英国人讨厌听到这些美式英语

如果你是即将到英国留学的同学，那么你可要注意下面的内容了，BBC曾近有做过一个关于“美式英语入侵英国”的文章，一石激起千层浪，许多英国人都发给杂志吐槽最让自己听着恼火的美式英语表达。你可要牢记，切忌不要开口说错话咯。

1. When people ask for something, I often hear: "Can I get a..." It infuriates me. It's not New York. It's not the 90s. You're not in Central Perk with the rest of the Friends. Really."

当某些人想要什么东西时，我经常听到他们说：“Can I get a...（我能要一个……）”这让我大为恼火。这里又不是纽约，又不是90年代，你以为你是在Central Perk里演《老友记》啊，真是的！

2. The next time someone tells you something is the "least worst option", tell them that their most best option is learning grammar.

下次要是有人跟你讲XXX是the “least worst option”（最好选择），你就告诉他们对于他们来说最最最好的选择是滚回去学语法。

3. The phrase I've watched seep into the language (especially with broadcasters) is "two-time" and "three-time". Have the words double, triple etc, been totally lost? Grammatically it makes no sense, and is even worse when spoken. My pulse rises every time I hear or see it. Which is not healthy as it's almost every day now. Argh!

我经历过的渐渐渗入到英语里的短语（特别是播音员使用的）是“two-time（两次）”和“three -time（三次）"。难道double啊triple啊什么的都彻底消失了么？从语法上来说，这根本构不成短语，而且用在口语中更糟糕。每次听到或者看到它我就心跳加速。这对我的健康造成了威胁，因为基本每天都要经历这些。我去！

4. Using 24/7 rather than "24 hours, 7 days a week" or even just plain "all day, every day".

使用24/7来表达“全天候”，而不是“24 hours, 7 days a week”，或者就朴实地说“all day, every day”。

5. The one I can't stand is "deplane", meaning to disembark an aircraft, used in the phrase "you will be able to deplane momentarily".

我不能忍受的就是“deplane”这个词，意思就是下飞机，用法是这样的：“You will be able to deplane momentarily（您很快就能下飞机了）”。

6. To "wait on" instead of "wait for" when you're not a waiter - once read a friend's comment about being in a station waiting on a train. For him, the train had yet to arrive - I would have thought rather that it had got stuck at the station with the friend on board.

用“wait on”而不是“wait for”，而且你还不是服务员。有次我读了一段朋友就在车站等车（waiting on a train）发表的评论。他所表达的意思是，火车一直没到站。而我却以为朋友在车上，但是车却困在了车站里。

7. "It is what it is". Pity us.

“It is what it is.（这就是事实。）” 同情同情我们吧！

8. Dare I even mention the fanny pack?

8. 敢不敢提fanny pack（腰包）啊？

9. "Touch base" - it makes me cringe no end.

“Touch base（联系）”——这让我不停地哆嗦。

10. Is "physicality" a real word?

“Physicality（物质性）”真的是一个词吗？

11.Transportation. What's wrong with transport?

Transportation（交通工具）。就不能用transport吗？

12. The word I hate to hear is "leverage". Pronounced lev-er-ig rather than lee-ver-ig. It seems to pop up in all aspects of work. And its meaning seems to have changed to "value added".

我讨厌听到的词是“leverage”。把它读成lev-er-ig（美），而不是lee-ver-ig（英）。好像各行各业突然都这么读了，意思貌似也变成“附加值”了。（leverage在美式英语中有“举债经营”的意思，英式英语用gearing表达此意）