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Pet hate 令人讨厌的事物或人

Episode 230711 / 11 Jul 2023

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内容简介

生活中有没有那么一件小事会令你感到特别厌烦？这件事情可能对其他人的影响不大，却让你倍感恼火？搭配 “pet hate” 指 “让某人讨厌的事情”。听节目，学习 “pet hate” 的具体用法。

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（关于台词的备注: 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。）

Jiaying
大家好，欢迎收听 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目，我是佳莹。

Neil
And hello, I'm Neil. In this programme, we're talking about an English phrase that describes a situation that particularly annoys you. We call this a 'pet hate'.

Jiaying
Pet hate. 先明确一点：搭配 “pet hate” 的意思和我们养的 “pet（宠物）” 一点关系也没有。

Neil
It hasn't. A pet hate is just something annoying – although something your pet does might annoy you! My pet hate is when someone doesn't switch the lights off when they leave a room.

Jiaying
That is annoying. 离开房间时不随手关灯确实有点烦人，但我并不会用 “I hate it.” 来描述这种行为给我带来的感受，因为 “hate” 的意思是 “憎恶，憎恨”，带有很强的负面感情色彩。

Neil
True. A pet hate isn't such a strong dislike for something – it's something that just irritates you – and not everyone will feel the same way. Think of 'pet' as something that is personal to you – so pet hate is a personal dislike for something. A similar expression is 'pet peeve'.

Jiaying
没错，搭配 “pet hate” 指 “让你感到讨厌的事情”，但并不是人人都对这件事情有同样的厌恶感。这里，“pet” 可以看成 “个人的”，因此，“pet hate” 就指 “让人尤感讨厌的事情”。搭配 “pet peeve” 可以表达相同的含义。Let's hear some examples of pet hates.

Examples
My pet hate is when I'm on the train and people are speaking really loudly on their mobile phones – urgh, it's so annoying!

My dad's pet hate is having to look for the remote control every time he wants to turn on the TV.

I have a real pet hate for the sound of people biting their fingernails. Oh, I wish they wouldn't do it!

Jiaying
在这期 “地道英语” 节目中，我们介绍了搭配 “pet hate” 的含义和用法，它指 “让某人讨厌的事情”，这件事情让你觉得很烦，但其他人可能对此不以为意。

Neil
Yes. For example, we wouldn't say climate change is a pet hate – but as I said, leaving the lights on, which wastes energy, is a pet hate of mine. Hold on – weren't you the last person in the office last night, Jiaying?

Jiaying
I was.

Neil
So, it was you who left all the lights on – very annoying.

Jiaying
Oops, sorry. But I had to stay late because I had to clean up the place. 有人下班回家时，总是不把自己用过的杯子收拾好，所以我走之前还得帮他们收拾。That is such a pet hate of mine!

Neil
It just goes to show, we all have pet hates – maybe we should just learn to forgive one another.

Jiaying
That's another one of my pet hates – people who pretend to be nice! Come on, you can help me wash up the rest of the dirty coffee cups.

Neil
OK. Bye for now.

Jiaying
Bye.

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