Name: 即使是英語為母語的人也會弄錯的14種表達方式 (14 Expressions Even Native English Speakers Get Wrong)
Uploaded: 2023-01-17T19:00:24.000Z
Duration: 13 min 25 s

Hi everybody welcome back to Ingrid dot com.

大家好，歡迎回到Ingrid dot com。

The main purpose is to help you feel comfortable with your mistakes now, why can I make you feel comfortable with your mistakes?

主要目的是幫助你現在對你的錯誤感到舒服，為什麼我可以讓你對你的錯誤感到舒服？

I'm gonna show you some expressions in english that even native english speakers, people born and raised in an english speaking environment make mistakes with.

我將向你展示一些英語表達，即使是以英語為母語的人，在英語環境中出生和長大的人也會犯錯。

Now, these are very common expressions, but a lot of people simply say them incorrectly and they don't even realize that they're saying them incorrectly because when you hear it, it's one thing, when you see it written out, it's something else.

現在，這些都是非常常見的表達方式，但很多人只是簡單地說錯了，他們甚至沒有意識到他們說錯了，因為當你聽到它時，它是一回事，當你看到它寫出來時，它是另一回事。

And a lot of people don't realize where the expressions come from and so they say it wrong now, a lot of other people might not pick up on it, but people who are very aware of the language will notice it and it's a little bit annoying to be honest.

很多人沒有意識到這些表達方式的來源，所以他們現在說錯了，很多其他人可能不會注意到這一點，但對語言非常瞭解的人會注意到這一點，說實話，這有點令人討厭。

But it's it's very common at the same time.

So for example, some people say I could care less if you tell them some some information, some news and you think that it should bother them and uh I could care less or you should help your mother.

是以，例如，有些人說我可以不在乎，如果你告訴他們一些一些資訊，一些新聞，你認為這應該打擾他們，呃我可以不在乎，或者你應該幫助你的母親。

She doesn't need my help and I could care less.

她不需要我的幫助，我可以不關心。

The problem is that the right expression is couldn't I couldn't care less means I really, really don't care.

問題是，正確的表達方式是不能我不能關心，意味著我真的，真的不關心。

But if you could care less, that means you can go less in your caring, which doesn't make any sense.

但是，如果你可以不在乎，這意味著你可以在你的關懷中少走彎路，這沒有任何意義。

If you couldn't care less, you're at the most.

So it's a very interesting expression, but again, very, very common.

是以，這是一個非常有趣的表達方式，但同樣，非常、非常普遍。

So for your own use make sure it couldn't care less, not could care less.

是以，為了你自己的使用，確保它不能關心，而不是不能關心。

Now, this one's a little bit interesting.

And the reason it's interesting is because it is so common that it's almost not wrong anymore.

而它之所以有趣，是因為它是如此普遍，幾乎不再是錯誤的。

Like if you say, uh I will, I will visit my friend regardless of his condition.

就像你說，呃，我會的，我會去看我的朋友，不管他的狀況如何。

Like let's say he's he has Covid or he's sick or something.

比如說他有Covid或者他生病了或者其他什麼。

A lot of people say Irregardless almost making it like a negative.

很多人說Irregardless，幾乎把它說成是一種否定。

The problem is regardless already means a negative.

問題是無論如何已經意味著否定。

就像我不知道之前發生了什麼。

But they add the ear because they think it makes it more of a negative situation.

但他們加上了耳朵，因為他們認為這使得情況更加消極。

Now, the problem is so first of all, the correct way is just regardless.

現在，問題是這樣的，首先，正確的方法就是不管。

But again, because it is so common, it has become accepted as except correct, not technically correct, but acceptable enough to be used.

但同樣，由於它是如此普遍，它已被接受為除了正確之外，在技術上並不正確，但可以接受，足以被使用。

And even the dictionary will list Irregardless now to show you basically what it means for all intensive purposes basically it means like for example, somebody asks me, did you finish the work, did you finish the project?

甚至字典裡也會列出Irregardless，讓你知道它基本上是什麼意思，就所有密集的目的而言，它的意思是，比如說，有人問我，你完成了工作嗎，你完成了項目嗎？

Did you finish your work for all intensive purposes means yeah, basically it's almost completely done.

