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最难读的20个英文单词
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4 v* r( @, x) ^With nine letter and four syllables, the tongue-twisting "phenomenon" has been named as the most mispronounced word in the English language.由九个字母和四个音节组成的,发音饶舌的“现象”一词成为英语里面最难念的单词。: M2 C6 g. L; j
1 l7 W( {& |4 r% b# CThe word came first in a study of terms that are tricky to get your tongue around, with most people mixing up the letters M and N on a regular basis.这个词在调查中之所以名列榜首,是因为phenomenon中的"m"和"n"一个连一个,让你的嘴皮子倒腾不过来。
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"Anaesthetist" came second because of quickly moving between the TH to the letters T at the end.“麻醉师”一词的发音排名第二,难就难在"th"和"t"的音连接得太紧。
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- G. ]! s5 T; I& VIn third place was "remuneration", which is often mispronounced as "renumeration".“报酬”位居第三。这个词难在它经常被误读为"renumeration"。9 |6 `; R W4 n1 k
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Almost half of the 3,000 people surveyed admitted they often correct someone if they say something in the wrong way and a quarter of people said they thought mispronunciation showed a lack of intelligence.参与调查的3000人中,几乎一半的受访者表示他们经常会纠正别人错误的发音,四分之一的受访者说,发音错误容易给人知识水平不高的印象。, K5 ^+ Z Q Z- @3 K4 k1 B6 T" d. i G
: i6 _- ~2 T' F9 \But suprisingly in the list of admissions, Britons admitted that February was the 12th hardest word to spit out.令人惊奇的是,英国人把“二月”一词推上榜单,位列最难发音的第十二位。
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A spokesman for Spinvox, a voicemail to text message service, which carried out the research, said: "Phenomenon is very hard to say because of the structure of the word."语音通信公司Spinvox进行了这项调查。该公司的发言人说:“Phenomenon这个字很难念是因为这个词本身的结构。”/ x9 K6 U* _- L# H0 l8 n
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"There are some real tongue-twisters in the list and it's understandable how many people can get confused when pronouncing certain words. "“这次的列表中有一些单词确实很饶舌,所以许多人在念这些单词时感觉困难是可以理解的。”
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"A word one person finds easy to say, maybe difficult for the next person. Although it's worrying that some people find basic words such as February difficult to say."“某些人觉得好念的单词对其他人来说却可能并不好念,就像一些人觉得“二月”之类的基本单词很难念。”
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+ D% R' _% w0 o9 ?3 t' W- oThe company found that other difficult words to feature in the poll include "regularly" at 11, "particularly" at 13 and "prejudice" at 17.该公司发现的其他一些引人注目的难读的上榜单词包括位列11的“有规律地”、位列13的“尤其”和位列17的“偏见”。
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More than a third of people even say they avoid using words they know they struggle with altogether so they do not end up looking stupid.超过三分之一的受访者表示,为了不犯傻,他们会避免使用自己念不清楚的单词。 |
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