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5 f4 f9 F7 [5 [% UWith nine letter and four syllables, the tongue-twisting "phenomenon" has been named as the most mispronounced word in the English language.由九个字母和四个音节组成的，发音饶舌的“现象”一词成为英语里面最难念的单词。
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The word came first in a study of terms that are tricky to get your tongue around, with most people mixing up the letters M and N on a regular basis.这个词在调查中之所以名列榜首，是因为phenomenon中的"m"和"n"一个连一个，让你的嘴皮子倒腾不过来。9 t' F* U9 D- v$ i* Q, r/ K
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"Anaesthetist" came second because of quickly moving between the TH to the letters T at the end.“麻醉师”一词的发音排名第二，难就难在"th"和"t"的音连接得太紧。
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In third place was "remuneration", which is often mispronounced as "renumeration".“报酬”位居第三。这个词难在它经常被误读为"renumeration"。- R; y+ f0 ~9 z) W* O0 `, y# G% i
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Almost half of the 3,000 people surveyed admitted they often correct someone if they say something in the wrong way and a quarter of people said they thought mispronunciation showed a lack of intelligence.参与调查的3000人中，几乎一半的受访者表示他们经常会纠正别人错误的发音，四分之一的受访者说，发音错误容易给人知识水平不高的印象。1 R, C- v3 V. N Y2 \4 s/ X
$ A4 V: H" e3 [ B) BBut suprisingly in the list of admissions, Britons admitted that February was the 12th hardest word to spit out.令人惊奇的是，英国人把“二月”一词推上榜单，位列最难发音的第十二位。. _) e }! A" O$ t0 R8 G
# r, `8 x% O0 ^4 _3 ]A spokesman for Spinvox, a voicemail to text message service, which carried out the research, said: "Phenomenon is very hard to say because of the structure of the word."语音通信公司Spinvox进行了这项调查。该公司的发言人说：“Phenomenon这个字很难念是因为这个词本身的结构。”' M8 A0 o( G) P+ B
! [2 f% C% t) f) j! X" P"There are some real tongue-twisters in the list and it's understandable how many people can get confused when pronouncing certain words. "“这次的列表中有一些单词确实很饶舌，所以许多人在念这些单词时感觉困难是可以理解的。”* {' q$ f! x! \& a9 E7 \
3 Q9 K& X% V: j" r2 Z6 v' L"A word one person finds easy to say, maybe difficult for the next person. Although it's worrying that some people find basic words such as February difficult to say."“某些人觉得好念的单词对其他人来说却可能并不好念，就像一些人觉得“二月”之类的基本单词很难念。”: s: I$ u0 h9 G3 m9 O0 a- R! A1 q# k T
: ?7 G# h l& h* u: @9 AThe company found that other difficult words to feature in the poll include "regularly" at 11, "particularly" at 13 and "prejudice" at 17.该公司发现的其他一些引人注目的难读的上榜单词包括位列11的“有规律地”、位列13的“尤其”和位列17的“偏见”。; Q! _0 w c2 Q, l Q. m& B
0 A3 r; y& A- F$ j. m' j. OMore than a third of people even say they avoid using words they know they struggle with altogether so they do not end up looking stupid.超过三分之一的受访者表示，为了不犯傻，他们会避免使用自己念不清楚的单词。 |
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