bad [ bæd] a.坏的,恶的;严重的
go bad 变坏;变酸;腐败
bad a. 坏的,有害的,不利的,严重的
剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency
过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
好事不出门,恶事传千里 "Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. "
坏帐 bad account
赔了夫人又折兵, 花钱填无底洞 throw good money after bad
死帐 uncollectible account, bad debt, bad loan
资产剥离 peel off (bad) assets of a company
be in bad order 破损,(包装)不合格
bad quality 劣质
risk of bad odour(change of flavour) 恶味险,变味险
workaholic 工作狂
A: My wife has been very upset about my bad habit of staying late at work.
A: 我太太对我喜欢晚下班的坏习惯很不开心。
B: I've been there. My husband used to be a workaholic until I gave him an ultimatum. His work addiction almost ruined our relationship.
B: 我是过来人。我先生以前一直是个工作狂, 直到我向他下了最后通牒。他的沉迷于工作基乎毁了我们的感情。
- 对于「沉迷于酒」的人我们叫他"an alcoholic", 对于放不下工作的人呢,
美语就叫"a workaholic"「工作狂」, "ultimatum"是「最后通牒」的意思。
"I've been there."(原意:我到过那里)在口语里有「我是过来人」的意思。
Bad news travels quickly. 坏事传千里。
bad egg(lot) 坏蛋
The price isn't bad. 不贵.
幸福是良好的健康加上糟糕的记性。
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
但愿坏习惯象心一样易碎。
If only bad habits could be broken as easily as hearts!
过犹不及
going too far is as bad as not going far enough;
beyond is as wrong as falling short;
too much is as bad as too little
好事不出门,恶事传千里
Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad
bad debts 坏帐
呆帐 bad account
bad ballot paper 坏票
From what has been discussed above, I am fully convinced that the leisure life-style is undergoing a decline with the progress of modern society, it is not necessary a bad thing.
通过以上讨论,我完全相信,随着现代社会的进步,幽闲的生活方式正在消失并不是件坏事。
There is much discussion over science and technology. One of the questions under debate is whether traditional technology and methods are bound to die out when a country begins to develop modern science and technology.
关于科学技术存在许多争论,其中一个问题是当国家发展现代科学技术时,传统的技术方法是否可能会消亡? 130. As for me, the declining of traditional technology and methods is not a bad thing; it is the natural result of progress of society.
我认为,传统技术方法的消亡不一定是坏事,这是社会进步的自然结果。
There is no denying that the qualities of our living have gone from bad to worse.
无可否认,我们的生活品质已经每况愈下。
Bad 坏的
bad account 坏帐,呆帐
bad debt loss 坏帐损失
bad debt recovey 呆坏帐收回
bad title 失效产权
Don't make a bad impression on me.
不要给我留下坏印象。
Not bad.
还不错。
It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.
一个奇怪的事实是,在失意的日子里,我们能够生动地想起不复存在的好时光;而在得意的时候,对苦难的日子只留有非常淡漠而残缺的记忆。
Bad habits are as infectious by example as the plague itself is by contact.
恶习易于由实例传播,就像瘟疫的传播借助于接触。
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
任何形式的瘾都是不好的,无论上瘾的是酒精、吗啡还是唯心主义。
The bad weather frustrated our hopes of going out.
坏天气使我们打消了外出的念头。
The smell of the bad egg disgusts me.
这变质了的蛋的气味令我作呕。
The bad egg has a disgusting smell.
这个蛋变质了,味道很难闻。
They had a wonderful holiday, despite the bad weather.
尽管天气不好,他们的假日仍然过得很愉快。
We've received many complaints about bad work.
我们收到了不少关于工艺低劣的投诉。
She complained to me about his bad manners.
她向我诉说他的粗暴无礼。
a chain of events 一系列事件
a chain of accidents 一系列的意外事故
a chain of thoughts 一连串的想法
a chain of bad luck 一连串倒霉的事情
The chairman roared with anger when he heard the bad news.
听到坏消息,主席气得大叫。
Anyone with a bad cold may infect the people around him.
得重感冒的人会使周围的人受到感染。
John is to attend the meeting in place of the manager, who has come down with a bad cold.
约翰代替经理参加会议,因为经理患了重感冒。
Bad food is a source of illness.
变质的食物是得病的原因。
The doctor's diagnosis is that he's just got a bad cold.
医生诊断他只是得了重感冒。
The losses suffered by the company are due to bad management.
公司遭受损失的原因是管理不善。
I won't stand for any more of her bad manners; I shall ask her to leave my house.
我再也不能忍受她的粗鲁举止了,我要请她离开我的房子。
Why do you stand for such bad working conditions?
你们为什么去忍受这么差的工作条件?
People get upset when they hear bad news.
听到坏消息,人们深感不安。
The house was dull, old-fashioned and in bad condition.
这房子死气沉沉,式样过时,还破烂不堪。
It's very bad if one looses his identity.
人失去了自己的个性是很悲哀的。
Bad weather accounted for the crop's failing.
恶劣气候是庄稼欠收的原因。
Nothing is ever quite as good or quite as bad as it looks at first sight.
任何事都没有乍一看那么好或者那么糟糕。
Despite the bad weather and ill health, he took first place in the foot race.
尽管天气不好,身体又欠佳,他还是在赛跑中得了第一名。
A greenhouse is a glass building in which you grow plants that need to be protected from bad weather.
所谓温室就是玻璃建筑,里面培植一些需要保护以免受坏天气侵袭的植物。
He began to rage against his bad luck.
他开始愤愤地叙说自己的倒霉事儿。
Joan's bad behavior sent her mother into a rage.
