每日一词156

1. 认识这个词（基础篇）

词：ill-

例句：As a matter of fact, affirmative action is a well-meaning theory at best and an ill-functioning policy at worst.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

上周我们学习了“well-”，今天我们学习一个和它相反的前缀“ill-”，同样是让我们的表述更简洁的好用表达。ill- 常和用于形容词搭配，表示“坏/差”、“不够…”，我们通过一些例子掌握它的用法。

比如疫苗丑闻曝光后，许多家长受一些不负责任的文章影响，不明就里地决定不再给孩子打疫苗。想描述这种现象，我们就可以用到 ill-informed：

After the vaccine scandal, a growing number of ill-informed parents refuse to vaccinate their children.

Justin 在一篇写“平权运动”（affirmative action）时就用到了 ill-:

As a matter of fact, affirmative action is a well-meaning theory at best and an ill-functioning policy at worst.

《经济学人》中也非常频繁地使用 ill-，比如：

Programmes and policies come and go, and are often ill-designed.（形容项目、政策设计有问题，就可以用 ill-designed）

Just before 10pm on April 29th Ms Rudd tendered her resignation, pitching Theresa May’s ill-starred government into yet another crisis.（ill-starred 在这里表示“运气不佳的”“注定失败的”，《经济学人》经常用到这个表达）

As Andrew Lawler recounts in “The Secret Token”, it begins in 1587 with the ill-conceived, ill-executed attempt to found the New World’s first English settlement on Roanoke Island.（ill-conceived 和 ill-executed 可以理解为“计划不周的”和“执行不到位的”）

3. 从认识到会用（作业）

1）翻译下面的句子：

这个决定的出发点是好的，不过是不明智的。

This decision is well-well-meaning but ill-advised.

造句

An ill-mannered person is not welcomed everywhere.

（参考翻译：The decision is well-intended but ill-advised.）