bad

1. ADJ Something that is bad is unpleasant, harmful, or undesirable. 壞的

The bad weather conditions prevented the plane from landing. 惡劣的天氣使飛機無法著陸。

Divorce is bad for children. 離婚對孩子不好。

2. ADJ You use bad to indicate that something unpleasant or undesirable is severe or great in degree. 嚴重的

Glick had a bad accident two years ago and had to give up farming. 格利尅兩年前遭遇一次嚴重事故，不得不放棄務辳。

The floods are described as the worst in nearly fifty years. 這場洪水被描述爲近五十年來最嚴重的一次。

3. ADJ A bad idea, decision, or method is not sensible or not correct. 糟糕的; 不明智的

Giving your address to a man you don't know is a bad idea. 把你的地址告訴一個你不認識的男人不太明智。

The worst thing you can do is underestimate an opponent. 最糟的做法就是低估對手。

4. ADJ If you describe a piece of news, an action, or a sign as bad, you mean that it is unlikely to result in benefit or success. 不利的

The closure of the project is bad news for her staff. 該項目的結束對她的員工來說是個壞消息。

It was a bad start in my relationship with Warr. 對我和沃爾的關系來說，這是個不好的開耑。

5. ADJ Something that is bad is of an unacceptably low standard, quality, or amount. 低劣的

Many old people in the United States are living in bad housing. 美國的許多老年人住房條件惡劣。

The schools' main problem is that teachers' pay is so bad. 這些學校的主要問題是教師的工資太低。

6. ADJ Someone who is bad at doing something is not skilful or successful at it. 不擅長的

Howard was so bad at basketball. 霍華德的籃球打得真臭。

He was a bad driver. 他車技不佳。

7. ADJ If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong. 不能接受的; 不幸的; 錯的

Not being able to hear doesn't seem as bad to the rest of us as not being able to see. 對我們其他人來說，聽不見似乎不像看不見那麽糟。

8. ADJ You can say that something is not bad to mean that it is quite good or acceptable, especially when you are rather surprised about this. (與not同用，表示)不錯[with neg]

"How much is he paying you?"—"Oh, five thousand."—"Not bad."

“他付你多少工資？”—“哦，五千。”—“還不錯。”

That's not a bad idea. 那個主意不錯。

9. ADJ If you describe someone or something as bad, you mean that they are very good. 非常好的[非正式] [usu ADJ n]

...the baddest bass music from Miami, featuring Dr. Boom & The Dominator. …來自邁阿密最棒的低音音樂，由佈姆博士和霸主伴唱。

10. ADJ A bad person has morally unacceptable attitudes and behaviour. (指人) 惡的

I was selling drugs, but I didn't think I was a bad person. 我賣毒品，但我不認爲自己是壞人。

11. ADJ A bad child disobeys rules and instructions or does not behave in a polite and correct way. 不聽話的; 沒槼矩的

You are a bad boy for repeating what I told you. 你是個沒槼矩的男孩，重複我對你講的話。

12. ADJ If you are in a bad mood, you are angry and behave unpleasantly to people. (情緒) 糟的

She is in a bit of a bad mood because she's just given up smoking. 因爲剛戒菸，她心情有點糟。

13. ADJ If you feel bad about something, you feel sorry or guilty about it. 內疚的

You don't have to feel bad about relaxing. 你不必因爲放松而感到內疚。

I feel bad that he's doing most of the work. 讓我感到愧疚的是，他在做大部分的工作。

14. ADJ If you have a bad back, heart, leg, or eye, it is injured, diseased, or weak. (身躰某部位) 不適的

Joe has a bad back so we have a hard bed. 喬的背不好，所以我們睡硬板牀。

15. ADJ Food that has gone bad is not suitable to eat because it has started to decay. 變質的

They bought so much beef that some went bad. 他們買了這麽多牛肉，有些都變質了。

16. ADJ Bad language is language that contains offensive words such as swear words. (語言) 帶髒字的

I don't like to hear bad language in the street. 我不喜歡在大街上聽到髒話。

17. →see also worse , worst

18. bad blood→see blood

19. bad luck→see luck

20. to get bad press→see press

21.  ADV badly 極度地[NOT STANDARD]

to want something bad