n. be a misfit (among/in [group])
作名词时指不适应环境或群体的人;常与 be 或 feel 连用。
He was always a misfit among his classmates.
他在同学中一直是个不合群的人。
不适应环境的人;不合群的人
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不适应环境的人;不合群的人
a person who is unable to adapt to their circumstances
He was always a misfit among his classmates.
他在同学中一直是个不合群的人。
不合适;不适合;不一致。
A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.
不适应环境的人;因习惯、行为等被排斥或与众不同的人。
A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
He always felt like a misfit at school.
他在学校总觉得自己是个格格不入的人。
In a family of athletes, she was a misfit who preferred reading.
在一家运动员家庭里,她是个更喜欢读书的另类。
The new job made him feel like a misfit among experienced engineers.
这份新工作让他觉得自己在经验丰富的工程师中间是个格格不入的人。
作名词时指不适应环境或群体的人;常与 be 或 feel 连用。
He was always a misfit among his classmates.
他在同学中一直是个不合群的人。
作及物动词表示“(衣服)对某人不合身”,属少见用法;口语中更常说 doesn't fit somebody。
These trousers misfit him, so he returned them.
这条裤子他穿着不合身,所以他就退了。
作不及物动词表示“不合适、不吻合”,很少用;现代英语常以 doesn't fit 代替。
The lid misfits, so I cannot close the jar.
这个盖子不吻合,所以我盖不上那个罐子。
Not this
He is misfit in his class.
Use this
He is a misfit in his class.
misfit 是可数名词,作表语时前面要有冠词;汉语没有冠词,容易漏掉,所以要说 a misfit。
Not this
I feel misfit among my classmates.
Use this
I feel like a misfit among my classmates.
misfit 是名词而不是形容词,不能直接跟在 feel 后作表语;表示“觉得自己不合群”要用 feel like + 名词短语,即 feel like a misfit。
Not this
There are many misfit in our school.
Use this
There are many misfits in our school.
misfit 是可数名词,复数要加 -s;汉语名词没有复数变化,容易漏掉词尾,所以 many 后用 misfits。
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不合群的人;难以融入社会的人
At the party he seemed like a social misfit, standing alone in the corner.
在聚会上,他似乎是个不合群的人,独自站在角落里。
感觉自己格格不入
Many teenagers feel like misfits at some point.
许多青少年在某个阶段都会觉得自己格格不入。
完全不适应环境的人;格格不入的人
In her new school, she was a complete misfit.
在新学校里,她完全格格不入。
在……之中格格不入的人
He was a misfit among the other students.
他在其他同学中显得格格不入。
不合群的人
He was a social misfit at the corporate party.
他在公司聚会上是个不合群的人。
感觉自己格格不入
At the new school, she felt like a misfit.
在新学校,她感觉自己格格不入。
“如果她生命中每一分钟都有个人拿枪对着她,她会成为一个好女人。”那个格格不入者说。
From Flannery O'Connor's 1953 short story 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find.' The Misfit, an escaped murderer, says this after killing the grandmother. The line is famous for its dark irony and disturbing reflection on grace and salvation.
出自弗兰纳里·奥康纳1953年的短篇小说《好人难寻》。‘格格不入者’是一名越狱的杀人犯,在杀害老奶奶后说出这句话。这句台词因其黑色幽默以及对恩典与救赎的令人不安的反思而闻名。
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联想:mis(错)+fit(合身)=“不合身”,所以 misfit 指与环境“不合拍”、不合群的人。
语域:neutral 常见场景:social settings、workplace、school 该词常用于日常交流,带有轻微负面色彩,多用来形容在某个环境或群体中显得格格不入、不适应的人。在正式语境中也可使用,但语气可能比较直接,需注意搭配。
作及物动词时,主语常为衣物。
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