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Superstitious

發佈時間: 2020/09/18

Superstitious

3天內日、韓、台均有藝人逝世,而且恰巧都是享年36歲。坊間流傳「逢九必衰」的迷信(superstitious)說法,認為人活到年齡是9的倍數或尾數是9的那年,運勢特別差,容易遇劫,需要謹慎行事和注意健康。事實上人生閱歷和健康都是累積得來的。

形容詞superstitious解「迷信的」,描述人相信並非基於理性或科學的知識,而是相信與牛鬼蛇神、魔法等相關的古老觀念。常用句式to be superstitious about something/ doing something,指「對某事物/做某事心存迷信」。例句︰My grandmother is superstitious about many things that I don't buy into at all.(我的祖母對很多事情都很迷信,但我根本完全不相信。)He is superstitious about saying the word "ghost" and avoid it as much as possible.(他對於說「鬼」一字心存迷信,並盡可能避免提及。)

Superstitious的名詞是superstition,指「迷信」。例如,I don't believe in the superstition that the number 4 is unlucky.(我不相信數字4帶來衰運的說法。)Many people have some sort of superstitions.(許多人都有某種迷信。)

(本欄逢周三、五刊登)

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