英國(guó)人覺(jué)得最難拼寫(xiě)的50個(gè)常用詞

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2015年06月10日

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　　'Embarrassment', 'occasionally' and 'necessary' have been named among the words Brits have most difficulty spelling.

　　'Embarrassment(尷尬)', 'occasionally(偶爾地)' and 'necessary(必要的)'等詞被評(píng)選成為英國(guó)人覺(jué)得最難拼寫(xiě)的單詞。

　　Researchers, who carried out a study among 2,000 adults, found more than half frequently have issues spelling commonly-used words.

　　研究者對(duì)2000名成年人進(jìn)行了研究調(diào)查，發(fā)現(xiàn)超過(guò)半數(shù)的成年人常常不會(huì)拼寫(xiě)一些常用詞。

　　Others which we often struggle with are 'accommodate', 'questionnaire' and 'rhythm'.'Conscience' causes many a Brit a headache, and the words 'occurrence', 'restaurant' and 'guarantee' are also tricky to master.

　　英國(guó)人常常不會(huì)拼寫(xiě)的詞還包括'accommodate(調(diào)解)', 'questionnaire(調(diào)查問(wèn)卷)' and 'rhythm(韻律)'.'Conscience(道德心)'這個(gè)詞讓很多英國(guó)人頭疼，'occurrence(事件)', 'restaurant(餐廳)'和 'guarantee(保證)'等詞也令人感到難以駕馭。

　　Also on the top 50 everyday words Brits struggle with were the words 'definite', 'separate' and 'weird'.

　　英國(guó)人難以駕馭的日常單詞中排行前50的單詞還有'definite(確切的)', 'separate(單獨(dú)的)' and 'weird(詭異的)'等。

　　While 'appearance', 'queue' and 'receive' cause many a person to scratch their head.

　　'appearance(外貌)', 'queue(隊(duì)列)' and 'receive(接受)'等詞也讓很多人抓耳撓腮，拼寫(xiě)不出來(lái)。

　　The results of the study emphasised the average person's reliance on spelling assistance - 40 per cent confessed they completely rely on autocorrect technology to monitor their spelling in day-to-day communication.

　　研究者尤其強(qiáng)調(diào)，大眾常常依賴(lài)于拼寫(xiě)工具——40%的人承認(rèn)他們?cè)谌粘＝涣髦型耆蕾?lài)于自動(dòng)校對(duì)工具來(lái)保證拼寫(xiě)正確。

　　Over a fifth would panic if they were forced to abandon the use of autocorrect or spell-checking technology and rely on their own knowledge.

　　超過(guò)1/5的人承認(rèn)，如果要求他們不使用自動(dòng)校對(duì)和拼寫(xiě)檢查工具，依賴(lài)自己的單詞儲(chǔ)備知識(shí)，他們會(huì)感到恐慌。

　　But spelling mistakes still prove common and costly- just under a quarter of people have been embarrassed by a spelling mistake they made at work.

　　但是拼寫(xiě)錯(cuò)誤仍然是非常普遍的，而且成本很高——略少于1/4的人曾經(jīng)因?yàn)樵诠ぷ髦蟹钙磳?xiě)錯(cuò)誤而陷于尷尬境地。

　　While spelling ability is often noticed by others - 48 per cent of people admit they can't help but judge people if their spelling is bad.

　　盡管如此，人們卻常常注意他人的拼寫(xiě)能力——48%的人承認(rèn)會(huì)因?yàn)閯e人拼寫(xiě)能力差而不自覺(jué)的對(duì)之產(chǎn)生偏見(jiàn)。

　　英國(guó)人覺(jué)得最難拼寫(xiě)的50個(gè)常用詞：

　　1. Embarrassment (尷尬)2. Fluorescent (熒光)3. Accommodate (調(diào)節(jié))

　　4. Psychiatrist (精神病醫(yī)生)5. Occasionally (偶爾)6. Necessary(必要的)

　　7. Questionnaire (調(diào)查問(wèn)卷)8. Mischievous (淘氣)9. Rhythm(韻律)

　　10. Minuscule (草寫(xiě)小字)11. Conscience (道德心)12. Xylophone(木琴)