你完成了你的工作，對於所有密集的目的意味著是的，基本上它幾乎完全完成了。

As far as you're concerned, you can say it's finished because tomorrow it will be done right now.

就你而言，你可以說它已經完成了，因為明天它就會馬上完成。

The problem is it's not intensive for all intents and for all intents And purposes basically for what you need.

問題是，就所有的意圖和目的而言，它並不密集，基本上可以滿足你的需要。

Yes, it's finished for your intent for your purpose, I can say the job is finished by the time you actually need it, 100% completed, it will be 100% completed, but for now it's about 98%.

是的，為你的意圖為你的目的完成了，我可以說在你真正需要它的時候，工作已經完成了，100%完成了，它將100%完成，但現在它大約是98%。

But you can start working on the next project because you have enough stuff for all intents, all your intentions and all the purpose is done anyways, let's go on with the next part.

但是你可以開始下一個項目的工作，因為你有足夠的東西，你所有的意圖和所有的目的都已經完成了，無論如何，讓我們繼續下一個部分。

So a lot of people say anyways and it should just be anyway.

所以很多人都說無論如何，應該就是無論如何。

There's no such word as anyways, but again, like irregardless, so common, you'll hear it, you'll even see it a lot of places that it's become accepted and even considered correct in terms of usage anyway means, okay, forget the past, forget what happened before.

沒有anyways這個詞，但同樣，就像irregardless，如此常見，你會聽到它，你甚至會在很多地方看到它，它已經被接受，甚至被認為是正確的用法，反正意思是，好吧，忘記過去，忘記之前發生的事情。

Let's continue with what's going on there.

讓我們繼續討論那裡發生的事情。

好的，那麼接下來我們有自我貶值。

Now, First of all depreciating means lower in value.

現在，首先貶值意味著價值降低。

So for example, if you buy a car and you start driving it, its value, financial value, monetary value starts to depreciate, starts to go down.

是以，例如，如果你買了一輛車，你開始駕駛它，它的價值，金融價值，貨幣價值開始貶值，開始下降。

But we don't say this about ourselves, we don't lose value, we are always the same.

但我們不會這樣說自己，我們不會失去價值，我們永遠是一樣的。

其他人可能會對我們有不同的評價。

Might judge us less or more, but what we can't actually do that to ourselves.

可能會對我們進行更少或更多的評判，但實際上我們不能對自己這樣做。

If we are self deprecating means we are putting ourselves down.

如果我們自我貶低意味著我們在貶低自己。

If I say I'm really bad at this or I'm really bad at that or I really look bad today or I'm so fat, I'm so skinny.

如果我說我在這個方面真的很差，或者我在那個方面真的很差，或者我今天看起來真的很差，或者我好胖，我好瘦。

Everything that I say negative about myself is self deprecating.

我對自己的一切負面評價都是自我貶低。

I am putting my I'm lowering my own value in my own eyes.

我把我的我在我自己的眼中降低了自己的價值。

And that's again, it's easy to understand why people might confuse this word because it's still lowering level but you're not losing any value.

而這又是，很容易理解為什麼人們可能會混淆這個詞，因為它仍然是在降低水準，但你沒有失去任何價值。

Anyway, okay then this one is very commonly misunderstood because first of all, the word, patriot means someone who loves their country or is very loyal to their country.

總之，好吧，那麼這個人是非常普遍的誤解，因為首先，這個詞，愛國者的意思是愛自己的國家或對國家非常忠誠的人。

And if you're an expatriate it's like you don't love your country anymore because you moved to a different country.

如果你是一個外籍人士，就好像你不再愛你的國家了，因為你搬到了一個不同的國家。

But that's not really the situation here.

So the correct word and it's usually just one word expatriate.

是以，正確的詞，通常只有一個詞expatriate。

Now if I say this as a verb which means to remove someone from a country is to expatriate to expatriate someone.

現在，如果我說這是一個動詞，它的意思是把某人從一個國家移走，就是把某人移出國境。

But as a noun, I am an expatriate, it sounds the same as this, which is why a lot of people confuse it.

