Name: 提高詞彙量：停止說 "壞"！ (Improve Your Vocabulary: Stop Saying BAD!)
Uploaded: 2025-07-19T20:00:02.000Z
Duration: 16 min 25 s

Mr. E is wearing a top hat, has a cane, and a bow tie.

E 先生頭戴高帽，手持柺杖，打著領結。

Because he kind of looks a little funny for a dressed up worm.

因為對於一隻打扮得花枝招展的蠕蟲來說，他看起來有點滑稽。

Well, what I want to introduce you to are some words that...

那麼，我想向你們介紹的是......

Some words that are going to mean bad, because this lesson is actually on stop saying bad, but not for what you think or the reason why you think.

有些詞會有不好的意思，因為這節課實際上是關於停止說不好，但不是因為你的想法或你認為的原因。

I'm going to introduce some words that actually describe things in a bad way, but then I'm going to throw on the other side some opposite words that you can use.

我將介紹一些實際上是形容事情糟糕的詞語，但我也會在另一邊拋出一些你可以使用的相反詞語。

The reason why I'm doing this particular lesson is, do you need other words that don't mean bad?

我上這節課的原因是，你還需要其他不代表壞的詞語嗎？

I mean, it means doesn't work, not a good quality, it's a great, great word.

我是說，它的意思是 "不行"、"品質不好"，是個很好很好的詞。

But when we talk about people and things, sometimes we want to dress up the words, and it will take us from an intermediate stage.

但是，當我們談論人和事時，有時我們會想把文字打扮得漂漂亮亮的，它會把我們帶離一箇中間階段。

I've got a student named Liliana, and she found that when she learned words like this, she went from an intermediate to an advanced stage.

我有一個叫莉莉安娜的學生，她發現當她學會了這樣的單詞後，她就從中級進入了高級階段。

Are you going to use these words all the time?

Because once you go from basics, you're going to read books, talk to different people, and these words are going to come up, like snappy, snazzy, dusty.

因為一旦你從基礎做起，你就會去看書，與不同的人交談，這些詞就會出現，比如瀟灑、時髦、塵土飛揚。

And you're going to want to know what they mean, not just an idea of them, right?

你會想知道它們的含義，而不僅僅是一個概念，對嗎？

So today, I'm going to give you, I think it's about six words, we're going to go to the board, and I'm going to give you their opposites.

所以今天，我要給你們，我想大概有六個單詞，我們要去黑板上，我要給你們它們的對立面。

Let's use some different words, some better words.

讓我們用一些不同的詞，一些更好的詞。

好吧，E，你看起來確實很時髦。

Now, if you look at it, the bad words are going to be in red.

現在，如果你看一下，不好的詞會用紅色表示。

And the good words are going to be in black, okay?

So first one I'm going to talk about is dowdy.

所以，我要談的第一個問題是 "低調"。

Dowdy is like old-fashioned or not very stylish.

Dowdy "的意思是 "老土 "或 "不時髦"。

I'm not saying it can't be used for men, but if it's a young woman and she's wearing, like, a dress that doesn't fit her and it's baggy and it's old-fashioned, let's say she looks rather dowdy.

我並不是說它不能用在男性身上，但如果是一位年輕女性，她穿的裙子不合身，又寬鬆又老土，那她就會顯得很低俗。

Like, you can say it for men, but it's usually used for women, so just understand that.

比如，你可以對男人說，但通常是對女人說，所以請理解這一點。

The opposite of that is actually snazzy, stylish, looking good, right?

與之相反的其實是時髦、時尚、好看，對嗎？

When you're being stylish or snazzy, right?

當你時髦或時髦的時候，對嗎？

So, I'm sure you've seen a movie where it's about teenagers and they're going through so much, so many problems and having so much angst or stress, and they're being played by 35-year-old adults, you know, they've got the beard and they're like, Sally's really sad.

所以，我相信你一定看過這樣一部電影，它講述的是青少年的故事，他們經歷了那麼多，那麼多的問題，有那麼多的焦慮或壓力，而他們是由 35 歲的成年人扮演的，你知道，他們留著鬍子，他們就像，莎莉真的很傷心。

It's like, you're old, why are you playing a teenager?

這就像，你已經老了，為什麼還要演一個十幾歲的孩子？

And then they're like, high school is just so horrible.

然後他們就會說，高中太可怕了。

Also, sometimes something is cheesy, like you go to a restaurant and they've got the plastic on the tables and, like, those brown bottles with candles inside of them, and you're like, oh god, this place is so cheesy, right?

