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An ill-mannered person behaves badly in social situations: talking over others, grabbing food, skipping thank-yous, or treating staff as if they were invisible. It is about manners — the small rules of being together — not about being evil.
An ill-mannered person沒禮貌的人 behaves badly in social situations在社交場合會表現得很差 talking over others打斷別人說話 grabbing food搶食物 skipping thank-yous該說謝謝卻不說 or treating staff as if they were invisible或把服務人員當成空氣 It is about manners這說的是禮貌 the small rules of being together也就是相處時的小規矩 not about being evil不是說這個人邪惡
Older speakers and more formal writing still use it; younger people more often say “rude” or “has no manners.” Though actually, what counts as ill-mannered changes with place and age. Interrupting might feel lively in one family and shocking in another.
Older speakers and more formal writing年紀較大的人和比較正式的寫作 still use it還是會用這個字 younger people more often say "rude" or "has no manners"年輕人比較常說rude,或說has no manners Though actually不過其實 what counts as ill-mannered什麼算是沒禮貌 changes with place and age會隨地方和年紀而不同 Interrupting打斷別人說話這件事 might feel lively in one family在某個家庭可能感覺很熱絡 and shocking in another在另一個家庭卻可能很嚇人
In a Taiwan classroom this word usually maps onto the 沒禮貌 you already feel in your bones: not a crime, but a social stumble people notice.
In a Taiwan classroom在台灣的教室裡 this word usually maps onto這個字通常對應到 the 沒禮貌 you already feel in your bones你早就有感覺的「沒禮貌」 not a crime不是什麼大不了的罪 but a social stumble people notice而是大家會注意到的社交小失誤
組成ill (badly) + mannered (having manners). Compare Middle English ille-ymanerite.
同家族的字
- well-manneredthe opposite: polite in social situations
- mannersthe noun for those social habits
原始詞典資料1 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。
ill-manneredadj
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Having bad manners; impolite.
- He was extremely ill-mannered and caused offence wherever he went.
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。