為什么Interesting很危險(xiǎn)?
舉個(gè)例子:
A: How was your trip?
B: It was interesting.
A: Was there something wrong?
B: ...
What's wrong with it?
雖然interesting是“有意思”,但它在英語中的含義更加豐富、玄妙。
當(dāng)你說It's interesting的時(shí)候,要注意以下幾點(diǎn):
Leaves things hanging. 懸而不決
It begs follow up questions. 還有下文、有更多問題
Something is off. 一言難盡、有貓膩
沒想到Interesting有大坑!
如何正確使用Interesting?
#1.Interesting形容人
Interesting形容人并不是簡單的褒義或者貶義,
而多指與眾不同、經(jīng)歷豐富的人。
He is a very interesting person.
He is an interesting character.
如果是褒義詞,interesting往往指一個(gè)人有豐富的人生經(jīng)歷、經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
Positive: Interesting life experiences.
如果是貶義詞,interesting往往指一個(gè)人比較奇怪。
Negative: something is off with the person.
He has very interesting tastes. 他的品味、喜好很奇怪。
常見錯(cuò)誤:
Interesting不代表好玩、幽默?
如果想形容一個(gè)人很幽默,最好直接用:
fun person: 很會(huì)玩,在一起會(huì)很好玩的人
funny person: 很幽默的人
#2.Interesting形容事物
Interesting形容事,這件事往往是:
Makes you think 讓你思考,不是簡單的有意思、有娛樂性
Interesting: 有意思的,有意義的,含義比fun要豐富
Fun: 好玩
怎么用?
1) How was the party?
It was interesting. 聚會(huì)上你見了很多有意思的人,聊過有意思的話題,讓你有所得。
It was fun. 吃好、喝好、玩好的聚會(huì)。
2) How was the movie/book?
An interesting movie/book. 有意思、有意義的電影或者書籍。
An interesting read. 很有意義的書。
A fun movie/book. 好玩的電影或者書籍。
哪些詞可以替代Interesting?
用interesting這個(gè)詞,坑真不少!
所以在日常對(duì)話中,作為回復(fù),大家可以用下面這些詞:
Awesome
Terrific
Great
比如:
A: How was your trip?
B: It was awesome/terrific/great!
這時(shí)候如果用interesting trip讓人感覺你的旅途可能發(fā)生了點(diǎn)什么。