E聊吧第52期:惹人恼火的"whatever"

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Whatever? Whatever!

Do you want to kill a conversation? Try saying "whatever".

想要结束一段对话？试试看说上一句“随便”（Whatever）吧。

Words like "you know" and "like" might be irritating to hear, but for the third year in a row, it's "whatever" that holds the most power to annoy, according to an annual survey by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

根据美国圣母学院公共舆论研究所的一项年度调查结果显示，“随便”（Whatever）一词连续第三年荣登年度最让美国人讨厌的词汇的榜首；此外，诸如“你懂的”（You Know）和“比如”（Like）一类的词也很惹人烦。

Nearly four in 10 adults named "whatever" as the most annoying verbal filler in casual conversation, while one in five adults had similar disdain for "like" and "you know." "Just sayin' " and "seriously" were more forgiving to the ears, though still quite irritating, Marist found.

近40%的受访者将“随便”（Whatever）选作日常谈话中最讨人厌的敷衍之词。另外有20%的民众对“比如”（Like）和“你懂的”（You know）也有同样地厌恶情绪。调查还显示，尽管“随便说说”（Just sayin）和“说真的”（Seriously）这两种表达让人听了也很窝火，但至少还可接受。

The telephone survey of 1,026 adults nationally had a margin of error of three percentage points.

圣母学院在全美范围内对1026位成人做了此项调查，其误差幅度为三个百分点。