Name: 跟著加拿大人Bob學英文系列：more or less 跟 less is more 是什麼意思？(Learn the English Phrases "more or less" and "less is more")
Uploaded: 2024-12-29T21:01:20.000Z
Duration: 4 min 33 s

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In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, more or less.

在這節英語課上，我想幫助大家學習  more or less 這個英文片語。

In English when we say more or less it means almost or sort of.

在英語中，"more or less"的意思是"差不多"。

If you asked me if I was done cleaning my house I might say, more or less.

如果你問我房子打掃完了沒有，我可能會說，差不多了。

這意味著我已經完成了大部分工作。

Maybe there's a couple little things here and there that I still need to clean up.

也許這裡和那裡還有一些我需要清理的小東西。

Another example would be if I was packing for a trip you could say, hey, are you done packing?

再比如，如果我正在為旅行打包行李，你可以說，嘿，你打包好了嗎？

This means that I got out my suitcases and I packed my clothes and some soap and a toothbrush and I'm pretty much done packing.

這意味著我拿出行李箱，收拾好衣服、肥皂和牙刷，就差不多收拾完了。

But I probably still want to check things.

So when you say more or less it means something is kind of done or sort of done.

當你說  more or less 時，意思是有些事情已經完成或差不多完成了。

I was going to say more or less done but I don't want to use the term to define the term.

我本想說差不多完成了，但我不想用這個詞來定義這個詞。

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, less is more.

我今天想教你們的另一句話是 "少即是多"。

In English, when we say less is more, it means that sometimes doing a few simple things is better than doing a whole bunch of complex things.

在英語中，當我們說 "少即是多 "時，意思是有時做幾件簡單的事情比做一大堆複雜的事情要好。

A good example would be to wash your vehicle sometimes just a little bit of water with some soap in it is all you need.

洗車就是一個很好的例子，有時只需要一點點水和肥皂就夠了。

You don't need a whole bunch of expensive products.

You can use this to describe a job as well.

你也可以用它來描述一份工作。

Sometimes in teaching, if I try to do 20 or 30 things with a class, they might not remember all of it.

有時在教學中，如果我試圖在一個班級做二三十件事，他們可能不會全部記住。

Sometimes it's better to do about two or three things well and then everyone remembers what you did.

有時，最好能做好兩三件事，然後大家就會記住你做了什麼。

So to review, more or less means almost or sort of.

複習一下，"差不多" 意味著 "almost "或 "有點"。

More or less, actually less than more on that one, that was probably a bad example.

差不多了，實際上是還沒，這可能是一個不好的例子。

If it was close to the end of the video I could say more or less.

如果是在影片快結束的時候，我可以說差不多了

And if you say less is more, it simply means that sometimes doing two or three parts of a process well is better than doing 10 or 15 things badly.

如果說 "少即是多"，意思是，有時做好流程中的兩三個部分，總比做壞 10 或 15 件事要好。

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

但是，讓我們看看之前影片中的評論。

This comment is all crumpled up in my pocket.

這篇評論被我揉成一團放在口袋裡。

It's actually right over there, just on the other side of the pharmacy.

其實就在那邊，就在藥房的另一邊。

You can actually, if you go out the back of this parking lot and go around, there's a little parking lot right there and then walk back to this road and it's right on the corner.

實際上，如果你從停車場後面繞過去，那裡還有一個小停車場，然後再走回這條路，它就在拐角處。

Thank you very much. - Yep, you're welcome.

Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

嘿，讓我們來看看之前影片中的評論。

Sometimes you have to help someone find Service Ontario.

有時，你必須幫助別人找到安大略省服務處。

"As always, the optimistic Bob, wonderful lesson, thumbs up for you!"

「一如既往，樂觀的Bob。精彩的一課，為你按讚！」

I think I've mentioned this a lot on my live streams.

我想我在直播中經常提到這一點。

Sometimes people will say, "Bob, you seem very positive. You seem like a very optimistic person."

有時人們會說：「Bob，你看起來很正面。你看起來是個非常樂觀的人。」

As long as I'm eating healthy food, as long as I'm getting eight or nine hours of sleep every night, and as long as I'm getting some exercise, either walking or shooting my bow and arrow, that's good exercise by the way, I'm usually fairly optimistic.

只要我吃健康的食物，只要我每晚睡八九個小時，只要我有運動，要麼散步，要麼射弓射箭，順便說一句，這都是很好的鍛鍊，我通常都會相當樂觀。

What makes me pessimistic or what makes me very negative, less positive, is when I don't get enough sleep or when I'm not finding time to go for a walk or to enjoy a little bit of exercise.

讓我悲觀或者讓我非常消極、不那麼積極的原因，是我睡眠不足，或者是我沒有時間去散步或做一點運動。

And then did I mention, what was the other one?

然後我有沒有提到，另一個是什麼？

I'm not sure how connected diet is to mood, but I think there's a pretty strong connection.

我不確定飲食與情緒有多大關係，但我認為兩者之間的關係非常密切。

I think if you eat healthy food, you're probably healthier.

我認為，如果你吃健康的食物，你可能會更健康。

I know this for myself because if I eat bad food, I don't sleep as well.

我自己深有體會，因為如果我吃得不好，就會睡得不好。

And then either the bad food or the lack of sleep makes me a little bit cranky.

然後，不是吃壞了肚子，就是睡眠不足讓我變得有點暴躁。

Probably because I was helping someone find Service Ontario.

可能是因為我幫別人找到了安大略服務處。

I'll see you in a couple days with another short English lesson.

我們過幾天再見，再上一堂簡短的英語課。

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