Name: 別再只會 Annoying！跟著加拿大人 Bob 學會用英語形容討人厭的人！ (How to Talk about Annoying People in English)
Uploaded: 2025-09-10T21:01:20.000Z
Duration: 8 min 21 s

頻率副詞

So I'm not sure if you've noticed this, but sometimes other people can be a little bit annoying.

我不知道你是否注意到了這一點，但有時其他人會有點煩人。

I mean, most of the time people are wonderful, but there are times when people are just annoying.

我的意思是，大多數時候人們都很好，但也有讓人討厭的時候。

過去簡單式

So I thought I would create an English lesson for you where I teach you eight different phrases we use to talk about how annoying people behave.

我想給大家上一堂英語課，教大家用八種不同的短語來形容討厭的人的行為。

The first phrase I want to teach you is the phrase to nitpick.

我要教給你們的第一句話是 "吹毛求疵"。

When you nitpick, it means you complain about little things that aren't actually important.

當你吹毛求疵時，意味著你在抱怨一些實際上並不重要的小事。

Let's imagine there's a husband and wife, and the husband likes the car parked in exactly one spot.

假設有一對夫妻，丈夫喜歡把車停在同一個地方。

By the way, this is not a lesson about Jed and I.

順便說一句，這不是一堂關於傑德和我的課。

And let's say when the wife parks the car, sometimes she parks it slightly in the wrong spot.

比方說，妻子停車時，有時會把車停錯一點位置。

But if the husband constantly says to her, you parked the car slightly in the wrong spot again, this would be nitpicking.

但是，如果丈夫經常對她說，你又把車停錯地方了，這就是吹毛求疵了。

Let's imagine that the husband, after brushing his teeth, always leaves the toothbrush on the counter instead of putting it into the little cup.

假設丈夫刷完牙後，總是把牙刷放在櫃檯上，而不是放進小杯子裡。

The wife might then say, hey, can you please put the toothbrush in the cup?

妻子可能會說，嘿，你能把牙刷放進杯子裡嗎？

And so in those cases, in both situations, we would say the one person has decided to nitpick the other person.

在這兩種情況下，我們會說是一個人決定對另一個人吹毛求疵。

They've decided to complain about something that's not important.

他們決定抱怨一些無關緊要的事情。

Again, this is not a lesson based on Jed and myself.

再次重申，這不是針對傑德和我自己的一堂課。

This is just an example, an imaginary example.

這只是一個例子，一個想象中的例子。

Jed and I always parked the cars in exactly the right spot and we always put our toothbrushes away, I promise.

傑德和我總是把車停在正確的位置，我們總是把牙刷放好，我保證。

Anyways, let's look at a few more phrases that you can use to talk about annoying people.

總之，讓我們來看看還有哪些短語可以用來形容討厭的人。

The second phrase I wanted to teach you is to be on someone's case.

我想教給你們的第二句話是，要站在別人的立場上。

When you are on someone's case, it means you are pressuring them or trying to push them to do something.

當你對某人咄咄逼人時，就意味著你在給他施壓或試圖逼他做某事。

A good example for this would be if a parent thinks their child should apply for a certain job.

一個很好的例子是，父母認為自己的孩子應該申請某份工作。

Let's say there's a parent and they have an adult child, someone in their 20s, and the parent thinks they should apply for a job at the car factory.

比方說，有一位家長，他們有一個 20 多歲的成年孩子，家長認為他們應該去汽車廠應聘。

If that parent constantly says, did you apply for that job yet?

如果父母經常說，你申請到那份工作了嗎？

I really think you should apply for that job.

我真的覺得你應該申請這份工作。

We would say that parent is getting on their case.

我們會說，家長正在找他們的麻煩。

It's not a nice feeling when parents do this.

We try not to do this with our own children, but sometimes it's a little bit difficult because you want the best for your child.

我們儘量不對自己的孩子這樣做，但有時會有點困難，因為你想給孩子最好的。

So if someone is on someone's case, it means they're pressuring them, reminding them, talking about something a lot because they think that person should do it.

如果有人對某人 "咄咄逼人"，就意味著他們在給某人施壓，提醒某人，經常談論某事，因為他們認為那個人應該這樣做。

This next phrase is a phrase that we only use when talking about the workplace, and it's the phrase to micromanage.

