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Stereotypical describes a person, thing, or picture that matches the fixed, over-simple image people carry about a group. 'A stereotypical American tourist', 'the stereotypical image of a scientist', 'stereotypical gender roles'.
StereotypicalStereotypical describes a person, thing, or picture用來形容一個人、事物或形象 that matches the fixed, over-simple image people carry about a group符合大家對某個群體既定、過度簡化的印象 'A stereotypical American tourist''a stereotypical American tourist'(典型刻板印象中的美國觀光客), 'the stereotypical image of a scientist''the stereotypical image of a scientist'(科學家的刻板形象), 'stereotypical gender roles''stereotypical gender roles'(刻板的性別角色)
Two important points. First, it does not mean 'typical'. Typical means genuinely common, close to average, and it is neutral. Stereotypical means fitting the cliché in people's heads, which may or may not match reality — and saying it usually carries a small .
Two important points有兩個重點 First第一, it does not mean 'typical'它不等於'typical'(一般常見的) TypicalTypical means genuinely common意思是真的很常見, close to average接近平均, and而且 it is neutral是中性的 StereotypicalStereotypical means fitting the cliché in people's heads意思是符合大家腦中的刻板印象, which may or may not match reality這可能符合、也可能不符合現實 — and而且 saying it usually carries a small frown說出來通常帶點皺眉的意味
Second, watch where the criticism lands. When you say 'a stereotypical Englishman', you are not always attacking the Englishman; more often you are pointing at the flat, lazy picture itself. That is why the word appears so often before words like image, view, portrayal, role, character, idea — the noun is usually a representation, not a real person.
Second第二, watch where the criticism lands要注意批評的對象是誰 When you say 'a stereotypical Englishman'當你說'a stereotypical Englishman'(刻板印象中的英國人), you are not always attacking the Englishman你不一定是在批評那個英國人; more often你更常是 you are pointing at the flat, lazy picture itself在指那個扁平、懶惰的刻板形象本身 That is why這就是為什麼 the word appears so often before words like image, view, portrayal, role, character, idea這個詞常常出現在image、view、portrayal、role、character、idea這類字前面 — the noun is usually a representation因為後面接的名詞通常是一種「呈現」, not a real person而不是真實的人
Register is neutral-to-formal: normal in essays, reviews, news and classroom talk. Friends chatting would more likely just say 'so cliché' or 'so typical'.
RegisterRegister(語域)是 is neutral-to-formal是中性偏正式: normal in essays, reviews, news and classroom talk用在論文、評論、新聞和課堂上都很常見 Friends chatting朋友聊天時 would more likely just say 'so cliché' or 'so typical'比較會直接說'so cliché'或'so typical'
Adverb form: stereotypically.
Adverb form副詞形式: stereotypically是stereotypically
組成stereotype + -ical. The stereotype half is a printing word: Greek stereos 'solid' + typos 'a stamped mark', meaning the solid metal plate a printer used to strike out identical copies of a page. The -ical ending is the ordinary English way of turning a noun into an adjective (history → historical, magic → magical); it arrived through Latin and French as -ic plus -al, and English fused the two. So: 'of the kind that comes off the same plate every time'.
同家族的字
- stereotypethe noun and verb this adjective is built on
- stereosame Greek stereos, 'solid'
- typicalshares typos, the stamp — but stays neutral, which is exactly the contrast to learn
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。
stereotypicaladj/ˌstɛɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
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Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.
- There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.
- A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.
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Banal, commonplace, and clichéd because of overuse.
- I was disappointed by the stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending.
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Relating to stereotypy.
- Tics are brief, stereotypical behaviors that are initiated by an unconscious urge that can be temporarily suppressed.
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。