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Homophobia is a strong dislike, unfair treatment, or fear aimed at gay people — people who love someone of the same sex. You will hear it about cruel jokes, hard family talk, or rules that treat gay people badly.
Homophobia is a strong dislike, unfair treatment, or fear aimed at gay peoplehomophobia恐同是一種針對同志的強烈厭惡、不公平對待,或恐懼 — people who love someone of the same sex也就是喜歡同性的人。You will hear it about cruel jokes, hard family talk, or rules that treat gay people badly你會在殘忍的玩笑、家裡難聽的話,或是苛待同志的規定裡聽到這個字。
The ending - makes it sound like a doctor's fear, the way some people cannot go near spiders. Though actually, a lot of what we call homophobia is not shaking with fear; it is anger, making fun, or looking away.
The ending -phobia makes it sound like a doctor's fear字尾 -phobia讓它聽起來像醫學上講的那種恐懼, the way some people cannot go near spiders就像有些人不敢靠近蜘蛛那樣。Though actually不過其實, a lot of what we call homophobia is not shaking with fear我們稱為 homophobia的很多情況並不是嚇得發抖; it is anger, making fun, or looking away而是憤怒、嘲笑,或別過頭去不理。
News writers and teachers use the word. Some people now throw it at anyone they disagree with about gay rights, and other people say that stretches it too far.
News writers and teachers use the word新聞寫作者和老師都會用這個字。Some people now throw it at anyone they disagree with about gay rights現在有些人會把這個字丟給任何在同志權益上跟他們意見不同的人, and other people say that stretches it too far另一些人則認為這樣用得太過頭了。
Keep the core: it is about treating gay people as if they are wrong or dangerous, not about a fear of men in general.
Keep the core記住核心意思: it is about treating gay people as if they are wrong or dangerous它是在講把同志當成錯誤或危險的人來對待, not about a fear of men in general而不是泛指對男性的恐懼。
組成Latin homo (“man”) + -phobia (“fear”). That first piece looks as if the word should mean “fear of men”, but English does not use it that way.
同家族的字
- homophobicthe describing word from the same stem
- phobiathe ending that names a strong fear
原始詞典資料4 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。
homophobianoun詞源 1/ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
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Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
- He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock.
- Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus.
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Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBT+ persons in general.
homophobianoun詞源 2/ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
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obsoleteA pathological fear of mankind.
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。