琼的粗暴无礼令他母亲极为生气。
Bad managing calls for a change.
管理这么差,必须有所改变。
He has a bad case of nerves.
他太紧张了。
It is generally agreed that smoking is bad for health.
人们普遍认为吸烟有害健康。
We’ll overlook your bad behavior this time, but don’t do it again.
这一次我们不计较你的错误行为,但是切勿再犯了。
Your bad spelling may prejudice (harm) your chances of getting the job.
你糟糕的拼写可能会使你丧失获得这个工作的机会。
even-tempered 性情平和的
mild-tempered 温和的
hot- / quick- / short-tempered 脾气急躁的
sweet-tempered 性情温柔的
moody-tempered 喜怒无常的
good-tempered 好脾气的
bad- / ill-tempered 坏脾气的
We closed our offices at 2:00 p.m. to give employees time to absorb the bad news.
我们下午两点就下班了, 让雇员们有时间去思考这个坏消息。
The car accident hurt his leg so bad that he was crippled for the rest of his life.
那起事故使他的腿受了重伤,他今后就只能跛着腿走路了。
They protested about the bad food at the hotel.
他们抗议旅馆里的食物质量太差。
His English is very bad and I have great difficulty (in) understanding him.
他的英语很糟糕, 我很难听懂他。
Try to be diplomatic when you refuse her invitation, so as not to cause bad feeling.
谢绝她的邀请时要注意方式, 以免引起不快。
I think it would be a kindness to tell him the bad news straight away.
我认为直截了当告诉他这个坏消息反而好。
He approached the old lady slowly, having no idea how to tell her the bad news.
他慢慢地走近老太太, 不知道该怎么把坏消息告诉她。
The bad news has spoiled my day.
这坏消息使我一整天没有过好。
Her husband stuck by her in good times and bad.
她的丈夫曾和她同甘共苦。
The boy is liable to bad colds.
这男孩容易患重感冒。
Her solemn face told them that the news was bad.
她严肃的表情告诉他们那是坏消息。
The launch of a space shuttle was delayed for 24 hours because of bad weather.
由于天气不好,航天飞机的发射推迟了24小时。
The match was cancelled owing to the bad weather.
因天气不好,比赛取消了。
It was a classic case of bad management.
这是管理不善的典型例子。
We have a good product, but our distribution is bad.
我们有好的产品,但产品的分销却很差。
Not too bad.
不太糟。
He's got a bad headache.
他头痛的厉害。
Car manufacturers are having a bad time.
汽车制造商的日子不好过。
Not bad. 还不错。
She had a bad cold. 她患了重感冒。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.手艺差的工人总是抱怨工具不好使。
They don't often have a bad day this year.他们今年的运气还不错。
I'm afraid I have some rather bad news for you.我恐怕有些很坏的消息要告诉你。
we got a bad headache, and my nose is running.我头痛得厉害,还流鼻涕。
Why does cream go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives.
为什么奶油比黄油坏的快呢?已有些研究者认为他们找到了答案,这与食物的结构有关,而不是它的化学成分—这一发现使得有些化学处理保存食物的方法无效了。
Their travel plan was cancelled because of the bad weather.
因为天气不好,他们的旅行计划取消了。
Smoking is bad for health.
吸烟对身体有害。
His father asked him to avoid bad company.
他父亲要他不要交坏朋友。
I don't think I have the courage to tell him the bad news.
我觉得我没有勇气告诉他这个坏消息。
Please excuse my bad handwriting.
请原谅我的字写得不好。
His face turned gray as he heard the bad news.
听到这个坏消息后,他的脸变得苍白。
I think it would be a kindness to tell him the bad news straight away.
我认为直截了当地告诉他这个坏消息倒是友好的行为。
It is bad manners to interrupt.
打断别人说话是不礼貌的。
These problems are the result of years of bad management.
这些问题是由于多年管理不善而造成的。
Several of the apples are bad.
苹果中好几个烂了。
She was full of shame at her bad behavior.
她对自己的不良行为感到羞耻。
The violence and bad language in the program shocked many of the viewers.
节目中的暴力场面和难听的粗话使许多观众感到震惊。
My wife burst into tears when she heard the bad news.
我太太听到这个坏消息就哭了起来。
We thought that the situation was as bad as it could be, but worse was to follow.
我们还以为那是最坏的情况呢,可没想到更糟的还在后面。
那天我不行。
That's a bad day for me.
我觉得难受。
I feel sick.
I don't feel well.
I feel bad.
我得了重感冒。
I have a bad cold.
婚后生活怎么样?
How's (your) married life?
How's (your) married life? (婚后生活怎么样?)
Not bad. (不错哟。)
他对我很蛮横。
He treated me badly.
I was badly treated by him.
I received bad treatment from him.
He treated me unkindly. (他对我很粗暴。)
他这个人脾气暴躁。
He has a bad temper.
He's in a bad mood. *表示“现在碰巧情绪不好”,和上句的语气不太一样。
今天他情绪烦躁。
He's on edge today. *edge“边缘”。on edge 表示“烦躁”、“不安稳”。
What's wrong with him? He's on edge today. (怎么啦,他今天这么烦躁。)
I don't know. (我不知道。)
He's edgy today.
He's in a bad mood today. (他今天情绪不好。)
电话线好像有毛病。
We have a bad connection.
This is a really bad line.
还可以。
Not bad.
你是说……吗?
Are you saying that...? *确认对方讲话内容时。
Are you saying that it's a bad idea? (你是说这个主意不好?)
That's right. (是的。)
Do you mean...?
