1. awful:
例:
That's such an awful program! How can you
watch it? (这个节目太烂了,你怎么能看得下去?)
2. appalling:
例:
Your handwriting is appalling. (你的字太丑了。)
3. suck: if you say that something
sucks , you think it is very bad - some people think this word is offensive
备注:''suck''常用于美式英语口语中,这个词偏粗鲁。
例:
Let's not go there—the food sucks. (我们别去那吃,那里的食物糟透了!)
4. crap: use this to describe
something you think is very bad - some people think this word is offensive
备注:''crap''常用于美式英语口语中,这个词偏粗鲁。
例:
Oh, crap. (哎呀我擦。)
There's nothing but crap on television
these days. (最近电视上成天播些垃圾节目。)
The stereo's great but the rest of the car
is crap. (车载音响还不错,车子的其他部分就太烂了。)
a load of crap
Someone told me it was a really interesting
museum, but I thought it was a load of crap. (有人跟我说这个博物馆很好很有意思,但我觉得那就是一堆垃圾啊!)
5. lousy:
例:
(1)《老友记》S01E09对话:
Chandler: So I guess what I'm
trying to say is that I'm very thankful that all of your Thanksgivings sucked.
(于是我猜我要说的就是你们的感恩节都很糟糕,我为此感到欣慰。)
All: That's so sweet. (谢谢,你太客气了。)
Ross: And hey, here's to a lousy
Christmas. (嗯我也想说,祝我们圣诞节也糟糕。)
Rachel: And a crappy New Year. (还有新年也糟糕。)
情境:这六个好朋友感恩节本来各有各的安排,后来阴差阳错都不能成行,最后只能在一起过节。最后大家的祝酒词就是:“我们感恩感恩节这么糟糕,希望圣诞节也糟糕,新年也糟糕。”
(2)The weather has been lousy all week. (这一整周天气都很糟糕。)
(3)I'm fed up with this lousy job. (这份烂差事我真是受够了不想干了。)
6. terrible:
例:
The food was lousy and the service was
terrible. (那儿的食物和服务质量都很差。)
Her house is in a terrible state. (她的房子很破。)
7. dreadful: very bad
备注:''dreadful''常用于英式英语中。
例:
The coffee tasted dreadful! (这咖啡好难喝!)
"How did you like the film?'' "I
thought it was dreadful.''(-你觉得这部电影如何? -糟透了。)
8. rubbish: use this to describe
something you think is very bad
备注:''rubbish''常用于英式英语口语中,美式英语口语中常作''garbage'',与''crap''用法类似。
例:
"What did you think of his speech?''
"I thought it was rubbish!''(-你觉得他的演讲如何? -简直是垃圾!)
Most of the food in these fast food joints
is garbage. (这些快餐店里大部分食物都很难吃。)
a load of rubbish/garbage
I don't know why you're watching that film.
It's a load of old rubbish. (我不明白你为什么要看那部电影,又过时又难看。)
I've never read such a load of garbage in
my life. (我这辈子没读过这么恶心的文章。)
9. be a nightmare: use this to talk
about an extremely bad experience or situation
备注:''be a
nightmare''常用于口语中。
例:
Our vacation was a complete nightmare. The
weather was awful and our hotel was worse. (我们的假期真是过得糟透了。天气很差,酒店条件更差。)

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