但作為一個名詞，我是一個外籍人士，它聽起來和這個一樣，這就是為什麼很多人把它混淆了。

If I go live in another country for example, let's say I go to live in Korea in Korea, I'm an expatriate in Canada I'm just I'm a patriot.

如果我去別的國家生活，比如說我去韓國生活在韓國，我是加拿大的僑民，我只是我是一個愛國者。

If I move back to Canada, I will repatriate myself in the country and that's the word.

如果我搬回加拿大，我將把自己遣送回國，這就是我的說法。

So that's why don't use this word even though it sounds right to nip something in the, in the butt.

是以，這就是為什麼不要使用這個詞，即使它聽起來是對的，可以把一些東西夾在，夾在屁股裡。

Now, first of all, but is, you know, your bum, basically, it's a slang word for bum to nip means to like cut so generally before something grows too big to control before, especially a bad situation before a little bit bad situation becomes a very bad situation.

現在，首先，但是是，你知道，你的屁股，基本上，這是一個俚語，屁股的意思是像切割一樣，所以一般來說，在東西長得太大，無法控制之前，特別是在一個糟糕的情況下，一點點糟糕的情況變成一個非常糟糕的情況。

But there's no but on this thing, so the correct word is bud.

但這東西上沒有 "但是"，所以正確的詞是 "芽"。

So when you think of a flower, think of a rose, it starts off with like a like a little this guy little bead of a flower and then it blooms and becomes a full flower, right?

所以，當你想到一朵花，想到一朵玫瑰，它一開始就像一個小的這個傢伙的小花珠，然後它綻放，成為一朵完整的花，對嗎？

So if you don't want this to grow and become a bigger problem, you nip it, you cut it off and the problem is gone right?

是以，如果你不想讓它成長併成為一個更大的問題，你就把它掐斷，把它剪掉，問題就消失了，對嗎？

And that's the expression uh yeah but not but okay.

這就是表達呃，是的，但不是，但還好。

But it doesn't mean the same as peace of mind.

Means you're comfortable, you're relaxed.

If I give you a piece of my mind means I will tell you exactly what I think, right.

如果我把我的想法告訴你，意味著我將準確地告訴你我的想法，對嗎。

So I'm gonna give you a piece of my mind here and I'm gonna tell you that you're doing this wrong wrong or you're doing this that the other way.

所以我要在這裡給你講講我的想法，我要告訴你，你這樣做是錯誤的，或者你這樣做是另一種方式。

So I'm giving you a very strong opinion opinion with a piece of my mind.

所以我給你一個非常強烈的意見觀點，有我的想法。

But with a peace of mind you can have peace of mind.

但是，有了安寧的心態，你就能擁有安寧的生活。

Don't worry about it, relax, that's what that expression means.

不要擔心，放鬆，這就是這個說法的意思。

But again they sound the same sleight of hand.

但他們的聲音又是同樣的花招。

If you think about a magician they're holding their cards and suddenly the card disappears.

如果你想一想魔術師，他們拿著牌，突然牌就消失了。

It didn't actually disappear, they just moved it somehow without you seeing it now, the problem is it's not sleight of hand, it's slate of hand.

它實際上並沒有消失，他們只是在你現在沒有看到的情況下，以某種方式移動了它，問題是這不是魔術，而是手掌的石板。

Some people would say slight as well this way so it sounds the same.

有些人也會這樣說輕微，所以聽起來是一樣的。

It's basically a trick and we can use this expression with all kinds of things where you don't actually you don't actually know what happened.

這基本上是一個訣竅，我們可以用這個表達方式來處理各種你實際上不知道發生了什麼的事情。

Somebody tricked you but you just didn't see it.

有人欺騙了你，但你只是沒有看到。

They used slate of hand to trick you into whatever they tricked you into.

他們利用手中的石板來欺騙你，讓你接受他們所欺騙的東西。

I think most people understand this expression first come first serve.

我想大多數人都理解這種先來後到的表達方式。

Except the problem is this expression like this doesn't actually make sense.

除了問題是這樣的表達方式實際上並沒有意義。

The first person to come will be the first person to be served first come first served.

第一個來的人將是第一個被服務的人，先到先得。