Verb Master 動詞達人

【一次精通一單字】Ugly
Ugly，不光是醜(bad-looking)，而且醜得很暴力(violent)、醜得很邪惡(hideous)、醜得一發不可收拾(things get ugly)！

封面故事：
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
(好人、壞人、邪惡的人 - 黃昏三鏢客1966)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly是克林伊斯威特荒野大鏢客(The Man with No Name)系列第三部，被公認是三部曲最好的一部。

電影的角色除了正派(The Good)和反派(The Bad)，還有表面正派內心反派，稱為邪派(The Ugly)；現實生活裡，沒有絕對的好人，也沒有絕對的壞人，每個人的內心都有好心(Good)、壞心(Bad)、惡毒的心(Ugly)。

Good and Ugly這個詞經常出現在公司檢討會議，主持人鼓勵大家除了講好的，不好的也大膽說出來：
What’s your opinion on me? Good and Ugly.
(你對我有什麼看法？好的不好的都可以講)

常用詞：Feel Ugly，覺得醜、覺得糟糕

She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
(她讓我自慚形穢)
* dowdy，['daudi]，穿著土

Sometimes I feel ugly, but then I think of you and get over it.
(有時候我覺得自己很醜，但是只要一想到你就不會了)
* get over it，釋懷

常用詞：Get Ugly
變糟糕

Don’t get me upset or things are gonna get ugly.
(別惹我生氣，不然大家都難看)
Things get ugly when they start the baseball fight.
(棒球場打架一發不可收拾)

常用詞：Ugly on the inside
內心醜陋

She’s is pretty on the outside and ugly on the inside.
(她外表好看內心醜陋)

Some people are ugly on the outside and even uglier on the inside.
(有些人不僅外表醜，內心更醜)

Make-up doesn’t help if you’re ugly on the inside, unless you eat it.
(化妝品對內心醜陋沒用，除非你吃了它 -奧黛麗赫本)

常用詞：As Ugly As Sin
其醜無比
* sin，罪惡
The Buddha statues in this temple are as ugly as sin.
(這間廟的佛像真是巨醜無比 –北京李岩松

常用詞：Ugly Duckling
醜小鴨
* 開始不怎地，後來出類拔萃
* duckling, ['dʌklɪŋ], 小鴨子

I grew up feeling like an ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much.
(我從小就覺得自己是醜小鴨，到現在也沒改變多少)

The key to big profits is buying ugly ducklings before they become swans!
(賺大錢的原則就是必須要醜小鴨變成天鵝之前買下來)

【各種Ugly】

Ugly Face，醜的一張臉

 

Ugly Temper，壞脾氣

 

Ugly Remark，令人不悅的評論

 

Ugly Wound，嚴重的傷口

 

Ugly Weather，惡劣的天候

 

Ugly Situation，糟糕的情況

 

Ugly Scene，令人不快的場面

 

Ugly Mood，惡劣的心情