下一句話是我們在談論工作場所時才會用到的一句話，它就是 "微觀管理"。

If you have a manager or a supervisor or a boss and they are constantly telling you how to do every single part of your job instead of trusting you to do it well, we would say that they have decided to micromanage you.

如果你的經理、主管或老闆經常告訴你如何做好工作中的每一個環節，而不是相信你能做好，我們就會說他們決定對你進行微觀管理。

It's not nice to have someone micromanage you.

讓別人對你進行微觀管理並不好。

It's nice when they give you a job or a project and then trust you to do it, and maybe check in every once in a while.

如果他們給你一份工作或一個項目，然後信任你，讓你去做，或許每隔一段時間就來看看，那就很好。

But if your boss says, I need you to do this project today, I want you to do it in this order, do it number one, then number two, then number three, I'm gonna check in on you after every step and give you suggestions on how to do it better, we would then say that that boss has decided to micromanage you.

但如果你的老闆說，我今天需要你做這個項目，我要你按照這個順序來做，先做第一項，再做第二項，然後做第三項，每做完一步我都會檢查你，並給你建議如何做得更好，那麼我們就會說，這個老闆已經決定對你進行微觀管理了。

I only enjoy working for bosses that don't micromanage.

我只喜歡為沒有微觀管理的老闆工作。

When someone tries to micromanage me, I find it very, very annoying.

當有人試圖對我進行微觀管理時，我覺得非常非常討厭。

The next phrase is the phrase to split hairs.

When you split hairs, it means you argue about small details that aren't really that important.

當你們爭論不休時，就意味著你們在爭論一些並不重要的小細節。

Let's say at work, they told you that you needed to sell $10,000 worth of product during a four-week period.

比方說，在工作中，他們告訴你需要在四周內賣出價值 1 萬美元的產品。

And let's say you sold $9,998 worth of product.

假設你賣出了價值 9998 美元的產品。

If your boss or manager was like, well, you didn't meet the target, that would be splitting hairs because you were almost there.

如果你的老闆或經理說，好吧，你沒有達到目標，那就太小題大做了，因為你已經快達到目標了。

So when you split hairs, it means you look at small little details and you make them seem important when they really aren't.

所以，當你分頭行動時，就意味著你會關注一些小細節，並讓它們看起來很重要，而實際上它們並不重要。

The next phrase is the phrase to harp on someone.

When you harp on someone, it means you complain about the same thing over and over and over again.

當你對一個人喋喋不休時，就意味著你在一遍又一遍地抱怨同一件事。

Now, I hope my mom isn't watching this English lesson because this example is actually true.

現在，我希望我媽媽沒有在看這堂英語課，因為這個例子是真實的。

When I was a teenager, when I was in high school, my mom would harp on me and tell me to do my homework every day and sometimes multiple times a day.

在我十幾歲上高中的時候，媽媽每天都會叮囑我做作業，有時一天要做好幾遍。

This is a pretty common thing for parents to do.

這對父母來說是很常見的事情。

They often harp on their children to do their homework.

Again, this is because they want the best for their kid.

同樣，這也是因為他們希望孩子得到最好的。

They actually want their kid to do really well in school.

實際上，他們希望自己的孩子在學校表現出色。

I try not to harp on my kids about homework, but I mean, if you do your homework, you get better grades.

我儘量不在家庭作業上嘮叨孩子，但我的意思是，如果你做作業，你的成績就會更好。

If you get better grades, you might get a better job.

如果你能取得更好的成績，就可能找到更好的工作。

So when you harp on someone, it means you complain about the same thing over and over again.

當你對某人喋喋不休時，就意味著你在反覆抱怨同一件事。

The next phrase is the phrase to look over someone's shoulder.

下一個短語是 "從別人的肩膀上看過去"。

Now, I know how to use my camera, but imagine there's a person standing here looking over my shoulder, telling me how I could do things better, how I could do things differently.

現在，我知道如何使用我的相機，但想象一下，有一個人站在這裡看著我的肩膀，告訴我如何把事情做得更好，如何以不同的方式做事。

That person would be looking over my shoulder.

