全网最酷美语怎么说:第26期 这件衣服太坑了

 　　Nick: Hi everybody, this is Nick. Welcome to teaching series "how do you say this in American English."大家好，我是Nick.

　　Brad:大家好，我是Brad.

　　Nick: 今天呢，我们来学一个词，就做坑。这个可以作为一个名词，但是我们今天讲解的是形容词。比如我们说，这件衣服太坑了，在这个情况，坑要怎么说呢？首先这个坑，可以指价格太坑，第二个方面可以指质量太坑，太差的意思。

　　Nick: So Brad, wanna learn an authentic¹ Chinese phrase?

　　Brad: Sure, why not?! What is it?

　　Nick: It's called 坑. It can be used to describe a thing, like the clothes. Say like I bought a jacket online. When I received that thing, I was pissed off, I could say " This jacket is so 坑"

　　Brad: What do you mean by "坑" here? Is it about the price? Was it too expensive or what?

　　Nick: It could be one of the possibilities. Yeah. It was like too expensive.

　　Brad: So it's kinda like what I would say as "being ripped³ off" here. So坑, Can I translate to "being ripped off'? The example that I have is when I got my jeep/trunk fixed⁴, I paid $500.

　　Nick: Is it real?

　　Brad: Yeah, $500 to get "fixed", to get "repaired" but it still being broke! So the $500 just went away. I got totally ripped off, it was "坑"

　　Nick: Yeah it was super 坑

　　Nick: Yeah it's a rip² off. Plus, saying this jacket is 坑 can mean it has bad quality as well.

　　Brad: Ok so it's kind of like the word "shoddy". If it was shoddy work, let's say you are

　　Nick: In that situation, you can always use 坑.

　　Brad: ok, I got you.

　　Nick: You can say, like I said, the jacket is so 坑. It can mean the price was so expensive.

　　Brad: Yeah and it wasn't built well. It was built shoddy.

　　Nick:那Brad和我刚刚就是说，坑可以说质量和价格。如果是价格，可以说这个是一个rip off. And the other situation 就是说质量，可以用shoddy，说质量很差的意思。也可以指代，翻译称为"坑".So this is pretty much it about this time. I'll see you guys next time. Bye.

　　Brad: 再见

1 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

2 rip   

n.拉裂，破绽，激流，浪荡子；vt.撕裂，激昂地说，贬损；vi.裂开，仓促地冲过...

参考例句：

• He had seen the rip in the book.他看到了书里的裂缝。
• I tried not to rip the paper as I unwrapped it.我把纸打开的时候，尽量不把它撕破。

3 ripped   

adj. <美俚>喝醉的，受毒品麻醉的 动词rip的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards. 他用力扯去了地毯，只剩下裸露的地板。
• I ripped my jeans on the fence. 我的牛仔裤在栅栏上划破了。

4 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。