Are you trying to say that...?
越来越不好。
Going from bad to worse. *直译是“从不好到更糟糕的”,可以用于人际关系、经济或成绩等多种场合。
How's married life? (婚后生活怎么样?)
Going from bad to worse. (越来越糟。)
Getting increasingly worse.
Getting worse and worse (all the time).
真是太倒霉了。
That's too bad. *听了对方叙述不好的事情时使用。
I've lost my wallet. (我丢了我的钱包。)
That's too bad. (真是太倒霉了。)
你的态度太恶劣了。
You have an attitude problem.
You have an attitude problem. (你的态度太恶劣了。)
Who are you to say that? (你不是在说你自己吧。)
I don't like your attitude.
You have a bad attitude.
You need to readjust your attitude.
别那么没有礼貌。
Don't be so naughty. *naughty “不听话,顽皮的,淘气的”。
Don't do such naughty things.
Don't be so bad.
Behave yourself! (有点礼貌!)
说话要留神。
Watch your tongue. *直译是“看看你的舌头”,即“说话要小心”。
Hey, you, asshole! (你这个混蛋!)
Watch your tongue. (嘿,说话留点神儿。)
Watch your language.
Watch your mouth.
Be careful of what you say.
Don't use bad language. (不要说脏话。)
不要说别人的坏话。
Don't say bad things about others.
Don't speak ill of others.
Don't speak bad about other people.
别冲我发火。
Don't take it out on me. *take it out on... “为泄愤而冲……发火”。
Don't take your frustration out on me.
Don't treat me badly just because you had a bad day. (别因为今天你不顺就拿我撒气。)
I didn't do anything wrong! (我没有做错什么事。)
那事我觉得很抱歉。
I feel bad about it.
I wish it had never happened. *直译“我希望没有发生过那样的事”,即“那事如果没有发生过该多好呀!”
好主意。
Good idea.
Let's do this part first. (我们先做这部分吧!)
Good idea. (好主意。)
Good thinking.
Bad idea. (馊主意。)
馊主意。
Bad idea. *用于不同意对方的提议时。
Let's cheat. (我们糊弄一回吧。)
Bad idea. (馊主意。)
That's a bad idea.
That's not a good idea.
Not a good idea.
Good. (好哇。)
我今天的心情很好。
I'm in a good mood today.
The boss is in a good mood. (老板的心情很好。)
I'm in a bad mood today. (我今天心情不好。)
他是急脾气。
He has a quick temper.
He has a short temper.
He has a bad temper.
真让人失望!
What a disappointment!
I didn't get a raise. What a disappointment! (没有给我提薪,真让人失望!)
That's too bad. (太遗憾了。)
What a let down!
I'm disappointed with it.
This is disappointing.(这真令人扫兴。)
太遗憾了!
What a pity!
I couldn't go. (我没去成。)
What a pity. (太遗憾了。)
What a shame!
What a shame! (多倒霉!)
Isn't it though? (就是呀!)
What a bummer!
Bummer! *口语中用来表示事情的进展不像自己所想象的那样。
Too bad! (太糟糕了。)
I failed the exam. (我考砸了。)
Too bad. (太糟糕了。)
That's too bad!
(That's) too bad.
That's a pity.
What a pity.
How awful. (太可怕了!)
How sad. (太让人伤心了!)
Tough luck.
Sorry.
What a shame. (太遗憾了。) *shame “遗憾的事”、“倒霉的事”。
太遗憾了。
What bad luck. *用于宽慰努力了但却没能成功的人。“太遗憾了”、“太不顺了”、“太可惜了”。
Better luck next time! (下次一定会走运的!)
That's too bad!
What a shame!
Bummer! *俚语。
常有的事。
It happens. *发生了没有预料到的事情,劝人想开点儿的语气。
I feel really bad about it. (那件事我做的真不好。)
Don't worry, it happens. (别担心了,那是常有的事。)
这还算好的呢。
I've seen worse. *“我还知道更糟糕的事”、“这还算好的呢”,用于鼓励遇到挫折的人。
That was a bad movie. (那真是部糟糕的电影。)
I've seen worse. (这还算好的呢。)
It could have been worse. (还有比这更糟的呢!)
It might have been worse. (也许有的比这更糟呢。)
别那么自暴自弃。
Don't feel so bad about yourself.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
Don't be so down on yourself.
Don't think so lowly of yourself.
Not really, I'm afraid. We were delayed taking off, and we encountered a lot of bad weather.
不太好,我们起飞延误了,还遭遇了恶劣的气候。
Really?? You are so bad!
真的吗?你真棒!!
It is a shame!
这是一句可以用在许多适当情况的口语 (Catch-all phrase),是表示一种轻度的「遗憾」或「同情」(a form of sympathy or regret) 但没有「羞耻」的意思。
It is a shame that your car got stuck in the snow.(你的汽车陷在雪里,真糟糕。)
When I said, "I lost ten dollars from my pocket.",he replied, "It is a shame!"(当我说:「我从口袋里掉了十块钱」,他回答:「真遗憾?」)
至於 "What a shame",其实与 "it is a shame" 意思相似,也有 "It is too bad" 的味道。例如:
What a shame that his son's behavior is so rude.(他儿子的粗鲁行为是令人遗憾的)
Am I being petty?
意思是:「我是气量小吗?」或「我是心胸狭窄吗?」(narrow-minded) 这是一个人做了或说了某件事情後,唯恐别人批评或指责而自加「反省」的表态。(或表示谦虚)
这里用 verb to be 的现在进行式,表示气量小或心胸窄是「暂时性」的。而 Am I petty? 又是指「经常性」的。(但是谁又愿意承认自己是经常的气量小,心胸窄呢!所以为了「自尊心」,通常不说"I am petty",只说"I am being petty." 同理:
Am I being over-reactive?(或 over sensitive?)(我是反应过火或过份敏感吗?)
