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    Machismo is a traditional way of playing “being a man” that puts a loud light on bravery, toughness, and being attractive to women — and on never looking weak.

    Machismo is a traditional way of playing "being a man"Machismo是一種傳統展現『男子氣概』的方式 that puts a loud light on bravery, toughness, and being attractive to women特別強調勇敢、堅強,以及對女生有吸引力 and on never looking weak還有絕不能看起來軟弱

    English took the word from American Spanish around 1940, so it still has a Latin American flavour, though people now use it about men anywhere.

    English took the word from American Spanish around 1940英文大約在1940年從美式西班牙文借來這個字 so it still has a Latin American flavour所以它仍帶有拉丁美洲的味道 though people now use it about men anywhere不過現在人們用它形容任何地方的男人

    Though actually, in careful English it is rarely a compliment. Writers and teachers often use it to criticise a show of strength that pushes other people down, or that treats feelings as shameful.

    Though actually不過其實 in careful English講究一點的英文裡 it is rarely a compliment這很少是稱讚 Writers and teachers often use it作家和老師常用這個詞 to criticise a show of strength that pushes other people down來批評那種打壓別人的逞強 or that treats feelings as shameful或是把情緒當成丟臉的事

    Younger speakers may joke with it; others treat it as a real social problem. It names the whole attitude, not one joke or one afternoon at the gym.

    Younger speakers may joke with it年輕一輩可能拿它開玩笑 others treat it as a real social problem有些人則把它當成真正的社會問題 It names the whole attitude它指的是整套態度 not one joke or one afternoon at the gym不是一句玩笑話或一個下午在健身房

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組成Spanish macho (“male”) + -ismo (“-ism”). First attested in English in 1940, from American Spanish machismo.

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  • machothe Spanish word for “male” that this noun is built from

原始詞典資料2 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。

machismonoun/mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/

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    informalAn excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity.

    • The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
    • With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere.
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    Male chauvinism, misogyny.

    • PSP [Puerto Rican Socialist Party] spokesperson Victor Lopez-Tosado told GCN: "[…] The party is mainly organized in a Latin American country where oppression, as a result of machismo, etc., to homosexuals is very common."
    • The Dominican Republic is traditionally regarded as a patriarchal island brimming with machismo — where, indeed, a recent U.S. ambassador was publicly vilified for bringing his husband to his posting. It was, and is, an unlikely place to find an enclave of acceptance. So what explains this unique tolerance?

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