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For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll as the most annoying word or phrase in the English language. |
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Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean. For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll as the most annoying word or phrase in the English language. Nearly 39 percent of 1,020 Americans questioned in the survey deemed it the most irritating word, followed by "like" with 28 percent and the phrase "you know what I mean' at 15 percent. "Perhaps these words are introduced through popular culture, for example movies ... so they catch on," said Mary Azzoli, of Marist. "It has a lot to do with how accepted and how popular they become in every day speech." Azzoli said words like "whatever" can be quite dismissive depending on how they are used. "It's the way they are delivered and inherent in that delivery is a meaning. The phrase "to tell you the truth" and "actually" were also unnerving to many people. But for younger Americans, aged 18 to 29, "like" was the word that annoyed them most. (Read by Nelly Min. Nelly Min is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
不管你對(duì)使用惱人的詞語(yǔ)怎么看，到頭來(lái)最好還是不要說(shuō)“whatever”（無(wú)所謂），你懂我的意思吧。 美國(guó)圣母學(xué)院近日評(píng)選出英文最令人反感的詞匯或短語(yǔ)，“whatever”再度蟬聯(lián)榜首。 近39%的受訪(fǎng)者認(rèn)為“whatever”是最令人反感的詞匯，“l(fā)ike”（比如）以28%的選票位居第二，短語(yǔ)“你懂的”排在第三，投票率為15%。1020名美國(guó)人參與了此項(xiàng)調(diào)查。 美國(guó)圣母學(xué)院的瑪麗?阿左利說(shuō)：“這些詞也許是從流行文化中來(lái)的，比如電影，所以變得時(shí)髦起來(lái)。這與在日常交談中，人們對(duì)這些詞的接受程度，以及它們本身的流行程度有很大關(guān)系。” 阿左利表示，“whatever”這樣的詞可以表達(dá)非常不屑一顧的語(yǔ)氣，取決于使用的語(yǔ)境。 “這種不屑的態(tài)度是說(shuō)話(huà)方式表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的，說(shuō)話(huà)方式本身暗含不屑。” 對(duì)很多人來(lái)說(shuō)，“to tell you the truth”（老實(shí)說(shuō)）和“actually”（其實(shí)）也令人生厭。但對(duì)18歲至29歲的美國(guó)年輕人來(lái)說(shuō)，“l(fā)ike”（比如）最讓他們討厭。 相關(guān)閱讀 “Whatever”獲評(píng)美國(guó)人最反感口頭禪 經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)新詞“失業(yè)樂(lè)活”收入英語(yǔ)詞典 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 Julie 編輯：馮明惠） |
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Vocabulary: at the end of the day: 到頭來(lái)，在結(jié)束的時(shí)候 catch on: to become popular（受歡迎；流行起來(lái)；變得時(shí)髦） |
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