Are you being in bad mood?(你情绪不好吗?)都是强调「暂时性」。否则就不必使用现在进行式 (being)
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
恶其始者必恶其终。
A bad bush is better than the open field.
有胜于无。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做贼心虚。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
坏习惯像鲜馅饼,分食要比保存好。
A bad padlock invites a picklock.
开门揖盗。
A bad penny always turns up.
烂钱总是会再回笼。
A bad thing never dies.
坏事传千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。
A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.
良马的毛色不会差。
A man is not good or bad for one action.
判断人的好坏不能凭一次行为。
Bad news has wings.
坏事传千里。
Bad workmen often blame their tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
塞翁失马,焉知非福。
Better be alone than in bad company.
交损友不如无友。
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
水火是忠仆,造灾成元凶。
Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad masters.
水火金钱是忠仆,使用不当是祸首。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
欲加之罪,何患无词。
Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do.
以德报德,人人都能做到;以德报怨只有高尚的人才能办到。
He that spares the bad injures the good.
饶恕坏人便是伤害好人。
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.
希望是美味的早点,但又是难咽的晚餐。
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
无友要比交坏友好。
Make the best of a bad business (or job or bargain)
身处山穷水尽,力争柳暗花明。
Many a good cow hath a bad calf.
虎父生犬子。
Many a good father hath but a bad son.
好父亲偏生不肖子。
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
金钱是好的仆役,坏的主人。
Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it.
金钱本身无好坏,要看怎样利用它。
No man can make a good coat with bad cloth.
巧匠难以劣布制美服。
No man ever became thoroughly bad at once.
没有一个人是一下子就坏透的。
Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.
塞翁失马,安知非福。
Of earthly goods the best is a good wife. A bad the bitterest curse of human life.
贤妻最可贵,恶妇是灾星。
Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.
饶了坏人便伤了好人。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
赞扬使好人更好,坏人更坏。
The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气才能认识良好的海员。
The receiver is as bad as the thief.
窝赃者和贼同罪。
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
事情本无好与坏,全在自己怎么想。
Three removes are as bad as a fire.
三次搬家犹如一次失火。
I'm afraid I have bad news for you.
恐怕我有坏消息要告诉您。
risk of bad odour(change of flavour) 恶味险,变味险
This milk has gone bad.
这牛奶变质了。
A Whenever I have free time, I go to the gym.
A 当我有时间的时候,我就去体育馆。
B That’s good. It keeps you fit!
B 那好啊!它使你身强体健!
A Yes, my major interests are sporting. I play basketball every week with friends.
A 是的,我的主要兴趣是体育运动。我每周都和朋友打篮球。
B You must be quite good if you play every week.
B 如果你每周都打的话你一定打得很好。
A Yes, not bad!? It’s fun. And we play football too.
A 是的,还不错!很好玩。我们还踢足球。
B That’s a lot exercise. You must be really fit.
B 那有很大的运动量。你一定很强壮。
A I think the quality of driving is worst at rush hour.
A 我想高峰时刻的驾驶质量是很低的。
B Rush hour is really bad! I think it’s because everybody wants to get home from work.
B 高峰时刻太糟了!我想这是因为大家都要在下班后赶回家。
A Yes. Everyone seems so stressed and bad-tempered.
A 是的,似乎每个人压力都很大,脾气都很坏。
B You can really sense that everyone is in a bad mood in heavy traffic.
B 在交通拥挤的时候你能真切地感觉到大家的情绪都很糟糕。
A I know. I guess it’s because they’re in a hurry but not moving very fast.
A 我知道。我想这是因为他们都很着急,但是又都移动得非常缓慢。
B That’s when accidents happen.
B 事故就发生在这个时候。
A Do you cycle to work everyday?
A 你每天骑自行车上班吗?
B Nearly everyday. If it’s raining or freezing cold and windy, I’ll catch the bus.
B 几乎每天都是。如果是下雨或者刮风以及寒冷的天气,我就乘公共汽车。
A Do you enjoy cycling? Especially in all the traffic in Beijing?
A 你喜欢骑自行车吗?尤其是在北京这么多的车辆当中?
B I don’t mind it. It keeps me fit. And it’s OK if the weather is fine and I’m not too tired.
B 我不在乎。骑自行车使我强壮。而且如果天气好、我也不太累的话骑车可以。
A I know what you mean. I love cycling. But the traffic is so heavy in Beijing. Cycling looks pretty dangerous!
A 我明白你的意思。我爱骑自行车。但是北京的交通太拥挤了。骑自行车看起来相当危险!
B Yes, it can be. There are some pretty bad drivers. You have to cycle carefully.
B 是的,可能很危险。有一些很糟糕的司机。你骑自行车的时候要小心。
A Can I help you?
A 您需要什么?
B I think I ate too much. Do you have anything for a bad stomach?
B 我想我吃得太多了。你们有治胃病的药吗?
A May I ask - do you have a pain in your stomach or a general stomach ache?
A 我可以问一下——你是胃痛还是肚子痛吗?
B I think I have a stomach ache.
B 我想我是胃痛。
A Then I recommend you take this. Twice a day. Take it with a glass of water.
A 那我就推荐你吃这个药。一天两次。用水服用。
B Thank you very much.
B 非常感谢。
A You must hate our traffic in Beijing.
