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英国人讨厌的美式英语(上)

2012-08-29来源:BBC
21. A "heads up". For example, as in a business meeting. Lets do a "heads up" on this issue. I have never been sure of the meaning.
22. A “heads up(提醒)”。比如,在商业会议上说,Lets do a "heads up" on this issue. 我至今还不知道是什么意思。

22. Train station. My teeth are on edge every time I hear it. Who started it? Have they been punished?
22. Train station(火车站)。每次听到它,我就很恼火。谁开始用这个词的?他们没有被罚吗?

23. To put a list into alphabetical order is to "alphabetize it" - horrid!
23. 把一张表按照字母顺序排列就是去“alphabetize it”——非常不爽!

24. People that say "my bad" after a mistake. I don't know how anything could be as annoying or lazy as that.
24. 那些在犯错后说“my bad(我的错)”的人,我真不知道事情怎么可以变得如此让人恼火、将惰性体现得淋漓尽致的。

25. "Normalcy" instead of "normality" really irritates me.
25. 用“normalcy(正常状态)”而不是“normality”真的会激怒我。