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Welcome to English in a Minute.
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目。
A compliment is something nice you say to someone.
“恭维”是指你对别人说的一些好听的话。
But what is a backhanded compliment?
但什么是言不由衷的恭维话呢？
Backhanded Compliment.
Backhanded Compliment。
Jonathan, Caty just told me my script was good... surprisingly good.
乔纳森，卡蒂刚刚跟我说，我的讲稿很好，出奇的好。
That, my friend, is a backhanded compliment.
我的朋友，这可是一种言不由衷的恭维话。
Yes! She was surprised it was good. So, She expected it to be bad.
没错！讲稿很好让她没想到。也就是说她本来以为这讲稿会很烂的。
Oh, let it go, Anna. Backhanded or not, it's still a compliment.
算了，安娜。不管是不是言不由衷，总归都是一种恭维。
A "backhanded compliment" seems like a nice comment. But it's not.
backhanded compliment似乎是一种很好的评价。但其实并不是。
It's an insult made to look like a compliment.
这是一种伪装成恭维的挖苦。
As you saw with Anna, backhanded compliments can upset people.
正如你在安娜身上看到的，言不由衷的恭维会让人很不舒服。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。
