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单词 bad
释义
bad
(bæd )
Word forms: worse , worst
1. adjective A1
Something that is bad is unpleasant, harmful, or undesirable.
The bad weather conditions prevented the plane from landing.
We have been going through a bad time.
I've had a bad day at work.
Divorce is bad for children.
Analysts fear the situation is even worse than the leadership admits.
2. adjective B1
You use bad to indicate that something unpleasant or undesirable is severe or great in degree.
He had a bad accident two years ago and had to give up farming.
This was a bad case of dangerous driving.
The pain is often so bad she wants to scream.
The floods are described as the worst in nearly fifty years.
Synonyms: severe, serious, terrible, acute  
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A1
A bad idea, decision, or method is not sensible or not correct.
As a carbon-reduction measure this is not necessarily a bad idea.
Of course politicians will sometimes make bad decisions.
That's not a bad way to proceed, just somewhat different.
The worst thing you can do is underestimate an opponent.
Synonyms: poor, unwise, unsound  
4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A2
If you describe a piece of news, an action, or a sign as bad, you mean that it is unlikely to result in benefit or success.
The closure of the project is bad news for her staff.
It was a bad start in my relationship with Warr.
The report couldn't have come at a worse time for the European Commission.
Synonyms: unfavourable, troubling, distressing, unfortunate  
5. adjective A2
Something that is bad is of an unacceptably low standard, quality, or amount.
She was in rather a bad film about the Mau Mau.
Many old people in Britain are living in bad housing.
The state schools' main problem is that teachers' pay is so bad.
It was absolutely the worst food I have ever had.
Synonyms: inferior, poor, inadequate, pathetic  
6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A2
Someone who is bad at doing something is not skilful or successful at it.
He had increased Britain's reputation for being bad at languages. [+ at]
He was a bad driver.
Rose was a poor cook and a worse mother.
Synonyms: incompetent, poor, useless [informal], crap [slang]  
7. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B1+
If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
Not being able to hear doesn't seem as bad as not being able to see.
You need at least ten pounds if you go to the cinema nowadays–it's really bad.
Synonyms: grim, severe, hard, tough  
8. adjective [with neg] A2
You can say that something is not bad to mean that it is quite good or acceptable, especially when you are rather surprised about this.
'How much is he paying you?'—'Oh, five thousand.'—'Not bad.'
'How are you, mate?'—'Not bad, mate, how's yourself?'
He's not a bad chap–quite human for an accountant.
That's not a bad idea.
9. adjective B1
A bad person has morally unacceptable attitudes and behaviour.
I've made mistakes, but I'm not a bad person.
He does not think that his beliefs make him any worse than any other man.
Synonyms: wicked, criminal, evil, corrupt  
badness uncountable noun
They only recognise badness when they perceive it in others.
Synonyms: wickedness, wrong, evil, corruption  
10. adjective B1
A bad child disobeys rules and instructions or does not behave in a polite and correct way.
You are a bad boy for repeating what I told you.
Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.
Synonyms: naughty, defiant, perverse, wayward  
11. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A1
If you are in a bad mood, you are angry and behave unpleasantly to people.
She is in a bit of a bad mood because she's just given up smoking.
Synonyms: foul, irritable, grotty  
12. adjective [oft ADJECTIVE that] B1+
If you feel bad about something, you feel rather sorry or guilty about it.
You don't have to feel bad about relaxing. [+ about]
I feel bad that he's doing most of the work.
Are you trying to make me feel bad?
Synonyms: guilty, sorry, ashamed, apologetic  
13. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you have a bad back, heart, leg, or eye, it is injured, diseased, or weak.
Alastair has a bad back so we have a hard bed.
Synonyms: injured, damaged, diseased, hurt  
14. adjective [usu go ADJ, oft ADJECTIVE noun] B2
Food that has gone bad is not suitable to eat because it has started to decay.
They bought so much meat that some went bad.
Synonyms: rotten, off, rank, sour  
15. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Bad language is language that contains offensive words such as swear words.
I don't like to hear bad language in the street.
I said a bad word.
Synonyms: offensive, nasty, insulting, disgusting  
16.  See also worse, worst
17. too bad phrase B2
If you say that it is too bad that something is the case, you mean you are sorry or sad that it is the case. [feelings]
It is too bad that Eleanor had to leave so soon.
Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.
Synonyms: a shame, a crime [informal], a pity, a sin  
18. too bad convention
If you say 'too bad', you are indicating that nothing can be done to change the situation, and that you do not feel sorry or sympathetic about this. [feelings]
Too bad if you missed the bus.
19. in a bad way phrase [verb-link PHRASE]
If someone or something is in a bad way, they are in a bad condition or situation.
The economy is in a bad way.
'You look in a bad way,' chuckled Brad.
20. a bad word to say about sb phrase [with brd-neg]
If nobody has a bad word to say about you, you are liked or admired by everyone.
We still can't find anyone with a bad word to say about her.
21. to make the best of a bad job phrase B2
If you make the best of something, you accept an unsatisfactory situation cheerfully and try to manage as well as you can. In British English, you can also say that you make the best of a bad job.
...the virtues of good hard work, and making the best of what you have.
22. bad blood phrase
If you say that there is bad blood between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
There is, it seems, some bad blood between Mills and the Baldwins.
Synonyms: hostility, anger, offence, resentment  
23. to be in someone's bad books phrase [verb-link PHRASE]
If you are in someone's bad books, they are annoyed with you. If you are in their good books, they are pleased with you.
Sir John was definitely in the Treasury's bad books for incorrect thinking on economic prospects.
Right from my very first day I seemed to be in everyone's good books.
24. bad luck convention B1+
You can say ' Bad luck', or ' Hard luck', to someone when you want to express sympathy to them. [informal, formulae]
Well, hard luck, mate.
