說(shuō)到「東西壞掉」是不是立刻想到 broken ？

但日常生活中有很多故障不適用 broken喔！

老師整理了各種不同種類的「壞」，

讓你發(fā)牢騷時(shí)更精確！

先來(lái)看看最常用的 broken ，這個(gè)詞有時(shí)也可以用 out of order 替換。

The elevator was broken so we had to take the stairs.

= The elevator was out of order so we had to take the stairs.

電梯壞了，所以我們只好爬樓梯。

英文俚語(yǔ)﹕從面包店剛出爐的 (English Slang: fresh from the bakery!)

broken

至于其他的「壞掉」該如何使用呢？一起看下去吧！

生活類

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01

go bad/spoil 食物壞掉

go bad 直譯就是壞掉；spoil 當(dāng)動(dòng)詞時(shí)是破壞的意思，食物變質(zhì)壞掉則可以說(shuō) The food is spoilt.

My boyfriend and I planned to cook at home but all the vegetable had gone bad so we ate out.

我和男友原本打算下廚卻發(fā)現(xiàn)蔬菜都?jí)牧耍詈笾缓猛馐场?/p>

I think the soup is spoilt. It tastes funny.

我覺(jué)得這道湯壞掉了，吃起來(lái)怪怪的。

02

turn sour 食物酸掉

想明確表達(dá)食物「臭酸」了就可以用這個(gè)短語(yǔ)。

Lisa forgot to put the milk in the refrigerator so it turned sour.

Lisa 忘了把牛奶放進(jìn)冰箱所以它酸掉了。

03

torn 衣服破掉

Eric didn’t realize that his t-shirt was torn. It was so embarrassing!

Eric 的衣服破了但他自己不知道，超尷尬的！

04

burn 燈泡燒掉

The lightbulb burned and suddenly the whole room was in complete darkness.

燈泡突然燒掉之后整個(gè)房間陷入黑暗。

05

crash/quit unexpectedly 應(yīng)用程式閃退

有時(shí)候手機(jī)容量不足或是和 app 不相容就會(huì)有「閃退」問(wèn)題，此時(shí)可以用 crash，quit unexpectedly 則是蘋果公司的官方用法。

This schedule app keeps crashing. I cannot use it.

這個(gè)行事曆 app 一直閃退，我沒(méi)辦法用。

汽車類

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01

breakdown/break down 拋錨

Brandon’s car broke down when he was driving on the highway. All he could do was to wait for the tow truck.

Brandon 的車拋錨在高速公路上，所以他只能等待拖吊車救援。

02

have a flat tire/ (tire) blow out

My tire blew out on my way to work, so I missed the presentation.

到公司的路上我的車子爆胎了，所以我錯(cuò)過(guò)了簡(jiǎn)報(bào)。

03

(brake) fail 剎車失靈

Always examine your car carefully to prevent any kind of malfunction, such as brake failure.

仔細(xì)檢查你的車以避免任何故障，例如剎車失靈。

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