核心畫面
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.’
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。