Shoddy work

沙中綫紅磡站擴建月台工程粗製濫造（shoddy），檢查結果屢屢不達標，但是政府至今仍未交代月台的去留。事關安全，還是果斷的拆了它吧！

形容詞shoddy解「粗製濫造的、劣質的」，即是badly made、cheaply made或者carelessly made，常用於形容工作、服務或產品的標準或品質非常低。例句︰The government must punish all the parties responsible for the shoddy work.（政府必須懲罰涉及劣質工程的各方。）The food at the restaurant was nice but the service was shoddy.（餐廳的食物很好，但服務差劣。）The furniture was shoddy and the curtains were dingy.（傢俬粗製濫造，窗簾又骯髒。）

Shoddy也有抽象意義，可以指「卑鄙、不公平、不誠實、缺乏道德原則」。例句︰He convinced me to invest in his shoddy business deals and of course I finally lost big money.（他說服我投資他的卑鄙商業交易，當然我最終損失了大筆資金。）He gave shoddy treatment to his former employees.（他對前僱員的待遇非常卑鄙。）

（本欄逢周一、三、五刊登）