BBC地道英語口語:Knackered 疲憊不堪
Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Helen
Zoë: Hello, 我是劉佳。歡迎收聽我們今天的地道英語。
Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
Zoë: 英語和中文一樣，有很多的俗語。所以要想更好的掌握這門語言，就要對英語裏的日常用語和習慣表達瞭如指掌。
Helen: That’s right, Zoë. And today’s word is very informal and very typically British too.
Zoë: So what’s the word, Helen?
Helen: Today’s word is knackered. K.N.A.C.K.E.R.E.D. Knackered.
Zoë: Knackered. 是什麼意思呢?
Helen: It’s a very informal way to say you are very tired.
Zoë: 我明白了，knackered就是 太累了，太疲憊了的意思。不過這是個非常隨便的說法。
Helen: That’s right.
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A: You look really tired.
B: I am. I’m knackered. I could go to sleep right now.
Helen: Knackered is a useful word because it also has another meaning.
Zoë: 哦？還有第二個意思，是什麼呢？HELEN?
Helen: Well, you can also use the word knackered to describe something as broken.
Zoë: OK, Knackered 還可以表示壞了的意思.
Helen: Yes, that’s right. If a machine is broken and can’t be fixed, we can say it is knackered.
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A: Is this computer broken?
B: Yeah, it’s knackered. We should just throw it away and get a new one.
Zoë: 好了，現在讓我們來複習一下今天學的吧?
Helen: Good idea. Today’s word was knackered, which can mean tired for a person or broken for a machine.
Zoë: Knackered有兩個意思，一個是表示特別累，疲憊的意思；另一個意思說的是壞了。
Helen: Well, Zoë. It looks like we’re out of time.
Zoë: 我們下次節目再見.
Helen: Goodbye.