25. to get a bad press phrase
If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
...the bad press that successful women consistently get in this country.
Men get more bad press in her new novel.
26. to go from bad to worse phrase
If a situation goes from bad to worse, it becomes even more unpleasant or unsatisfactory.
For the past couple of years my life has gone from bad to worse.
Quotations:
When I'm good, I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad I'm betterMae WestI'm No Angel
Idioms:
be in someone's bad books [British]
to have done something that has annoyed someone
He's already in Rick's bad books for damaging his car.
bad blood
feelings of anger or hatred between two people or groups because of arguments they have had in the past
The situation has reached crisis point because of the bad blood between the two.
a bad apple or a rotten apple
a dishonest, immoral, or unpleasant person who has a bad influence on those around them
They made it clear that they were not going to tolerate a bad apple in the United States Senate.
turn up like a bad penny [British, old-fashioned]
to appear again in a place where you are not welcome or wanted
Pete goes down very well with everyone except Ross, who makes zero effort when he turns up like the proverbial bad penny.
get a bad press
to be repeatedly criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio
So-called `arranged marriages', common in many cultures, tend to get a bad press in the West.
something leaves a bad taste in your mouth or something leaves a nasty taste in your mouth
said to mean that something that someone does makes you feel angry or disgusted with them because it was a very unpleasant thing to do
Some people are abusive in shops, in buses and on trains. They seem to think it is smart. For the victim it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.
throw good money after bad
to spend a lot of money in an attempt to get back money that you have already lost, for example in a bad investment
We are not offering any more cash; we don't want to throw good money after bad.
Collocations:
bad hangover
She had a bad hangover.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It was like the first day at primary school and a very bad hangover all at once.
John Harris THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003)
Want to avoid a bad hangover?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That didn't help him get over anything except a bad hangover.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
bad karma
It was like a total eclipse of the sun, a maelstrom of bad karma.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You may also wish to blame the government, Fate, bad karma or dodgy feng shui.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
She wanted to be cool and calm, and as happy for the engaged couple as she could: it was bad karma to be anything else.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
If one room had rot in the walls and another didn't, it was because of some vagary in the water table; it wasn't evidence of bad karma.
Clive Barker GALILEE (2002)
bad omen
I went through quite a nasty divorce so the ring was a bad omen in the house.
The Sun (2013)
Now the management team must decide whether this is a bad omen.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This provoked a sudden panic that it could be a bad omen.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
To engage in such activity would cast a bad omen on your society.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
bad situation
It was British stiff upper lip and making the best of a bad situation condensed into a sardine can.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They will not say anything that might make a bad situation worse.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We reckon all that would make a bad situation worse here.
The Sun (2014)
bad temper
He is not the only one suffering a dose of bad temper.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We become irritable with others and vent our bad temper on them.
Atkinson, Jacqueline M Coping with Stress at Work (1988)
But what if I go through the cold sweats and the bad temper and the weight gain and then get run over by a bus?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
bad timing
Regular investors reduce their risk of bad timing, and also benefit from pound cost averaging.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Third, sustained returns to unit-holders were achieved without excessive short-term trading, which might raise the risk of bad timing and would certainly increase costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The whole affair was a sad case of bad timing.
Lisa Jardine THE CURIOUS LIFE OF ROBERT HOOKE: The Man who Measured London (2003)
The reason for Beijing's lack of interest was most likely a simple matter of bad timing and political expediency.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Of course, it is more likely to be bad timing than cynical opportunism.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
bad weather
Part-way up the mountain the group hit bad weather and high winds battered them as temperatures plummeted.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They normally flew at high altitude to avoid night fighters but bad weather forced them to postpone the operation on two successive nights.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The trackbed does have some rough sections and the odd puddle in bad weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Conditions were good at both airports but the aircraft had been delayed on an earlier flight by bad weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The building industry has been catching up with a backlog of work after delays due to bad weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
inherently bad
Not that all these transposable elements are inherently bad.
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There's nothing inherently bad about running a current account deficit.
Times, Sunday Times
Some believe that private equity means inherently bad, fast-buck cowboys.
Times, Sunday Times
There's nothing inherently bad about that but it creates fewer points of common reference.
Times, Sunday Times
Wet outcomes are not inherently bad, as today's mob orators suggest.
Times, Sunday Times
notoriously bad
Blokes are notoriously bad at talking about their health, let alone going to get anything checked out.
The Sun
Bruised heels are notoriously bad for fast bowlers because that part of the foot takes the full body-weight through delivery stride.
The Sun
Blokes are notoriously bad at looking after themselves.
The Sun
But democracies are notoriously bad at facing up to long-term problems.
Times, Sunday Times
Public bodies are notoriously bad at sharing information, often with disastrous consequences.
Times, Sunday Times
pretty bad
Food has to be pretty bad for me to be critical.
Times, Sunday Times
After all, they did a pretty bad job by not predicting the credit crunch.
Times, Sunday Times
He reached his when he was lying on his back in an ambulance 'with a pretty bad concussion'.
Times, Sunday Times
It wasn't true for me for a long time, but about two years ago my feet started getting pretty bad.
Times, Sunday Times
If you're looking for omens, 1934 was also a pretty bad year for the world economy.
Times, Sunday Times
progressively worse
The choice of presenters for this show just seems to get progressively worse.
Times, Sunday Times
The evening starts badly and gets progressively worse.
Times, Sunday Times
His emotional life gets better and better, while his disease gets progressively worse.
Times, Sunday Times
The first symptoms are usually soreness and stiffness the day after exercise, but the condition becomes progressively worse.
Times, Sunday Times
We are getting progressively worse if you look at our performances in the last three major tournaments we qualified for.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 劣质的, 坏的
Japanese: 悪い, 悪い
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