rubbish
英 ['rʌbɪʃ]
美 ['rʌbɪʃ]
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
rubbish 垃圾词源不详，可能来自 rub,刮，擦，磨，引申词义刮下来的垃圾。
- rubbish (n.)
- c. 1400, robous, from Anglo-French rubouses (late 14c.), of unknown origin. No apparent cognates in Old French; apparently somehow related to rubble (see OED). Spelling with -ish is from late 15c. The verb sense of "disparage, criticize harshly" is first attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang. Related: Rubbished; rubbishing.
- 1. I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.
- 我不明白他为何用这种烂事来烦我。
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- 2. They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.
- 他们相信游客会自觉捡起垃圾。
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- 3. It's all rubbish and superstition, and there's nothing in it.
- 这都是废话和迷信,不是真的.
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- 4. In an ideal world, there would be no such thing as rubbish.
- 在一个理想世界中，不会有垃圾之类的东西。
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- 5. His dismembered body was found in a rubbish bin.
- 在垃圾桶里发现了他被肢解的尸体。
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