核心畫面
Picture a scale running from good down to bad — 'worst' is the very bottom rung, the one point with nothing more bad below it. Everything else (the worst thing, the worst part, fearing the worst) is just that bottom point used as a noun, an adverb, or inside a fixed phrase.
可以想成：有一條從「好」往下掉到「壞」的刻度尺，worst 就是最底下那一格——壞到不能再壞、底下沒有任何更糟的東西…更多收起
可以想成：有一條從「好」往下掉到「壞」的刻度尺，worst 就是最底下那一格——壞到不能再壞、底下沒有任何更糟的東西。後面那些用法（最糟的人事物、最糟的部分、做最壞打算）其實都是把這個「最底端」拿來當名詞、副詞，或塞進固定片語裡用。原始詞典資料10 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。
Worstname
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A surname from German.
worstadj/wɜːst/
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superlative form of bad: most bad
- I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do.
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superlative form of bad: most bad
- That's the worst news I've had all day.
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superlative form of bad: most bad
- The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.
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superlative form of bad: most bad
- None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.
worstnoun/wɜːst/
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Something or someone that is the worst.
- The humorist helps people to explore and confront their worsts
worstverb/wɜːst/
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archaicTo make worse.
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datedTo grow worse; to deteriorate.
- Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting.
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rareTo outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
- The […] Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.
- Her joy and pride in the honour paid to her darling son Adam was beginning to be worsted in the conflict with the jealousy and fretfulness which had revived when Adam came to tell her that Captain Donnithorne desired him to join the dancers in the hall.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。