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Attitude

發佈時間: 2017/11/08

Attitude

很多家長慨嘆兩、三歲人仔就要奔波面試,其實主要看家長的心態(attitude)。每次「面試」,我都跟女兒說:「去和老師玩耍唱歌!」自己則着重看她是否玩得開心,是否喜歡這所幼稚園。

名詞attitude解「心態、態度、看法」,對某人或事的感覺或者意見,或由此引起的行為模式。常用adopt/take/have a(adjective)attitude(持某種態度)。例如,The very first suggestion I give to patients is to adopt a positive attitude towards life.(我給病人的第一個建議是採取積極的生活態度。)The public have a rather ambivalent attitude towards the government's new policy.(公眾對政府的新政策態度相當矛盾。)

描述人strike an attitude,即是指那人「裝腔作勢」,擺出某種姿態。例句:They struck an attitude of moral superiority and disagreed with making a profit from charity shops.(他們擺出一副站於道德高地的姿態,不同意從慈善店賺錢。)

如果描述某人has an attitude problem,即是說他「態度有問題」,不予合作,難相處。例句:Some staff have a real attitude problem.(有些員工態度很有問題。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

撰文: Ally 最漂亮英文專業老師
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