喜樂美語
  1. 1難以發音的；念不出來的

    So hard to say out loud that you give up trying — usually said about a name, a word, or a place from a language you do not know. Notice that this is almost never literally true.

    So hard to say out loud難到唸不出口 that you give up trying讓你放棄嘗試 usually said about a name a word or a place通常是在講一個名字、一個字，或一個地方 from a language you do not know來自你不懂的語言 Notice that this is almost never literally true要注意這幾乎從來不是字面上真的

    Real people say these words every day; what the speaker means is "I cannot say it", or "people like me struggle with it". So the word is really a comment about the speaker, not the word, and this makes it a little risky.

    Real people say these words every day真實的人每天都在說這些字 what the speaker means is說話者真正的意思是 'I cannot say it''我唸不出來' or 'people like me struggle with it'或'像我這樣的人覺得很難' So the word is really a comment about the speaker所以這個字其實是在講說話的人 not the word而不是那個字本身 and this makes it a little risky這讓它變得有點冒險

    Said about a foreign colleague's name it can sound lazy or even rude, as if the name were the problem rather than your effort. Used about long medical or chemical terms, or a joke Welsh place name, it is harmless and often funny: "some unpronounceable chemical in the ingredients list".

    Said about a foreign colleague's name用來講外國同事的名字時 it can sound lazy or even rude聽起來會顯得懶惰甚至無禮 as if the name were the problem rather than your effort好像問題出在名字而不是你不夠努力 Used about long medical or chemical terms用來講很長的醫學或化學術語時 or a joke Welsh place name或是拿來開威爾斯地名的玩笑時 it is harmless and often funny就無傷大雅、常常還很好笑 'some unpronounceable chemical in the ingredients list''some unpronounceable chemical in the ingredients list'

    You will meet it most in relaxed writing and speech, frequently with a shrug attached — "a restaurant with an unpronounceable name". There is also an occasional noun use for such a word itself, but that is rare.

    You will meet it most in relaxed writing and speech你最常會在輕鬆的文字和口語裡遇到它 frequently with a shrug attached常常伴隨著一個聳肩的感覺 'a restaurant with an unpronounceable name''a restaurant with an unpronounceable name' There is also an occasional noun use for such a word itself偶爾也有名詞用法指這樣的一個字本身 but that is rare但這很少見

core核心畫面

組成un- (not) + pronounce + -able (can be done). So: cannot-be-said. The -able piece is the same one hiding in readable, washable, and countable; it came to English through French from Latin -bilis, which is why so many "can be done" words end this way.

同家族的字

  • pronouncethe root verb — to say a word aloud
  • pronunciationthe noun from the same root (note the different spelling)
  • announceshares the -nounce- piece, from a root meaning to report or tell
  • readablesame -able ending, same 'can be done' meaning

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

unpronounceableadj

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    Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate.

    • A Hungarian baron, with an unpronounceable name, had that very morning been so struck with Lady Penrhyn's beauty, that, not knowing she was married, he laid himself, castle, sabre, and fur pelisses at her feet, for immediate acceptance.
    • In many ways, the salarian political network functions like the noble families of Earth's Medieval Europe. Structurally the government consists of fiefdoms, baronies, duchies, planets, and marches (colonization clusters). These are human nicknames; the original salarian is unpronounceable.

unpronounceablenoun

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    Something, especially an ingredient, that is difficult or impossible to pronounce.

    • Synthetic fragrances can contain a laundry list of chemicals — hormone disrupters, petroleum-derived unpronounceables, asthma triggers and on and on.
    • Finally, if there are some “unpronounceables” in the list, ensure that they are minimal and not artificial anything—artificial colors, preservatives, flavors, or sweeteners.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。