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unpleasant; full of problems 令人不快的;问题成堆的;坏的 I have some bad news for you, I'm afraid. 恐怕我有一些坏消息要告诉你。 bad weather/dreams/habits 糟糕的天气/梦/习惯 I'm having a really bad day. 我今天倒霉透了。 It was the worst experience of her life. 那是她一生中最糟糕的经历。 Smoking gives you bad breath. 吸烟会导致口臭。 War is always a bad thing. 战争总是一件坏事。 That was just bad luck. 那只是运气不好。 Things are bad enough without our own guns shelling us. 本来情况就够糟的了,偏偏我们自己的大炮又向我们开起火来。
Extra ExamplesTopics Weathera1The picnic was cancelled due to bad weather. 由于天气不好,野餐取消了。 The weather got very bad later in the day. 那天晚些时候天气变得很坏。 On the last day the weather turned bad. 最后那天,天气变得很糟。 I'd rather not drive in such bad conditions. 我宁愿不在这样糟糕的条件下开车。 I'm afraid I've got some bad news. 恐怕我有些坏消息。 Sunbeds have received a lot of bad publicity in recent years. Are they safe? 近年来有许多关于日光浴床的负面报道,这种床安全吗? The situation couldn't get any worse. 形势糟糕透了。 Things were bad enough without her interfering. 事情本来就够糟糕了,偏偏她又来管闲事。 Her husband had many bad habits, including gambling. 她丈夫有许多坏习惯,包括赌博。
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of poor quality; below an acceptable standard 质量差的;不合格的 I thought it was a very bad article. 我以为那是一篇很低劣的文章。 Bad diet and lack of exercise can lead to serious health problems. 不良饮食和缺乏锻炼会导致严重的健康问题。 The movie wasn't as bad as I'd expected. 这部电影没有我想象的那么糟糕。 That's not a bad idea. 那个主意不错。
Extra ExamplesThe service was laughably bad. 服务糟糕得可笑。 I blame it on your bad driving. 我把这归咎于你糟糕的驾驶。 Inspectors are looking into the problem of bad prison conditions. 检查员正在调查监狱条件恶劣的问题。
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serious; severe 严重的;剧烈的 - [only before noun]
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morally unacceptable 不道德的;邪恶的 The hero gets to shoot all the bad guys. 主人公结果射杀了所有的坏蛋。 He said I must have done something bad to deserve it. 他说我肯定是罪有应得。 I will not tolerate this bad behaviour. 我不会容忍这种顽皮的行为。 That girl's a bad influence on Tom. 那个女孩带坏了汤姆。
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(of a person )人 not able to do something well or in an acceptable way synonym poor拙于;不擅;不善于 a bad teacher 不称职的教师 You're a bad liar! 你连说谎都不会! He's a bad loser (= he complains when he loses a game). 他是个输不起的人。 - bad at (doing) something
She is so bad at keeping secrets. 她一点都不会保守秘密。
Extra ExamplesHe is particularly bad at remembering names. 他尤其不擅长记人名。 He's really bad at languages. 他在语言方面确实很差。 Jim was a notoriously bad driver. 吉姆的开车技术出名地糟糕。 I would be a really bad teacher—I've no patience. 我做老师可能会很不称职-我没有耐心。
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harmful; causing or likely to cause damage 有害;招致损害 Those shoes are bad for her feet. 那双鞋会伤她的脚。 Weather like this is bad for business. 这种天气不利于做买卖。 Too much work is bad for your health. 工作太多对你的健康有害。
Extra ExamplesSmoking is very bad for you. 吸烟对你害处很大。 Watching television is not inherently bad for children. 对孩子而言,看电视本身并不是坏事。 All those sugary drinks are bad for your teeth. 所有那些含糖饮料都会损害牙齿。 Eating too much salt is bad for you. 摄入过多的盐有害健康。 It's bad for you to eat too much salt. 吃太多盐对你不好。
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(of parts of the body )身体部位 not healthy; painful Topics Illnessa2有病的;疼痛的 not safe to eat because it has decayed (= started to be destroyed by natural processes) 变质的;腐烂的 Extra ExamplesThe sausages tasted bad. 这香肠尝起来变质了。 This meat has gone bad. 这肉变质了。 There was a smell of bad eggs. 有一股臭鸡蛋的味道。
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the state of feeling annoyed or angry 发脾气;坏情绪;恼怒 It put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day. 那事让我整天再也没了好心情。 John's in a pretty bad mood this morning. 今早约翰心情很不好。
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to feel guilty or sorry about something 感到愧疚(或遗憾) She felt pretty bad about leaving him. 要离开他,她觉得很难过。 Why should I want to make you feel bad? 我干吗要让你难过呢? I feel bad enough without you constantly telling me how it was all my fault! 我已经够难过的了,用不着你老跟我说什么一切都是我的错!
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to feel or look ill 觉得不舒服;感到有病;面有病容;气色不好 Vocabulary Building Bad and very badBad and very badInstead of saying that something is bad or very bad, try to use more precise and interesting adjectives to describe things:Topics Illnessa2- an unpleasant/a foul/a disgusting smell
- appalling/dreadful/severe weather
糟透的/十分恶劣的/非常恶劣的天气 - an unpleasant/a frightening/a traumatic experience
不愉快的/可怕的/痛苦难忘的经历 - poor/weak eyesight
视力差 - a terrible/serious/horrific accident
- a wicked/an evil/an immoral person
- an awkward/an embarrassing/a difficult situation
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I feel unwell/sick/terrible. 我感到不舒服/恶心/难受极了。 I don’t feel (very) well. 我感到不(太)舒服。
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good; excellent 顶呱呱的;没治 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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unpleasant令人不快
poor quality劣质
serious严重
not appropriate不合适
wicked邪恶
children儿童
not good at something不擅长
harmful有害
painful疼痛
food食物
temper/mood脾气;情绪
guilty/sorry愧疚;遗憾
ill/sick有病;不舒服
excellent极好
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old English bǣddel ‘hermaphrodite, womanish man’.
Idioms Most idioms containing bad are at the entries for the nouns and verbs in the idioms, for example be bad news (for somebody/something) is at news.
can’t be bad
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used to try to persuade somebody to agree that something is good Topics Opinion and argumentc2(劝导时说)没有什么不好
have got it bad
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to be very much in love 热恋着;在热恋中 You're not seeing him again tonight, are you? That's five times this week—you've got it bad! 你今天晚上不再和他见面了,是吧?这个星期都约会了五次,你们热恋了!
not bad
too bad (informal)
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used to say ‘bad luck’ or ‘it’s a shame’ when you do not really mean it (等于说 “倒霉” 或 “可惜”,实际上并无同情之意) -
a shame; a pity 遗憾;可惜 - (old-fashioned)
annoying 令人生气的;恼人的