【now.com體育】有時候,對著一班總不愛思考的人,筆者會急得似摩連奴,最後還是替他們決定好了,及後總不忘加一句譴責他們的說話。“Miss Wong you’re so mean.” (Miss Wong你很刻薄)他們總這樣回應。 撰文:Kate Wong
Mean,是一很常見的字,在不同的語境裡,有著不同意思。在上面的句子中,明顯地它的意思是刻薄。作形容詞用時,mean的另一個意思是吝嗇,但習語a woman/man of means 則指一人十分富有。
例句:Ernie's luxurious lifestyle tells us that he is a man of means.(Ernie奢侈的生活告訴我們他是一個富有的人。)
To be less mean(厚道一點),也許我的學生和梳爾不是brainless(原指腦死亡的狀態,但其引申意是頭腦不靈敏和頭腦蠢鈍的,尤指太累時出現的「腦閉塞」情況), 只是太累而braindead了。就像現在的筆者一樣。
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撰文:Kate Wong
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