That must have been a real turn-off
那一定很令人倒胃
2006年 08月04日
對話
Jamie：You were getting on very well with that blonde girl at the club last night.
傑米：昨晚在俱樂部，你和那金髮女郎很合得來。
Vernon：I certainly was. She was really good looking. But it didn't go any further.
威爾南：是啊，而她的確很漂亮。但我們的來往就止於此。
Jamie：You didn't ask her for a date? What's wrong with you?
傑米：你沒有和她約會？你腦袋有甚麼不妥當？
Vernon：Well I don't really want to mention it.
威爾南：我真的不想講。
Jamie：Did some other guy steal her away or something?
傑米：是有另一個人把她偷去了還是甚麼？
Vernon：No, it was, well, because when I got close to her I noticed she had really bad breath.
威爾南：不是。原因是，嗯，我靠近她，才發覺她口臭得很。
Jamie：Oh, boy. That must have been a real turn-off.
傑米：啊呀，那一定很令人倒胃。
Vernon：It sure was. It was a pity really. She was very attractive otherwise.
威爾南：不錯，真可惜，否則她十分動人。多學一點點 金髮女郎
傑米有點羨慕威爾南：You were getting on very well with that blonde girl。英文blond、blonde二字，都是從法文借來，指「有金髮的（白人）」，blond用於男性，blonde用於女性，同樣可作形容詞或名詞，例如a blond man（金髮男人）、a blonde woman（金髮女人）、He is a blond（他是個金髮男人）、She is a blonde（她是個金髮女人）等。
不過，現代英文形容詞習慣不分性別，所以blond、blonde這兩個形容詞不分性別使用也可以，例如a blonde man、a blond woman等。至於名詞，blond也可以指女人，但blonde 則不會是男人。
事實上，blond、blonde二字一般都是用來說女人。西方人多認為金髮特別誘人。美國性感偶像瑪麗蓮夢露的一部電影就叫做《Gentlemen Prefer Blondes》（金髮女郎，君子所愛）。英文還有一句成語：Blondes have more fun。這是說，「金髮女郎較為開心快意」，因為較多男人向她們獻殷勤。
威爾南解釋沒有追求那金髮女郎的原因：She had really bad breath。Bad breath 也作foul breath，指口臭，例如：He chewed gum to hide his bad breath （他嚼口香糖掩蓋口臭）。口臭會令人倒胃，所以傑米說：That must have been a real turn-off。Turn off是「使人失去興趣」、「使人倒胃」的意思，加上連字號(hyphen)即成名詞，指使人失去興趣或倒胃的事物，例如：Her affectation really turned me off/ I found her affectation a real turn-off（她矯揉造作，令我很不喜歡）。
明天課文
She´s got lightning reactions
她反應快如閃電
明天課文
She´s got lightning reactions
她反應快如閃電