💡『考慮不周』的英語怎麼說?
"Such an inconsiderate arrangement showed a lack of thoughtfulness to athletes representing our country, which is deeply regrettable," Tsai said.
蔡英文:「對於沒有為代表國家的選手著想,如此考慮不周的安排,我深表遺憾」。
📕 精彩字卡
• inconsiderate (a.) /ˌɪn.kənˈsɪd.ər.ət/ 考慮不周的
• thoughtfulness (n.) /ˋθɔ:tfulnis/ 體貼
• regrettable (a.) /rɪˈɡret̬.ə.bəl/ 令人遺憾的
🎓 深度講解
inconsiderate 考慮不周,in是否定字首,considerate則有體貼的、體諒的意思,inconsiderate則有「沒有體諒或考慮別人的感受」的意思。
另一個有一點類似文中也用到的用詞是 thoughtful (a.) 周到,其相反詞是thoughtless,thought (n.) 有考慮、想法的意思,less則是欠缺,thoughtless 指「非故意但沒有考慮到自己行為舉止,而讓他人感到不快」,有欠缺考慮的、輕率的意思,在美國曾有白人主持人將自己的臉塗黑搞笑,而引發種族歧視的紛爭,也因此為這件事道歉,例如:Jimmy apologized for his thoughtless blackface impersonation.吉米為他輕率假扮黑臉的行爲道歉。
👇 看『inconsiderate』的例子
• How do you deal with his inconsiderate behavior?
你會如何應對他不為他人著想的行為?
• What is the most inconsiderate thing a neighbor has done to you?
你的鄰居做過最不為人著想的事情是什麼?
🥚 Blog看彩蛋》看『thoughtless 輕率的』的例句
• You have offended me with your thoughtless remark.
你輕率的發言,已經冒犯到我了。
• It was thoughtless of you not to call in advance and say you'd be late.
沒有事先打電話來說你會遲到的行為,真是太輕率了。