分類: 流行語 – 四畫

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不折不扣

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英文：pure and simple (adj.)

說明：pure and simple 意為「不折不扣，完全是，純粹是」，都用在它所修飾的名詞 (通常為不可數名詞) 之後。它的副詞為 purely and simply，意為「不折不扣，完全地，純粹地」。
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手腳不乾淨

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英文：have light/sticky fingers (v.)

說明：light-fingered 為形容詞，意為「手腳不乾淨的；有偷竊習慣的」，如 light-fingered children (有偷竊習慣的小孩)。

例句：

  • David and his brothers all have light fingers. (大衛和他的兄弟手腳都不乾淨)
  • Everyone thinks that the new woman at work has sticky fingers as many things have been stolen recently. (大家都認為辦公室那位新來的女員工手腳不乾淨，因為最近許多東西遭竊)
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比闊氣；比排場

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英文：keep up with the Joneses (v.)

說明：Jones 是美國很常見的姓氏。”the Joneses” 並非「瓊斯一家人」，而是泛指「左鄰右舍」(the neighbors)。

例句：

  • Let’s just move if we can’t afford to live here. We never try to keep up with the Joneses. (如果我們住不起這裡，那就搬家吧。我們絕對不要想比闊氣)
  • In this community, keeping up with the Joneses has become an art form. (在本社區，比排場已成為一種藝術形式)
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互不相欠

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英文：even-steven; even-stevens (adj., adv.)

說明：even-steven 和 even-stevens 分別為美式和英式英語口語，除了「互不相欠」外，它們還意為「機會相等；均等的/均等地 (每人所擁有或提供的數量、金額相等)」。even-steven 和 even-stevens 通常有連字號，但 steven 和 stevens 都是小寫，從不大寫。

例句：

  • Give me 100 dollars and we’re even-steven. (給我 100 元，我們就互不相欠了)
  • I run into bad luck. But I run into good luck too, so it’s even stevens right now. (我遭遇厄運，但也碰到好運，所以現在打平了)
  • They split an inheritance even-steven. (他們平分了遺產)
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太瞎了

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英文：outrageous (adj.)

說明：舉凡耍白痴、無厘頭、無理取鬧或不按牌理出牌的行徑，都可用「太瞎了」、「好瞎」或「很瞎」來形容，與「很扯」的意思相近。

例句：

  • Fiona blames me for causing her divorce. That’s outrageous! (費歐娜責怪我造成她離婚。真是太瞎了！)
  • Professor Lee gave his students a test to see if they were outrageous enough. But I think it is he who is most outrageous! (李教授對他的學生進行測驗，想要看看他們是否夠瞎。但我認為最瞎的人就是他！)
  • If you’re goofy and even outrageous, you can probably be pushed out from this team. (如果你耍白痴、甚至很瞎，你可能遭到這團隊的排擠)
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不敢苟同

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英文：respectfully disagree (vi.) (with + 受詞)

說明：respectfully disagree 是一種表示不同意的禮貌性說法。

例句：

  • I can teach you three ways to respectfully disagree when you are in conversation with other people. (我可以教你三種在跟別人交談時表示不敢苟同的方法)
  • I must respectfully disagree with what you are saying. (我不敢苟同你的說法)
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互踢皮球

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英文：pass the buck to each other (v.)

說明：pass the buck 意為「推卸責任；推諉責任」。

例句：

  • The authorities concerned have passed the buck to each other after the fatal gas explosions in Kaohsiung. (在高雄致命的氣爆發生後，有關當局一直在互踢皮球)
  • When the boss was asking who had made the mistake, Jim and Tim began to pass the buck to each other. (當老闆問起誰犯此錯誤時，吉姆和提姆便開始互踢皮球)
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公主病

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英文：princess syndrome (n.)

說明：根據維基百科，公主病是指一些養尊處優、嬌生慣養、要求獲得公主般待遇但卻沒有當公主條件的女性。公主病可被歸類為一種不成熟型人格障礙。

例句：

  • As a parent, you can teach your daughter how to replace the unhealthy princess symptoms with positive attitudes. (身為父母，你可以教你女兒如何以正面的心態取代不健康的公主病)
  • According to some research, nurture can tip the scales in deciding whether or not a girl develops what psychologists commonly refer to as “princess syndrome”. (根據一些研究，兒時的教養對於女生會不會有心理學家一般稱為「公主病」的症狀，可能具有決定性的作用)