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难吃
tastes bad /terrible 不好吃;很难吃
这个说法非常直接,明确的表明这个东西不好吃。想要委婉的表达这个味道有点奇怪,调味不太对用tastes off比较恰当。
[例]:
01.This tastes bad.
02.Those sandwiches taste terrible.
03.It tastes a little off.
disgusting 令人作呕的
如果一个黑暗料理不只是“难吃”,而是已经到了令人作呕的地步,可以说disgusting。
[例]:It tasted disgusting.
gross 恶心的
单词gross作为俚语时和disgusting的意思相同,意思是呕心的。
[例]:This is gross.
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难听
sounds bad /terrible 不好听
[例]:This new song kinda sounds bad.
suck 糟糕
suck这个字在美国用得很多, 它的意思是很烂, 很差,糟糕透了的意思。
[例]:This music sucks.
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难看
looks bad 看起来很糟糕
“looks bad”看起来很糟糕,它可以是你的妆容打扮不好看,也可以指你的状态或身体出现了某些问题,所以脸色很难看。
looks gross 看起来很恶心
[例]:What’s this?It looks gross.
looks ugly 丑陋的
相信ugly绝对不是个大家喜闻乐见的词,所以在形容一个人时要尽量避免使用,如果一个人颜值不怎么高,可以说average-looking。
[例]:
1.This umbrella looks ugly, but it is useful.
2.She‘s an average-looking girl。
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难说
difficult to say 很难说
[例]:Tongue twisters are very difficult to say.
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艰难
difficult & hard
这两个词都有“艰难”之意,两者的差别在于:difficult 更侧重于操作上的难度,需要运用一定的智力和技巧来解决问题。而hard则多于任务繁重,这种艰难来自于身体及心理的感受。
This is difficult to do sth.
[例]:It’s very difficult to cook really good Chinese food.
This is hard to do sth.
[例]:It’s very hard to cook good Chinese food.