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If someone or something is notorious, they are famous in a bad way — people know them because of something they do not admire. A notorious criminal, a notorious error, a road notorious for accidents.
someone or something某人或某事 is notorious是notorious的話 they are famous就是 in a bad way用不好的方式出名的 people know them人們認識他們 because of是因為 something他們不欣賞的某件事 A notorious criminal notorious的罪犯 a notorious error notorious的錯誤 a road notorious for accidents因車禍notorious的道路
It is stronger and colder than well-known. Newspapers like it. In careful English it still means “known for the worse thing”.
than well-known比well-known it is stronger and colder更強烈更冷淡 Newspapers like it報紙喜歡用它 in careful English在careful English裡 it still means它依然表示 “known for the worse thing”「known for the worse thing」
Though actually, in everyday talk people also use it with a half-smile: notorious for being late, notorious for burning the toast. That use is common and not always cruel; it means “everyone already knows this failing”.
though actually不過其實 in everyday talk日常對話裡 people also use it人們也會用它 with a half-smile半開玩笑地 notorious for being latenotorious for being late, notorious for burning the toastnotorious for burning the toast that use這種用法 is common很常見 and not always cruel也不一定帶惡意 it means它是說 “everyone already knows this failing”「大家早就知道這個缺點」
You will also meet notoriously as the how-word: notoriously difficult, notoriously unreliable.
you will also meet你也會看到 notoriously as the how-wordnotoriously這個副詞 notoriously difficultnotoriously difficult, notoriously unreliablenotoriously unreliable
Do not use notorious when you only mean famous or popular; a notorious singer would sound like a scandal, not a compliment.
when you only mean famous or popular如果你只是想說famous或popular do not use notorious就不要用notorious a notorious singer因為notorious的singer would sound like a scandal聽起來會像醜聞 not a compliment不是稱讚
The matching noun is .
the matching noun對應的名詞 is notoriety是notoriety
組成From Late Middle English notoryous, from Medieval Latin nōtōrius (“known; well-known; known for something bad”), from Latin nōtus (“known”) + -tōrius. Nōtus is the past form of nōscō, “to get to know”.
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- notorietythe noun: the state of being known in that bad way
原始詞典資料6 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。
notoriousadj/nə(ʊ)ˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
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Senses with an unfavourable connotation.
- Such Men theſe had, to Miſchiefe vvholly bent, / In Villanie, notorious for their skill, / Diſhoneſt, deſp'rate, mercileſſe, and rude, / That dar'd into Damnation to intrude.
- You notorious ſtinkardly bearevvard, do's my breath ſmell?
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Senses with an unfavourable connotation.
- Sir, ſir, I ſhall haue Lavv in Epheſus, / To your notorious ſhame, I doubt it not.
- [T]he Apoſtle by the vvord diſorderly, does not mean perſons that live in any courſe of notorious ſin; but by diſorderly, he means Ignavos, Inutiles, idle and unprofitable perſons; perſons of no uſe to the Church, or to the State: […]
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Senses with a favourable or neutral connotation.
- Lett him [God] notorious make, / That in good part he did thy offrings take.
- Some vvill blame me for that I have omitted this and that tovvne and Caſtle, as though I purpoſed to mention any but ſuch as vvere moſt notorious, and vvere mentioned by ancient authours. Neither verily vvere it vvorth the labour once to name them, vvhen as beſide the naked name there is nothing memorable.
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obsoleteSenses with a favourable or neutral connotation.
- For the elder ſort of them are rough, hard, thinne and leane ſcragges, ſtatuelinges, lothſome to touch and to looke vpon, ſomevvhat long, nothing but skinne and bone, yet very notorious and goodly too ſee to, in regard of their grauity, hoarenes and aunciency.
- It is not every possibility, every seeming, every faint show or glimmering appearance, which sufficeth to ground bad opinion or reproachful discourse concerning our brother: the matter should be clear, notorious, and palpable, before we admit a disadvantageous conceit into our head, a distasteful resentment into our heart, a harsh word into our mouth about him.
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obsoleteSenses with a favourable or neutral connotation.
- But what hope is there to haue fidelitie well kept amonge us in promises and bargaynes, whan for the breache therof is prouided no punisshement, nor yet notorious rebuke; […]
- The King therefore firſt called his Councell together at the Charter-houſe at Shine. VVhich Councell vvas held vvith great ſecrecie, but the open Decrees thereof, vvhich preſently came abroad, vvere three. […] The next vvas, that Edvvard Plantagenet, then Cloſe-priſoner in the Tovver, ſhould be in the moſt publike and notorious manner, that could be deuiſed, ſhevved vnto the people: In part to diſcharge the King of the Enuie of that opinion and bruite, hovv he had beene put to death priuily in the Tovver; […]
notoriousadv/nə(ʊ)ˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
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obsoleteSynonym of notoriously.
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。