A 你一定痛恨我们北京的交通。
B No, not at all. I come from New York, remember. Believe me, we get some very bad traffic jams.
B 不,一点也不。别忘了,我是从纽约来。相信我,我们的交通堵塞非常严重。
A But our traffic is worse, surely.
A 但是我们的交通无疑更糟。
B I'm not so sure. It's pretty bad in most big cities. I think the traffic in New York is worse.
B 我不确定。在大多数大城市里交通都很糟糕。我想纽约的交通更糟。
A Really? You surprise me.
A 真的吗?你让我很吃惊。
B You must come and see for yourself one day.
B 有一天你一定要亲自去看一看。
A That’s a great car. What make is it?
A 那是一辆漂亮的小汽车。是什么牌的?
B It’s Japanese, I think. It’s a Toyota.
B 我想是日本产的。是丰田牌的。
A It looks not bad. I wonder how expensive it is.
A 看起来不错。我想知道它有多贵。
B I’m not sure. Some Japanese cars are quite reasonable prices. Some Korean ones too.
B 我不清楚。有些日本车价格很合理,有些韩国车也一样。
A Yes, maybe. I really prefer German cars.
A 是的,也许是的。我更喜欢德国车。
B Mercedes, Audis, BMWs. They’re fantastic cars, but very expensive.
B 像梅赛德斯、奥迪、宝马。它们都是很棒的车,但是非常昂贵。
A Let’s go to the club next weekend.
A 咱们下周末去俱乐部。
B OK. We could go next weekend. Is the music good there?
B 好。我们可以下周末去。那里的音乐好吗?
A Yes, there’s great dance music in the nightclub.
A 是的,在夜总会有非常好的舞曲。
B OK, I’ll give it a try. Maybe it’s not too bad.
B 好,那我去看看。也许不太坏。
A Let’s plan to go next Saturday night. That’s always a good night at the club.
A 咱们计划下周六晚上去。在俱乐部的夜晚总是很美好。
B OK. I’ll keep Saturday night free and we can go then.
B 好的。我把周六晚上空出来,到时候我们就可以一起去了。
A You know, back home in London, we also have bad traffic jams.
A 你知道吗,在我的老家伦敦,我们也常有交通堵塞的状况。
B I suppose every big city has them.
B 我猜想大多数大城市都会有。
A London is smaller than Beijing, isn’t it?
A 伦敦比北京要小,对不对?
B Yes, it is. But the traffic jams are still a problem, especially at rush hour.
B 是的。但是交通堵塞仍是个棘手问题,尤其是上下班高峰期。
A Are you alright? You look stiff.
A 你还好吧?你看起来不太自如。
B I think I hurt my back yesterday. I’ve got really bad back ache.
B 我想我可能昨天伤了我的背。我的背很痛。
A You should take it easy and have a rest. Maybe have a back massage.
A 你应该少活动多休息。可能做个背部按摩会比较有效。
B Good idea. Maybe tomorrow. It’s too painful just now.
B 好主意。可能明天去吧。现在还是太痛了。
No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkness----- or so good as drink.
Gibert Keith Chesteerton, British writer
没有动物发明过的像喝醉这样糟糕的事——也没有发明过像饮酒这样美好的享受。
英国作家切斯特顿.G.K.
All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear.
Henry David Thoreau, Ameican writer
一切好的东西都是便宜的,所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。
美国作家梭罗。H.D.
Money is a good servant and a bad master.
Francis Bacon, British Philosopher
金钱是善仆,也是恶主。
英国哲学家培根.F.
It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.
Arthur Schopenharer, German philosopher
奇怪得很,人们在倒楣的时候,总会清晰地回忆已经逝去快乐时光,但是在得意的时候,对恶运时光只保有一种淡漠而不完全的记忆。
德国哲学家叔本华.A.
If the orange is going to be bad ----for the best of us are bad sometimes ---it begins to be bad from the outside , not from the inside.
Allen A. Milne, American writer
如果橙子变坏——我们中间最好的人有时也会变坏它是从外面开始坏起,而不是从内部。
美国作家米尔恩.A.A
In almost every face and every person, they may discover fine feathers and defects, good and bad qualities.
Benjamin Franklin, American rpesident
人各有其面,有优缺点,有长短处。
美国总统富兰克林.B.
I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
Ernest Hemingway, USA writer
我只知道所谓道德是指你事后觉得好的东西,所谓不道德是指你事后觉得不好的东西。
美国作家海明威.E.
In scandal , as in robbery ,the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
Philip Doumer Chesterfield, British statesman
受贿如同抢劫,人们始终认为,受贿者与窃贼是一丘之貉。
英国政治家切斯特菲尔德.P.D
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely; great man are almost always bad man…There is no worse heresy than that the office sactifies the holder of it.
Lord Acton, British historian
权力导致腐败,绝对权力绝对导致腐败。伟人几乎都不是完人……再也没有比神化掌权者更坏的异端邪说了。
英国历史学家阿克顿爵士
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorace is just as bad.
Harry Edward, Aerican writer
知识浅薄是危险的,而无知同样糟糕。
美国作家爱德华
Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to .
Lucius Annaus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher
差不多任何一种处境——无论是好是坏——都受到我们对待处境的态度的影响。
古罗马哲学家西尼加L A
The more you fight something, the more anxious you become ---the more you're involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape.
Seebohm Caroline, British Physician
你越是为了解决问题而拼斗,你就越变得急躁——在错误的思路中陷得越深,也越难摆脱痛苦。
英国医生卡罗琳S
The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.
Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer
笨人对聪明人的嫉妒常因“他们不会善终”的猜测而得以减弱。
英国作家毕尔博姆爵士M
Good times, bad times, there will always be advertising, In good times people want advertising; in bad times they have to.
Bruce Barton British economist
管是繁荣时期还是萧条时期,广告总会存在。繁荣时,人们想做广告;萧条时,人们不得不做广告。
英国经济学家巴顿B.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Charles Dickens, British novelist
倘若世上没有坏人,也就不会有好的律师。
英国小说家狄更斯C
His breath smells bad and he has a foul taste in his mouth.
他口里有怪味。
@@@ 坏, 恶, 丑
burn out 烧掉, 烧坏
change for the worse 恶化; 每况愈下
do damage 损害, 破坏
do wrong 做错; 作恶; 犯罪
feel down in the dumps 心情不好; 情绪低落
get off on the wrong foot 开始就不顺利; 一开始就犯了个错误
give out 1.分发, 发配
2.用尽, 耗尽; 坏了
go bad 变坏; 腐败
It never fails... 从不例外(信息词, 暗示后面没有好事)
leave much to be desired 不够好; 有待改善
lose face 丢脸, 出丑
make a fool of sb. 愚弄某人, 让某人出丑
not much of a 不是很好的...
not think much of 对...评价不高, 认为...不好
think little of 不喜欢, 认为不好
wear out 1.把...用坏, 穿破
2.使疲乏, 使精疲力竭
@@@ 改变, 转换
adaptation to 针对...的适应性的变化
bring over 把...带来; 使某人转变(思想或信仰)
change for the better 改进; 改善; 好转
change for the worse 恶化; 每况愈下
change hands 易手; 易主
change of pace 变换活动; 换口味
change one's mind 改变主意/想法
change sth. into 把...变成...
change the subject 转移话题
cheer (sb.) up 使高兴, 使情绪好转
clear up 1.(天气)变晴, 天空晴朗
2.说明, 澄清
convert sth. into sth. 转变, 变换
cool down/off 变凉爽; 使冷静
develop into 发展成为..., 演变成...
direct at/to sth./sb. 使...转向或对准某一方向; 指示, 命令...
emigrate (from) to (从...)移居到...
evolve from/out of 从...进化来; 从...发展来
evolve into 演化成
fix up 修理; 重新装饰或改装
for the better 好转, 向好的方向发展
get above oneself 变得自高自大
go bad 变坏; 腐败
improve on 对...做出改进
in flux 处于不断变化之中; 动荡不定
in other words 换句话说, 换言之
in place of 代替; 更换
leave much to be desired 不够好; 有待改善
make over 把(财产)转让; 改造
melt away (使某物)融化或溶解而消失; 逐渐消失
move about/around 走来走去; 动来动去; 不断迁移
move away 离开; 搬走
move into 搬入; 迁居
move out (of) 搬出
pass on 把...传给别人; 转移
range from A to B 在A和B之间变化或变动; 从A延伸到B
reduce to 变少; 使处于, 使成为(某种情况或状态)
remove sth. from 将某物从...移到...; 去掉; 免除(职务)
that is to say 那就是说, 换句话说
thaw out 1.(人的态度、行为等)变得随便; 变得温和
2.解冻, 变暖和
toss and turn 辗转反侧, 无法入眠
transfer to 转移到...; 调转到...; 转学到...
transform ... into ... 把...变成...
turn around 回转, 转向
turn into 使变成, 使成为
turn over 翻身; 翻转
vary from ... to ... 从...到...变动/变化
warm up 1.使...变热(暖和)
2.(体育锻炼之前, 音乐演奏之前的)热身
It’s not bad. 还行。
It’s not difficult. 不难.
Too bad! 太糟糕啦
You’re in a bad mood. 你的心情不好。
How should I tell him the bad news?
我该如何告诉他这个坏消息?
have it bad for狂恋
He really has it bad for her, but she has no ideas.
他狂恋着她,而她却不知道。
bad news讨厌鬼
Marcy is nothing but bad news around here.
马西珍视这一带的讨厌鬼。
bad blood不,敌意
Ever since Howard borrowed 5,000 dollars from Mike and never paid him back, there has been bad blood between them.
自从霍华德向麦克借了5,000美元不还之后,他们之间就有了嫌隙。
chill out缓和情绪,冷静下来
Chill out. Things are not as bad as they seem.
冷静一点。事情并不象表面上那么糟。
rub it in 火上浇油
You don't have to rub it in. I already feel bad enough as it is.
你不要火上浇油了,我已经够难过的。
bad egg(lot) 坏蛋
just too bad 太可惜;真糟糕
not bad 不错
The price isn't bad. 不贵.
Now's a bad time. can we do it later?
现在不太方便,能不能等一会儿?
"I have bad news: our sales were off 18 % for the last quarter. So I'm telling you guys -- you have to pull your socks up and get out and sell more stuff, or you'll be looking for new jobs this summer.”
“我有个不好的消息:我们上一季度的销售量下降了18%。所以我告诉你们,你们赶快振作起来到外面去加紧推销。否则,你们今年夏天就要另外找工作了。”
be bad at 拙于,不善于
- rub it in 哪壶不开提哪壶
Would you please talk in Chinese ? You know I'm a pretty bad English speaker. You don't have to rub it in.
- Leave a bad taste in someone's mouth 给人留下坏印象
Once I went to a famous university. But the untidy campus left a bad taste in my mouth.
- Crocodile tears 假惺惺的眼泪
Some of my business partners came to comfort me when I lost almost everything in one bad deal.
The packings are in good (bad) order.
包装完好无损(破损)。
The "Double Fish" brand is not so bad, the design is fresh and vivid.
