- 1使庸俗化；把（好東西）弄得低俗
To spoil something good by making it cheap, coarse, or low in quality. You vulgarize a poem, a ceremony, a piece of music, a beautiful place — usually by making it loud, simple, or commercial so it will sell.
To spoil something good把好東西弄壞 by making it cheap, coarse, or low in quality方法是讓它變得廉價、粗俗或品質低劣. You vulgarize你可以vulgarize a poem一首詩, a ceremony一場典禮, a piece of music一首音樂, a beautiful place一個美麗的地方 — usually by making it loud, simple, or commercial通常是把它弄得浮誇、簡化或商業化 so it will sell好讓它賣得出去.
The word contains a judgement, and it is a strong one; the speaker is saying that something fine has been dragged down. It is formal and mostly written, so in ordinary talk people say 'cheapen', 'ruin', or 'dumb down' instead.
The word contains a judgement這個字帶著評價, and it is a strong one而且是很重的評價; the speaker is saying說話的人是在說 that something fine has been dragged down原本好的東西被拉低了. It is formal and mostly written它是正式、多半用於書面的字, so in ordinary talk所以平常講話 people say 'cheapen', 'ruin', or 'dumb down' instead大家會改說'cheapen'、'ruin'或'dumb down'.
As with the noun, there is an older use meaning 'put hard ideas into everyday words for ordinary readers', with no insult at all — but today most English readers will hear the negative sense first, so use 'popularize' or 'simplify' when you mean the kind version. British spelling: 'vulgarise'.
As with the noun跟名詞的情況一樣, there is an older use有個比較舊的用法 meaning 'put hard ideas into everyday words for ordinary readers'意思是「把艱深的想法變成一般讀者看得懂的話」, with no insult at all完全沒有貶意 — but today但現在 most English readers大多數英語讀者 will hear the negative sense first會先聯想到負面意思, so use 'popularize' or 'simplify'所以想表達溫和的那個意思時 when you mean the kind version要用'popularize'或'simplify'. British spelling英式拼法是: 'vulgarise'.
core核心畫面
組成vulgar + -ize. 'Vulgar' is from Latin 'vulgus', the common crowd — originally 'belonging to ordinary people', later 'coarse, in poor taste'. '-ize' means 'make it become that'.
同家族的字
- vulgarthe word this verb is built from
- vulgarizationthe noun naming the process
- divulgealso from Latin 'vulgus' — to spread news out to the crowd
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。
vulgarizeverb
- 1
To make vulgar.
- With much labor we got our things up the steps, and then, looking back, took one last long survey of that strange land, soon I fear to be vulgarized, the prey of hunter and prospector, but to each of us a dreamland of glamour and romance, a land where we had dared much, suffered much, and learned much - our land, as we shall ever fondly call it.
- "Yes," said Mr. Flushing. "And in my opinion," he continued, "the absence of population to which Hirst objects is precisely the significant touch. You must admit, Hirst, that a little Italian town even would vulgarise the whole scene, would detract from the vastness — the sense of elemental grandeur."
- 2
To make vulgar.
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。