29.2.3. gy. B1B2 (példák)

prejudice noun /ˈpredʒ.ʊ.dɪs/ [C or U] előítélet, elfogultság

It takes a long time to overcome these kinds of prejudices.

Women still face prejudice in the workplace.

absurd adjective /əbˈzɜːd/ esztelen, képtelen, lehetetlen, nevetséges, abszurd

What an absurd explanation!

Don't be so absurd! Of course I want you to come.

It's an absurd situation - neither of them will talk to the other.

childish adjective /ˈtʃaɪl.dɪʃ/ 1 gyermeteg

Don't be so childish!

false adjective /fɒls/ 1 helytelen, téves

a false name

false information

The rumour later turned out to be false.

You'll get a false impression/idea of the town if you only visit the university.

foolish adjective /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/ buta, meggondolatlan; nevetséges

It would be foolish to pay more.

I thought I might look foolish if I refused.

incorrect adjective /ˌɪn.kəˈrekt/ helytelen, téves

an incorrect answer

Your figures are incorrect.

mad adjective /mæd/ (madder, maddest) 2 őrült, bolond (átv.) (ostoba, meggondolatlan, eszetlen) (informal)

You're mad to walk home alone at this time of night.

He must be mad spending so much money on a T-shirt.

Some of the things she does are completely mad.

ridiculous adjective /rɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/ nevetséges (ostoba, képtelen)

I've never heard anything so ridiculous.

I'd look ridiculous in a hat like that.

It's a ridiculous idea/suggestion.

unfair adjective /ʌnˈfeər/ 1 igazságtalan (részrehajló/nem korrekt)

an unfair system

The test was unfair because some people had seen it before.

unreasonable adjective /ʌnˈriː.zən.ə.bl̩/ ésszerűtlen (nem igazságos/nem elfogadható); túlzott

unreasonable behaviour/demands

It seems unreasonable to expect one person to do both jobs.

foolishly adverb /ˈfuː.lɪʃ.li/ ostoba módon

Foolishly, I didn't write the phone number down.

sadly adverb /ˈsæd.li/ 2 sajnálatosan, szánalmasan (nem megfelelő/kielégítő módon)

Sadly, the treatment doesn't work for all patients.

If you think she'll let you do that, you're sadly mistaken.

wrongly adverb /ˈrɒŋ.li/ tévesen, helytelenül

It has been said - wrongly - that Americans hate government.

Phrases and idioms:

be a disgrace szégyen vmi

It's a disgrace that money is being wasted like this.