“双鱼”牌商标不错,图案新颖。
不善 ill; bad
You can describe the weather, eg: The weather is good today. / The weather is good today. Or, The weather is bad today. / The weather is bad today
.你可以描述天气情况,例如:The weather is good today. /今天天气好。或者The weather is bad today. /今天天气不好。
抱病 [bào bìng] /be ill/be in bad health/
变质 [biàn zhì] /go bad/deteriorate/metamorphism/
不错 [bù cuò] /correct/right/not bad/pretty good/
不大离儿 [bù dà lí er ] /pretty close/just about right/not bad/
不和 [bù hé] /not get along well/be on bad terms/be at odds/discord/
不欢而散 [bù huān ér sàn] /part on bad terms/(of a meeting, etc.) break up in discord/
不赖 [bù lài] /not bad/good/fine/
不离儿 [bù lí er ] /not bad/pretty good/pretty close/
不良 [bù liáng] /bad/harmful/unhealthy/
不善 [bù shàn] /bad/ill/not good at/not to be pooh-poohed/quite impressive/
不是味儿 [bù shì wèi er ] /not the right flavor/not quite right/a bit off/fishy/queer/amiss/feel bad/be upset/
不爽 [bù shuǎng] /not well/out of sorts/in a bad mood/without discrepancy/accurate/
臭 [chòu] /stench/stink/smelly/to smell (bad)/
凑合 [còu hé] /(v) bring together/(v) make do in a bad situation/(v) improvise/
歹 [dǎi] /bad/wicked/evil/
倒霉 [dǎo méi] /have bad luck/be out of luck/
恶心 [è xīn] /bad habit/vicious habit/vice/
甘苦 [gān kǔ] /(n) good times and bad times; trial and tribulations/
好坏 [hǎo huài] /(n) good and bad; advantageous and disadvantageous/
坏 [huài] /bad/spoiled/
坏 [huài] /bad/
坏蛋 [huài dàn] /bad egg/scoundrel/bastard/
坏事 [huài shì] /to ruin something/to spoil/to make things worse/bad thing/evil deed/
坏账 [huài zhàng] /bad debt/
可惜 [kě xī] /it is a pity/what a pity/(it's) too bad/
偏向 [piān xiàng] /(v) biased toward/(n) bad tendency/
淘气 [táo qì] /naughty/bad/
陷于 [xiàn yú] /caught in (a bad situation)/fall into (a trap, etc.)/
行径 [xíng jìng] /(n) bad act; misdeed/
臭 [xiù] /sense of smell/smell bad/
引诱 [yǐn yòu] /(v) coerce sb into doing something bad; lure/
有口无心 [yǒu kǒu wú xīn] /(saying) to speak harshly but without any bad intent/
窳 [yǔ] /bad/useless/weak/
冤枉 [yuān wang ] /(n) hatred/(n) injustice/(n) bad luck/be treated unjustly/be wronged/not be worthwhile/
运气 [yùn qi ] /luck (good or bad)/
脏话 [zāng huà] /bad language/speaking rudely/
糟糕 [zāo gāo] /too bad/how terrible/what bad luck/terrible/bad/
"As soon as that report runs, we'll suddenly get 500 new internet sign-ups from Ukraine," says Friedman, a former political science professor.
“一旦这个报道发布,我们将从乌克兰突然新增500个浏览用户,”弗莱德曼,一位前政治科学教授说,“我们将听到其中一些人的回应。
"And we'll hear back from some of them." Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That's where Straitford earns its keep.
”当然公开来源的谍报活动的确有它的风险,因为很难区分正确与错误的信息。这正是司特雷福公司挣饭吃的地方。
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties.
如果你是你谈话对象集体中的一员,你就能够了解你们所共有的经历和问题,你就可对餐厅极难吃的食物或者总裁在选择领带方面差劲的品味进行评头论足。
Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return?
过去经济衰落的日子会不会重来?
The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC — including ordinary listeners and viewers — to say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.
英国政府发起了这场争论,它邀请每一位对BBC有看法的人——包括普通的听众和观众——对公司好坏进行评说,甚至可以评说他们是否认为公司值得办下去。
The reason for its inquiry is that the BBC's royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organisation as it is, or to make changes.
这样做的原因是BBC所持的皇家特许证于1996年到期,政府必须决定让公司维持原状还是进行变革。
Virtually all scientists and the majority of non-fundamentalist religious leaders have come to regard "scientific" creationism as bad science and bad religion.
实际上,所有科学家和大多数非原教旨主义宗教领袖们都已将“科学”创世纪论看做是拙劣的科学和拙劣的宗教。
{adj: apotropaic} having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
{adj: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable} exceptionally bad or displeasing
"atrocious taste"
"abominable workmanship"
"an awful voice"
"dreadful manners"
"a painful performance"
"terrible handwriting"
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
{adj: bad, big} very intense
"a bad headache"
"in a big rage"
"had a big (or bad) shock"
"a bad earthquake"
"a bad storm"
{adj: bad, defective} not working properly
"a bad telephone connection"
"a defective appliance"
{adj: bad, forged} reproduced fraudulently
"like a bad penny..."
