Name: 925 英語課第18課 - 英文最高級用法 | 商務英語會話 (925 English Lesson 18 - Using Superlatives in English | Business English Conversation)
Uploaded: 2026-01-15T17:37:56.000Z
Duration: 7 min 26 s

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You're learning with nine to five English Business English for the workplace.

你正在學習九到五英文的職場商務英文。

Hi, Tim, here with another 9 to 5 English lesson.

嗨，我是 Tim，又帶來一堂九到五英文的課程。

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In today's lesson, we're going to learn how to talk about extremes, using superlatives such as best and worst.

在今天的課程裡，我們要學習如何用最高級，像是最好的和最差的，來談論極端。

in competition, we are always talking about who or what is at the top or the bottom.

在競爭中，我們總是談論誰或什麼是頂尖的或墊底的。

Usually this means comparing with adjectives.

這通常意味著用形容詞來比較。

I mean, we're talking about how small something is or how successful someone is.

我的意思是，我們在談論某樣東西有多小，或某人有多成功。

Adding the idea of most to these adjectives is easy.

在這些形容詞後面加上「最」的概念很容易。

If the adjective is short, we just add est to the end.

如果形容詞很短，我們只要在後面加上 est。

So we say small list, shortest and cheapest.

所以我們會說 small list，shortest 和 cheapest。

If the adjective is longer, then we use most, such as most successful or most interesting.

如果形容詞比較長，我們就會用 most，像是 most successful 或 most interesting。

Let's practice some examples of using most and best.

我們來練習幾個使用 most 和 best 的例子。

Listen to each example, then repeat it yourself.

仔細聽每個例子，然後自己跟著唸。

Our sales are usually highest in November and December.

我們的業績通常在十一月和十二月是最高的。

Of all the interviewees, Caleb was the most impressive.

在所有面試者中，Caleb 是最令人印象深刻的。

Nothing really compares to the taste of Beamer's coffee.

沒有什麼真的比 Beamer's coffee 的味道更棒了。

Amazon has far and away the biggest selection of books.

Amazon 的書籍選擇絕對是最多的。

All right, we've just practiced using most and best.

好的，我們剛剛練習了使用 most 和 best。

But you might have noticed another expression in those examples.

但你可能已經注意到那些例子裡還有另一個說法。

If you want to say something is the best, you can say that nothing compares to it.

如果你想說某樣東西是最好的，你可以說它無與倫比。

That just means nothing is even close to as good as it.

這就表示沒有什麼東西能跟它相比。

If New York is your absolute favorite city, for example, you can say nothing compares to New York.

舉例來說，如果紐約是你最喜歡的城市，你就可以說紐約無與倫比。

So most and best are at one end of the scale, but what's at the other end?

所以 most 和 best 在這量尺的一端，那另一端是什麼呢？

I mean, maybe you think New York is the worst city in the world.

我的意思是，也許你認為紐約是世界上最差的城市。

If you're using an adjective to describe exactly what is so bad, then you can choose a negative adjective.

如果你用一個形容詞來精確描述有多糟，你就可以選擇一個負面的形容詞。

For example, you can talk about the most terrible laptop.

舉例來說，你可以說最糟糕的筆記型電腦。

Or you can use the word least, like saying someone is the least interesting person.

或者你也可以用 least 這個字，像是說某人是最不有趣的人。

This time we're talking about negative ideas using worst and least.

這次我們要談論的是使用 worst 和 least 的負面概念。

Once again, repeat the examples after you hear them.

再一次，聽完例句後跟著重複。

The second quarter of this year was our slowest ever.

今年第二季是我們有史以來最慢的一季。

There's nothing worse than high gas prices.

Wendy is the least qualified person for the job.

Wendy 是這份工作中資格最不符的人選。

Their customer service is the absolute worst.

And did you notice two special expressions for saying something is the worst?

你注意到用來表達某事物最差勁的兩個特殊說法了嗎？

One way is to say there's nothing worse than something.

一種方法是說「沒有比...更糟的」。

That means it's at the very bottom of the scale.

And another is to say something is the absolute worst.

另一種說法是某事物是「最差勁的」。

That makes it sound pretty bad, doesn't it?

Ok, we've practiced some of these expressions on their own, but

好的，我們已經單獨練習了其中一些說法，但是

how does all this sound in a conversation.

這些說法在對話中聽起來怎麼樣呢？

Let's listen to a short dialogue between James and Nicola.

我們來聽聽 James 和 Nicola 的一段簡短對話。

James is asking Nicola about her new mobile phone.

James 正在問 Nicola 關於她新手機的事情。

Are you happy with your new mobile phone?

Nothing really compares to the latest Samsung.

真的沒有什麼比最新的 Samsung 更棒了。

You must notice a huge difference in speed.

你一定會注意到速度上有很大的差異。

My old phone was the absolute worst for speed.

我舊手機的速度真的是最差的。

As you heard, Nicola thinks her new phone is the best while her old phone was the worst.

就像你聽到的，Nicola 覺得她的新手機是最好的，而她舊手機是最差的。

We'll repeat the dialog, but this time we're going to beep out the second speaker's words.

我們會重複對話，但這次我們會把第二位說話者的話消音。

You will have to say those parts yourself.

Remember to start by saying that nothing compares to your new phone.

記得一開始就說，沒有什麼比你的新手機更棒了。

Then you'll say how bad your old phone was for speed.

然後你會說你舊手機的速度有多差。

For this lesson, we've learned some great ways to talk about the best and worst of things.

這節課，我們學到了一些很棒的方法來談論事物的好與壞。

Tune in next time when you'll learn the best ways to talk about abilities.

下次鎖定，你將學到談論能力的最好方法。