看美剧时有这么一句话让我很在意：“This steak I ordered is bomb!” 屏幕下方的字幕写的是~“我点的这牛排太难吃啦！”当时就气得我直接就按下了暂停键，真想跟这个字幕组好好聊一聊......

其实，“bomb”炸弹这个词儿在英语里是有双重含义的，就看你是把它当名词还是动词来用，意义可是相反的哟！具体来说，当名词用时就是夸一个人或一件事儿很棒的意思；而当动词用时恰恰就表示某人所做的这件事儿糟透了、很失败的意思！所以上面那句字幕应该翻译成“我点的这牛排太好吃了！” 而“You really bombed."则是说"你搞砸了"！

be the bomb

很好；最佳；非常棒！很成功！

【En】To be very good; to be the best；很好，是最好的。To be excellent, extremely entertaining, or of very high quality. 极好的，极有趣的或高质量的。If something or someone is the bomb, they are very successful, popular or attractive. 如果某物或某人是bomb，意思是他们非常成功、受欢迎或有吸引力。

【例】That new restaurant is the bomb!

那家新开的餐馆太棒了!

【例】I'm not usually a fan of action films, but that one was the bomb!

我通常不喜欢动作片，但是那部电影太棒了!

【例】 Check out the new website. It's the bomb!

看看这个新网站，太牛了！

【例】Karen Forsley's watches are the bomb with the in crowd.

凯伦·福斯利的手表是这群人里最好的。

go like a bomb

极受欢迎；非常成功, 十分有效, 极其迅速；飞驰、疾行；

【En】To go very fast. 跑得很快。To move very quickly. 飞速行驶 If a person or an event goes like a bomb, it is very successful. 如果一个人或一件事goes like a bomb，意思是非常成功。

【例】The show in the evening was quite fabulous. It went like a bomb and was packed out.

晚上的表演非常精彩。太受欢迎啦，现场全都挤满了人。

【例】The novel was selling like a bomb.

那本小说卖得如火如荼。

【例】Her new car goes like a bomb!

她的新车开起来跑得飞快。

【例】Her party went like a bomb.

她那个聚会极为成功.

【例】He's definitely going to win the race—his car goes like a bomb.

他肯定会赢得这场比赛的——他的车跑得飞快。

【Scene Dialogue 情景对话】You bombed it 你搞砸了

Now, as you probably know, a bomb is something that blows things up. In American slang, when something bombs, it fails completely. So, if you fail a test, you bombed it.

现在，如你所知，炸弹（bomb）能炸毁东西。在美国俚语中，当某事惨败（bomb）时，这件事情彻底失败了。所以，如果你考试没及格，你考砸了。

We also often use "bomb" this way when talking about movies, plays or performing. For example, if a comedian is on stage telling jokes but no one is laughing, you can say his jokes are bombing. Afterward, if you are feeling very mean, you could say to him, "Wow, you really bombed."

当我们谈论电影，戏剧或者表演的时候，我们通常也用“bomb”的这种用法。例如，一个喜剧演员站在台上讲笑话，但是没有人笑，你可以说他的笑话很失败。之后，如果你觉得很生气，你可以对他说，“哇，你真得演砸了。”

Now, let's say nobody goes to the new superhero movie, you can say it bombed at the box office. The box office is where people buy their movie tickets. In this case, they were buying tickets for a dud or a flop. These two words are often used to describe a form of entertainment that failed in its purpose -- to entertain.

现在，假设没有人去看新的超级英雄电影，你可以说，这部电影票房惨败。“box office（售票中心）”是人们买电影票的地方。在这个例子中，他们为一部失败（a dud 或 a flop）的电影买票。这两个单词经常被用来形容一种娱乐形式没有实现它的娱乐的目的。

Even a party that bombs can be called a dud or a flop. And if a class you are taking is boring or useless, you could call it a "a real dud."

即使一场失败的聚会也可以被称为一大败笔（a dud 或是 a flop）。如果你正在上无聊或者没用的课，你可以说这个课“枯燥无味（a real dud）”。

Now, let's go back to bombing.

现在，让我们回到“bomb”的话题上。

Please take note that when the word "bomb" is a verb, it means to fail.

请注意：当单词“bomb”用作动词时，它的意思是失败（fail）。

As a slang expression, however, "the bomb" often describes something really good. For example, if a high school student wears a new pair of sneakers to school, his friends could say, "Those shoes are the bomb!" That means they are great -- in a cool, awesome kind of way.

但作为一个俚语，“the bomb”通常形容某事物特别好。例如，如果一位高中生穿了一双新运动鞋去学校，他的朋友可以说，“这鞋真好！”那意思是这双鞋很棒，很酷，很惊艳。

But please be careful: using "the bomb" this way is extremely casual and would not be appropriate to use in a formal situation. For example, let's say your boss wears a new suit to an important meeting. It might not be a good career move to say to her, "That outfit is the bomb! You look awesome!"

但是请注意：“the bomb”的这种用法为非正式用法，所以在正式场合不宜使用。比如你的老板在一次重要的会议上穿了一套新西装，如果这个时候你对她说：“That outfit is the bomb! You look awesome!（你这身套装太妖了，真得很惊艳！）”那么你很有可能会被老板炒鱿鱼。

And making comments about a bomb at a U.S. airport could get you arrested.

在美国机场谈及炸弹（bomb）你可能会被逮捕。

So, as we said, be careful!

所以，就像我们说的，要小心使用！

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