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Chaos

發佈時間: 2021/08/18

Chaos

拜登撤軍引來種種爭議,他本人也承認事態發展較他預期快。成千上萬的阿富汗人,絕望地湧入喀布爾國際機場,有人甚至爬上飛機機翼,至少有8名阿富汗人在混亂(chaos)中喪生。

名詞chaos一字本身是-s字尾,並不代表複數。Chaos解「混亂、無秩序狀態」,從字義可見chaos是不可數名詞。Chaos可以配搭動詞cause(導致)、create(造成)、end in(結束)、be on the brink of(處於邊緣)等等。

例句︰The Afghan evacuation has created chaos at the airport.(阿富汗撤離在機場造成混亂。)Haiti was on the brink of chaos after the assassination of the president.(總統被暗殺後,海地處於混亂邊緣。)

改變字尾,可以將名詞chaos變成形容詞chaotic,也是解作「混亂的、雜亂的、無秩序的」。想加強語氣,可以說completely/totally/absolutely chaotic(完全/絕對地混亂)。

例句︰He finally has a breakdown as the situation has been frustrating and completely chaotic for weeks.(他終於崩潰了,因為數星期以來情況一直令人沮喪和完全混亂。)Areas surrounding the airport are also absolutely chaotic.(機場周邊地區也絕對是非常混亂。)

(本欄逢周三、五刊登)

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