be a boor
boor 是可数名词,通常带冠词;此句型用来说明某人的举止粗鲁。
He can be a boor when he is tired.
他累的时候会显得很粗鲁无礼。
粗野无教养的人;粗人
乡下人;土包子;布尔人(南非荷兰裔白人);农民,乡民。;南非荷兰裔或胡格诺派后裔的白人,布尔人。
a crude, uncouth, ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement; a vulgarian
农民,乡民。
A peasant.
粗野无教养的人
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
南非荷兰裔或胡格诺派后裔的白人,布尔人。
A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.
乡巴佬,土包子。
A yokel, country bumpkin.
粗鄙无教养的人,庸俗之徒。
An uncultured person; a vulgarian.
He is such a boor that he never says please or thank you.
他是个如此粗鲁无礼的人,从来不说请或谢谢。
用法提示:boor作为名词,描述一个行为粗鲁的人
At the dinner party, the boor insulted the host with his loud and offensive comments.
在晚宴上,这个粗鲁的家伙用他那大声又冒犯的评论侮辱了主人。
用法提示:boor表示一个缺乏教养的人
She tried to avoid the boor at the meeting, but he kept interrupting her.
她试图在会上避开那个粗鲁的人,但他不停地打断她。
用法提示:boor作为名词,指代行为粗鲁的人
boor 是可数名词,通常带冠词;此句型用来说明某人的举止粗鲁。
He can be a boor when he is tired.
他累的时候会显得很粗鲁无礼。
such a 后接单数可数名词,用来强调程度。
I have never met such a boor.
我从未见过这么粗鲁无礼的人。
call 后接宾语和名词补足语,说明把某人称作什么。
She called him a boor after he mocked the waiter.
他嘲笑服务员后,她称他为粗人。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is boor; nobody wants to sit with him.
正确表达He is a boor; nobody wants to sit with him.
boor 是可数名词,单数形式作表语时必须带限定词(a/an、the、my 等)。汉语名词没有冠词系统,学习者容易把光秃秃的名词直接放在 be 动词后;补上不定冠词 a,才符合英语可数名词单数的语法要求。
grammar · medium
易错句子He behaves very boor at the party.
正确表达He behaves like a boor at the party.
boor 只是名词,不能被 very 修饰,也不能直接跟在行为动词后充当状语。汉语“他表现得很粗野”用形容词或副词表达,学习者会照搬这一结构。改成介词短语 like a boor(像粗人一样),让 boor 回到名词位置,句子才成立。
grammar · medium
易错句子They are all boor.
正确表达They are all boors.
指多个人时,可数名词 boor 必须用复数形式 boors;汉语名词不靠词尾变化表示复数,学习者常保留原形。主语 they 指多人,因此表语位置要用复数 boors。
boor 强调粗鲁无礼、缺乏教养;bore 强调单调乏味、令人厌倦。两者拼写只差一个字母,而且英式英语中 boor 常读 /bɔː(r)/,与 bore 同音(美式 boor 读 /bʊr/),容易听混。
boar 是动物名词,指野猪或公猪;boor 指粗野无礼的人。两词拼写仅差一个字母,boar 读 /bɔː(r)/,在英式英语中与 bore 同音,但美式读音和 boor /bʊr/ 不同。
lout 多指吵吵嚷嚷、举止粗鲁甚至带攻击性的(常为年轻)男子,常用于公共场合滋事;boor 更强调没有教养、不懂礼貌,未必有攻击性,语体偏书面。
发短 /ʊ/ 音 (如 good, book)
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