50个最难的英语单词最难读的20个英文单词

50个最难的英语单词最难读的20个英文单词(1)

With nine letter and four syllables, the tongue-twisting 'phenomenon' has been named as the most mispronounced word in the English language.

“phenomenon” 这一单词有9个字母4个音节，发音十分拗口，也被名副其实地评为英语中最容易发错音的单词。

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.

这个单词来自于一个关于术语的研究。“phenomenon” 比较拗口，大部分人在读的时候经常混淆M和N的音。

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.

在3000名接受调查的人中，有一半承认自己在听到别人发音错误的时候都会纠正他们，四分之一的人认为发音错误是智力欠缺的表现。

But suprisingly in the list of admissions, Britons admitted that February was the 12th hardest word to spit out.

但令人吃惊的是，在排名列表中英国人认为February这一单词在这张榜单中排名第十二。

A spokesman for Spinvox, a voicemail to text message service, which carried out the research, said: "Many words are difficult to say and when we struggle to pronounce a word correctly it makes us self-conscious about the way we speak.

语音转文字短信服务公司Spinvox发起了此项研究，该公司发言人说：“许多单词都很难发音，当我们努力发出单词的正确读音时会自我意识到自己发音的方式。”

"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."

“某一个人感觉易读的单词，可能对另一个人来说就很难发音。然而人们觉得像February这样最基础的单词难读，这一点十分堪忧。”

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