"a forged twenty dollar bill"
{adj: bad, immoral} characterized by wickedness or immorality
"led a very bad life"
{adj: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative} not financially safe or secure
"a bad investment"
"high risk investments"
"anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"
"speculative business enterprises"
{adj: bad, spoiled, spoilt} (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
"bad meat"
"a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
{adj: bad, tough} feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
"my throat feels bad"
"she felt bad all over"
"he was feeling tough after a restless night"
{adj: bad, uncollectible} not capable of being collected
"a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
{adj: bad, unfit, unsound} physically unsound or diseased
"has a bad back"
"a bad heart"
"bad teeth"
"an unsound limb"
"unsound teeth"
{adj: bad} below average in quality or performance
"a bad chess player"
"a bad recital"
{adj: bad} capable of harming
"bad habits"
"bad air"
"smoking is bad for you"
{adj: bad} having undesirable or negative qualities
"a bad report card"
"his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"
"a bad little boy"
"clothes in bad shape"
"a bad cut"
"bad luck"
"the news was very bad"
"the reviews were bad"
"the pay is bad"
"it was a bad light for reading"
"the movie was a bad choice"
<-> good
{adj: bad} nonstandard
"so-called bad grammar"
{adj: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing} very good
"he did a bully job"
"a neat sports car"
"had a great time at the party"
"you look simply smashing"
{adj: churlish} having a bad disposition; surly
"churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare
{adj: conflicting} on bad terms
"they were usually at odds over politics"
"conflicting opinions"
{adj: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered} perversely irritable
{adj: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank} conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
"a crying shame"
"an egregious lie"
"flagrant violation of human rights"
"a glaring error"
"gross ineptitude"
"gross injustice"
"rank treachery"
{adj: delinquent} persistently bad
"school for delinquent boys"
{adj: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry} bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"
"a lamentable decision"
"her clothes were in sad shape"
"a sorry state of affairs"
{adj: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way} facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
"distressed companies need loans and technical advice"
"financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"
"we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"
"it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"
"found themselves in a bad way financially"
{adj: doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky} marked by or promising bad fortune
"their business venture was doomed from the start"
"an ill-fated business venture"
"an ill-starred romance"
"the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
{adj: dystopian} as bad as can be; characterized by human misery
"AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages"- Susan Sontag
<-> utopian
{adj: evil} morally bad or wrong
"evil purposes"
"an evil influence"
"evil deeds"
<-> good
{adj: good} having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
"good news from the hospital"
"a good report card"
"when she was good she was very very good"
"a good knife is one good for cutting"
"this stump will make a good picnic table"
"a good check"
"a good joke"
"a good exterior paint"
"a good secretary"
"a good dress for the office"
<-> bad
{adj: heedless, thoughtless, unheeding} marked by or paying little heed or attention
"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt
"heedless of danger"
"heedless of the child's crying"
<-> heedful
{adj: hopeless} (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
"she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"
"he is a hopeless romantic"
{adj: horrid} exceedingly bad
"when she was bad she was horrid"
{adj: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky} very bad
"a lousy play"
"it's a stinking world"
{adj: ill-famed, infamous, notorious} having an exceedingly bad reputation
"a notorious gangster"
"the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"
{adj: ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly} socially incorrect in behavior
"resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"
{adj: indifferent, so-so} being neither good nor bad
"an indifferent performance"
"a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"
"her work at the office is passable"
"a so-so golfer"
"feeling only so-so"
"prepared a tolerable dinner"
"a tolerable working knowledge of French"
{adj: laid up} ill and usually confined
"laid up with a bad cold"
{adj: mediocre} poor to middling in quality
"there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
{adj: most} the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree
"made the most money he could"
"what attracts the most attention?"
"made the most of a bad deal"
<-> least
{adj: pretty} (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
"a pretty mess"
"a pretty kettle of fish"
{adj: regretful, sorry, bad} feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
"felt regretful over his vanished youth"
"regretful over mistakes she had made"
"he felt bad about breaking the vase"
<-> unregretful
{adj: regrettable, too bad} deserving regret
"regrettable remarks"
"it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"
"it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"
{adj: severe, terrible, wicked} intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
"severe pain"
"a severe case of flu"
"a terrible cough"
"under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"
"a wicked cough"
{adj: severe} very bad in degree or extent
"a severe worldwide depression"
"the house suffered severe damage"
{adj: sheltered} protected from danger or bad weather
"a sheltered harbor"
{adj: soured} having turned bad
<-> unsoured
{adj: stressed, distressed, in a bad way} suffering severe physical strain or distress
"he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
"the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention"
{adj: surly, ugly} inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
"a surly waiter"
"an ugly frame of mind"
{adj: swingeing} severe; punishingly bad
"swingeing taxation"
"swingeing damages awarded by the judge"
{adj: unsoured} not having turned bad
<-> soured
{adj: weather-bound} delayed or shut in by bad weather
"weather-bound traffic"
"irritable weather-bound children"
{adj: wicked} morally bad in principle or practice
<-> virtuous
{adj: worse} (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
"this road is worse than the first one we took"
"the road is in worse shape than it was"
"she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying"
<-> better
{adj: worst} (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition
"the worst player on the team"
"the worst weather of the year"
<-> best
{adv: all in all, on the whole, altogether, tout ensemble} with everything considered (and neglecting details)
"altogether, I'm sorry it happened"
"all in all, it's not so bad"
{adv: amusingly, divertingly} in an entertaining and amusing manner
"Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days"
{adv: badly, bad} very much; strongly
"I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"
"the cables had sagged badly"
"they were badly in need of help"
"he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
{adv: badly, bad} with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
"the injury hurt badly"
"the buildings were badly shaken"
"it hurts bad"
"we need water bad"
{adv: cantankerously} in a bad mood
"he answered her cantankerously"
{adv: dramatically} with respect to dramatic value
"the play was dramatically interesting, but the direction was bad"
{adv: meteorologically} with respect to the weather
"meteorologically bad conditions"
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