分類: 流行語 – 六畫

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肉腳

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英文：wuss, wussy (n.)

說明：肉腳是台語，有很爛、很菜的意思，指的是軟弱沒有用的人。最初只有肉腳，後來又有「滷肉腳」，意思一樣，跟國語的軟腳蝦同義。Wussy 是由 wimp (懦夫；軟腳蝦；懦弱的人) 和 pussy (娘炮；娘娘腔) 組合而成。

例句：

  • Don’t be such a wuss all the time. (別一直這麼肉腳)
  • Tom is scared to say what he is thinking. What a wuss! (湯姆不敢說出他心裡所想的事情。真是肉腳！)
  • Jack, you’re such a wussy! (傑克，你很肉腳！)
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好漢不吃眼前虧

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英文：He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.

說明：有時亦寫成 He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.，而 lives to 和 may live to 之前經常加逗點。To live to do something 意為「活到做 … (活得夠久而得以做某事)」，如 I will live to see Apple roll out iPhone 20. (我會活到見證蘋果推出 iPhone 20)。

例句：

  • The school bully told Roger to meet him in the playground after school, but Roger didn’t keep the appointment. When his friends called him a coward, Roger shrugged and said, “He who fights and runs away, lives (or may live) to fight another day.” (那個學校惡霸要羅傑放學後去操場見他，但羅傑爽約。當羅傑的朋友叫他懦夫時，羅傑聳聳肩說：「好漢不吃眼前虧」)
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名聲臭了；名譽掃地

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英文：Someone’s name is mud. (idiom)

說明：Someone’s name is mud 這成語的出處有幾種不同的說法，但一般大多認為源自一位名叫 Samuel Mudd 的美國醫生。Dr. Mudd 因幫 1865 年刺殺林肯總統的兇手 John Wilkes Booth 接骨而被判同謀罪，因此名聲掃地。

例句：

  • His name’s mud in the school after what happened yesterday. (昨天的事情發生之後，他在學校的名聲就臭了)
  • If any athletes test positive for a banned substance, their name will be mud. (倘若有任何運動員因禁藥檢測呈現陽性反應，它們的名譽就掃地了)
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自我感覺良好

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英文：self-complacent (adj.); self-complacency (n.)

說明：complacent 是個貶抑詞，意為「自滿的，自鳴得意的，沾沾自喜的」。它的名詞為 complacence 或 complacency。「自我感覺良好」現在普遍被視為一個人的「自戀」(narcissistic; narcissism)，活在自我陶醉中。

例句：

  • The state of the economy is worsening, so there is no reason for the government to be self-complacent. (經濟狀況日趨惡化，政府沒有理由自我感覺良好)
  • The president’s self-complacency has brought about a lot of negative criticism and emotional attacks. (總統的自我感覺良好招致許多負面批評及情緒性抨擊)
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忙死了

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英文：drowning (adj.)

說明：英文應該還有其他用語可以表達「忙死了；忙極了」的意思，如 hands are full，但 drowning 似乎最傳神、最道地。

例句：

  • I’m literally drowning in five translation cases right now. (我現在手邊有五個翻譯案件要完成，簡直忙死了)
  • My husband’s really drowning and he’s been working overtime almost every day for more than three months. (我先生真是忙死了，三個多月來，他幾乎每天加班)
  • Benjamin has his hands full with three app development projects right now. (班傑明現在手邊有三個應用程式開發案要完成，他忙極了)
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有潔癖的人

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英文：neat freak (n.)

說明：亦可用 clean freak 來表示。「有潔癖的人」在中國大陸叫做「整潔控」。潔癖的英文為 mysophobia。

例句：

  • Holly is such a clean/neat freak! She cleans her house thoroughly every day and also irons all her kids’ clothes. (荷莉真的是個有潔癖的人！她每天會把房子整個打掃一遍，也會把她小孩的衣服全部燙一遍)
  • Most people are not clean/neat freaks. (大多數人都沒有潔癖)
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行車記錄器

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英文：dashboard camera (n.)

說明：簡稱 dash cam 或 dashcam。

例句：

  • A dashboard camera is an excellent tool to record traffic accidents. (行車記錄器是記錄交通事故的利器)
  • There are many kinds of dashcams in the market. (目前市面上有很多種行車記錄器)
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老千

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英文：cardsharp, card shark (n.)

說明：card shark 亦指牌藝熟練、精湛的人，因此未必全然帶貶義。但 cardsharp (亦寫成 card sharp) 則一定指打牌詐賭的人。cardsharping (n.) 意為「出老千」。

例句：

  • Don’t play Steve, he’s a cardsharp. (別跟史蒂夫玩牌，他是老千)
  • Playing with a card shark is a good way to lose money. (跟老千打牌保證輸錢)