那個人會從我的肩膀上看過去。

So we use this to actually describe a person physically standing there, like your boss might be looking over your shoulder as you do something at work, but we also use it to describe a situation where someone is monitoring what you're doing a lot.

我們用它來形容一個人站在那裡，就像你的老闆可能會在你工作時從你的肩膀上看過去，但我們也用它來形容有人經常監視你在做什麼的情況。

So at work, you could say, oh, my boss just constantly is looking over my shoulder.

在工作中，你可以說，哦，我的老闆總是在我的肩膀上窺視著我。

It doesn't necessarily mean your boss is standing there.

這並不一定意味著你的老闆就站在那裡。

It could simply mean your boss constantly emails you and comes and checks on you to make sure you're doing something right.

這可能只是意味著你的老闆經常給你發郵件，來檢查你是否做對了什麼。

So the phrase, to look over someone's shoulder, it means one person is supervising what someone else is doing, or someone is looking over the shoulder, telling a person how to do something differently or how to do it better.

"從別人的肩膀上看過去 "這個短語的意思是，一個人在監督別人正在做的事情，或者一個人從別人的肩膀上看過去，告訴別人如何以不同的方式做某事，或者如何做得更好。

This next phrase is very similar to the phrase to harp on someone, and it's to hound someone.

下一個短語與 "糾纏某人"（harp on someone）非常相似，都是 "糾纏某人"（hound someone）的意思。

When someone hounds someone else, it means they keep pressuring them or bothering them to do something.

當一個人對另一個人窮追不捨時，這意味著他不斷向對方施壓或打擾對方做某事。

Another great example would be parents with their children.

另一個很好的例子是父母與子女在一起。

Let's say you need to apply to go to university.

You're a teenager and your parents are pressuring you.

你是個青少年，父母給你施加壓力。

They're hounding you to choose the same university that they went to.

他們逼著你選擇和他們一樣的大學。

So that would mean you would come home from school and every day they would say, did you apply to the University of Toronto yet?

這意味著你每天放學回家，他們都會問，你申請多倫多大學了嗎？

In that situation, we would say the parents have decided to hound their child.

在這種情況下，我們會說父母已經決定對孩子進行追捕。

They're harping on their child every day.

他們每天都在嘮叨自己的孩子。

They're hounding their child to fill out the application to go to the same university that they went to.

他們催促孩子填寫申請表，去他們上過的那所大學。

The last phrase I want to teach you is the phrase to pick something apart.

我想教給你們的最後一個短語是 "剔除"。

When you pick something apart, it means you look at something and find all the errors and mistakes in it, and then you mention it to the person who made it.

所謂 "挑毛病"，是指你看了某樣東西，發現其中的所有錯誤和失誤，然後向製作者提出。

This actually happens sometimes with my English lessons.

實際上，我的英語課有時也會出現這種情況。

In the comments, sometimes someone will pick apart my video.

在評論中，有時會有人挑剔我的影片。

They'll say at the three-minute mark, you mispronounced this word, or I think you explained this wrong.

他們會在三分鐘後說："這個詞你念錯了，或者我覺得你解釋錯了。

It doesn't happen a lot, but it happens every once in a while.

這種情況並不常見，但偶爾也會發生。

And I actually don't mind when people pick apart the things I've done.

事實上，我並不介意別人挑剔我做過的事情。

If they do it all the time, it gets a little bit annoying.

如果他們總是這樣，就會讓人覺得有點煩。

But when you pick something apart, it means you look at something and you find all the little errors and all the little mistakes.

但是，當你對某件事情進行挑剔時，就意味著你會發現所有的小錯誤和小失誤。

Well, thank you so much for watching this video about annoying things people do.

好了，非常感謝大家收看這段關於人們做的煩心事的影片。

It ended up mostly being about bosses and parents, didn't it, of most of my examples?

在我舉出的大多數例子中，最後大部分都與老闆和父母有關，不是嗎？

So maybe those are the people that I find the most annoying.

所以，也許這些人才是我覺得最討厭的人。

My mom's not really annoying at all, but maybe when I was a teenager, a little bit.

我媽媽其實一點也不討厭，但在我十幾歲的時候，可能會有一點。

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