另外，有時有些東西很俗氣，比如你去一家餐館，他們在桌子上放了塑料瓶，還有那些棕色的瓶子，裡面插著蠟燭，你就會想，天哪，這地方太俗氣了，對吧？

And we're saying it's cheap, and then because of that, it could be considered unpleasant, right?

我們說它很便宜，正因為如此，它才會被認為是不愉快的，對嗎？

When something's cheesy, it makes you, ugh, alright?

俗氣的東西會讓你 "唉 "一聲，好嗎？

The opposite of being cheesy is elegant, stylish, and manner.

俗氣的反義詞是優雅、時尚和有風度。

我希望我有一個更好的，是的，我希望。

I didn't want to leave the women out, because some of you women are like, James is so sexist, he talks about women being dowdy.

我不想把女性排除在外，因為你們中的一些女性會說，詹姆斯太性別歧視了，他總是說女性很低俗。

女士們，我有一個送給男士們。

So when you're out, and you're at the club, and you see some guy who hasn't showered in a week standing there, can't afford a drink, he's broke, has no money, maybe he looks very disgusting, you go, he's dusty.

所以，當你出門在外，在俱樂部裡，看到一個一週沒洗澡的人站在那裡，喝不起酒，身無分文，也許他看起來很噁心，你就會說，他滿身灰塵。

It means, imagine dust, and you know what dust is when you go in your furniture?

這意味著，想象一下灰塵，你知道傢俱裡的灰塵是什麼嗎？

It's like, he's so old and dirty, he's got dust on him.

So if a guy looks dusty, he's going to look bad, he probably has no money, he might be ugly, right?

所以，如果一個人看起來滿身灰塵，他就會看起來很糟糕，他可能沒有錢，他可能很醜，對嗎？

真噁心，你走吧，他看起來灰頭土臉的。

通常用於男性，不適用於女性。

So there, that's from me to you, gift, okay?

Next time you tell your girlfriend, your boyfriend looks dusty, she goes, I need a new man.

下一次，當你告訴你的女朋友，你的男朋友看起來灰頭土臉時，她會說，我需要一個新男人。

All right, so, the opposite of dusty is successful and affluent.

好吧，那麼，"塵土飛揚 "的反義詞就是 "成功 "和 "富裕"。

I want to use my glasses again and show you, it's like, that man who's got the big watch, the nice suit, looking good, they're successful and affluent, and that's the opposite of being dusty.

我想再用我的眼鏡給你看看，這就像，那個戴著大表、穿著漂亮衣服、看起來不錯的人，他們是成功的、富裕的，而這與滿身灰塵恰恰相反。

Well, nasty means disgusting, awful, or rude.

嗯，"下流 "的意思是噁心、可怕或粗魯。

If someone's being nasty to you, they could be rude.

如果有人對你態度惡劣，那他可能很粗魯。

You know, you go into a store, and they're like, what do you want?

你知道，你走進一家商店，他們會問，你想要什麼？

You go, you don't have to be nasty, right?

Or it could be disgusting, like, ew, what's on the floor, that's nasty, you don't want to step in it.

也有可能是噁心的，比如，"哎呀，地板上有什麼，真噁心，你可別踩到了"。

If someone is a nasty person, they're not very nice, but if they're pleasant, they're charming, right?

如果一個人很討厭，那他就不是很好，但如果他很討人喜歡，那他就很迷人，對嗎？

No, not like, not like me, like, like the word.

不，不是喜歡，不是喜歡我，是喜歡，喜歡這個詞。

Ew, gross, that's gross, yes, that is gross.

噁心，太噁心了，是的，太噁心了。

Some people think insects are gross, or weeds are gross, which I find funny.

有些人認為昆蟲很噁心，或者雜草很噁心，我覺得這很有趣。

Weeds are just flowers we don't like, just saying.

雜草就是我們不喜歡的花，說說而已。

Anyway, the opposite of being gross is being nice or beautiful.

總之，"噁心 "的反義詞是 "善良 "或 "美麗"。

If you say to somebody, you look lovely, right?

如果你對某人說，你看起來很可愛，對嗎？

It's another way of saying beautiful, which is a nice word, right?

這是 "美麗 "的另一種說法，是個好詞，對吧？

I actually have a video on stop saying nice and beautiful, check it out.

實際上，我有一段關於 "不要再說漂亮和美麗了 "的視頻，你可以看看。

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提高詞彙量：停止說 "壞"！ (Improve Your Vocabulary: Stop Saying BAD!)

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