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Kool-Aid is an American brand of drink powder. You mix it with water and a lot of sugar, and you get a very sweet, very bright cold drink — red, purple, orange, and so on. In the US it is a children’s picnic drink, not something grown-ups order in a café. The name is a trademark, so it keeps its capital letters.
Kool-Aid Kool-Aid is an American brand of drink powder是一個美國的果汁粉品牌。You你 mix it with water and a lot of sugar把它加水和很多糖調開, and就會 get a very sweet, very bright cold drink調出一杯很甜、顏色很鮮豔的冰涼飲料——red, purple, orange, and so on紅色、紫色、橘色等等。In the US在美國, it它 is a children's picnic drink是小孩野餐時喝的飲料, not something grown-ups order in a café不是大人會在咖啡廳點的東西。The name這個名字 is a trademark是個商標, so所以 it keeps its capital letters字母一直維持大寫。
Though actually, English speakers often stretch it. “To drink the Kool-Aid” means to believe a group or a leader without asking questions. That saying comes from a real mass death in 1978, when people in a closed group were made to drink poison mixed to look like a sweet drink.
Though actually不過其實,English speakers說英語的人 often stretch it常常延伸這個字的用法。"To drink the Kool-Aid""To drink the Kool-Aid"(喝下 Kool-Aid) means to believe a group or a leader without asking questions意思是不加質疑地全盤相信某個團體或領袖。That saying這個說法 comes from a real mass death in 1978源自 1978 年一場真實發生的集體死亡事件, when people in a closed group were made to drink poison mixed to look like a sweet drink當時一個封閉團體裡的人被迫喝下偽裝成甜飲料的毒藥。
So the packet in the supermarket is innocent; the idiom is not. Students will hear both, and they are not the same mood.
So所以 the packet in the supermarket超市裡那包果汁粉 is innocent是無辜的;the idiom這個成語 is not可不是。Students學生 will hear both兩種都會聽到, and而且 they are not the same mood兩者的語氣完全不一樣。
原始詞典資料3 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。
Kool-Aidname詞源 1
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A sweet, non-carbonated drink made with artificial flavors.
Kool-Aidnoun詞源 2
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A fad or ideology that is adopted unquestioningly, ignoring its hidden dangers or disadvantages.
- The problem today isn't really with the Kool Aids; it's with society's refusal to distinguish between him and all the rest who fall into the hands of the system.
- Pfizer reps departed training with a “Pass me the Kool-Aid” conviction that not only were our drugs the best in the industry, but also that our company was the best in the world.
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。