feel so bad for betraying him!
  • 20

    communicationsjournalismliteratureVulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.

    • Don't you dare speak to me with that bad language!
  • 21

    Not worth it.

    • The expensive purse was a bad buy.

badadj詞源 1/bæd/

  • 1

    informalNot covered by funds on account.

    • He gave me a bad check.

badadj詞源 1/bæd/

  • 1

    slangBold, daring, and tough.

    • He's the baddest guy in town!
  • 2

    slangGood, superlative, excellent, cool.

    • Man, that new car you bought is bad!
    • You is bad, man!
  • 3

    slangOverly promiscuous, licentious.

    • You leave your girl around me; if she's bad she's gonna get stuck.
  • 4

    slangVery attractive; hot, sexy.

    • Hopefully I can pull some bad bitches tonight.
  • 5

    slangAttractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.

    • That boy is the baddest!
    • She's the baddest girl!

badadv詞源 1/bæd/

  • 1

    slangBadly; poorly.

    • I didn't do too bad in the last exam.
    • He is quite bad off now that both his parents lost their jobs.
  • 2

    slangBadly; severely, extremely, passionately, eagerly.

    • Please come back, baby. I miss you so bad!
    • I want you / I want you so bad, it's driving me mad

badnoun詞源 1/bæd/

  • 1

    slangSomething that is bad; a harm or evil.

    • We idealize God as supergoodness in order to protect against a bad that we cannot unite with ourselves.
  • 2

    slangError; mistake.

    • "My bad, My bad!” Juwan yelled, scowling
    • “Chico, you're late again.” I turned around and stared him in his beady eyes. “I missed my bus. My bad, Donald.” “Your bad? Your bad? What kind of English is that?
  • 3

    slangeconomicssciencesAn item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.

    • Imports are an economic good but exports an economic bad. Exports must be produced but are enjoyed by foreign consumers.
    • An economic bad is anything that you would pay to get rid of. It is not so hard to think of examples of bads: pollution, garbage, and disease fit the description.

badintj詞源 1/bæd/

  • 1

    slangUsed to scold a misbehaving child or pet.

    • Bad! You know you're not allowed in the kitchen after dinner.

badverb詞源 3/bæd/

  • 1

    dialectalslangTo shell (a walnut).

    • A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect came out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ‘badding’ walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial: to ‘bad’ walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called a ‘bannut,’ and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ‘Come an’ bad the bannuts.’

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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。