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adj. 坏的；严重的；劣质的
n. 坏事；坏人
adv. 很，非常；坏地；邪恶地
n. (Bad)人名；(罗)巴德

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While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate bubble, the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

Their parents' bad experience still haunts them.

Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.

It began to make her feel bad that some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was.

Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine, on the theory that foods that taste bad must be good for you.

Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype ( ' , 固定看法 )? Can doing one's homework really steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.

Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.

You probably think college students are experts at sleeping, but parties, preparations for tests, personal problems and general stress can wreck a student’s sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and the mind.

It sets a bad example for other industries.

Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mindset said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

That may be a bad thing, particularly at work.

Bad school conditions make it all the more important to turn learning into a joyful experience.

As well as the background checks carried out by platform owners, online reviews and ratings are usually posted by both parties to each transaction, which makes it easy to spot bad drivers, bathrobe-thieves and surfboard-wreckers

Bad management techniques will be exposed.

And clever as Mr Obama's advisers are, history suggests they will be bad at this

That sounds like a bad deal for the power company, but it's not.

That's bad for the economy, of course.

The closeness this system cultivates is reinforced by the institution of "advisory" classes Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings a week, for open-ended discussions of everything from homework problems to bad Saturday-night dates.

We must be honest about our actions and avoid excuses, if we fool ourselves into believing we're not doing anything wrong, we can't see the real choice we're making - and that leads to bad decisions.

Why does British food have a reputation for being so bad?

Unfortunately, it's been delayed due to the bad weather.

We have all heard some of the common myths about how eyesight gets bad.

Tom does not think a babysitter can replace a mother and thinks it's a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone who's not part of the family.

"The link between sleep and health, and bad sleep and disease is becoming clearer and clearer," says Lawrence Epstein, a sleep expert at Harvard University.

A few months ago, I was down with a terrible cold which ended in a persistent bad cough.

About the same time as AlphaGo's triumph, microsoft's 'chatbot' took a bad turn.

And no studies found that eating breakfast was bad for concentration.

Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype?

Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mind-set said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

But the pay isn't too bad.

I must say I agree with you about there being bad feelings in the works.

Let's start with the bad news that Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on a computer, using a link on the web page, or just texting someone.

nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.

While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate "bubble", the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

You probably think college students are experts at sleeping, but parties, preparations for tests, personal problems and general stress can wreck a student's sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and the mind.

Parents who are white, wealthy or college-educated say too much involvement can be bad.

There are both good and bad players in the eco-labeling game.

Testing innovations do no good unless the good experiments are identified and expanded and the bad ones are dropped.

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

U.N. weather expert Geoffrey Love says that is the bad news.

Mothers have been warned for years that sleeping with their newborn infant is a bad idea, because it increases the risk that the baby might die unexpectedly during the night.

That is bad news for any firm that may hope that smartwatches can make up ground for maturing smartphone and tablet markets.

It is hard to say whether it is good or bad.

He said doctors risked losing the trust of patients if they told patients, I'm not going to do what I think is best for you because 1 think it's bad for the healthcare budget in Massachusetts.

As lighting expert Howard Brandston points out, Generally, there are no bad light sources, only bad applications.

That’s bad for the economy, of course.

Other reasons, such as a bad attitude, may not be temporary.

Third, give learners the chance to compare and contrast good and bad solutions to the problems

The US economic situation is going from bad to worse.

The good news today is that the bad news is not worse

It has not gone from bad to worse.

American politicians will have to develop the courage to follow what is taught in all American public-policy schools: that there are good taxes and bad taxes.

At the heart of the debate over illegal immigration lies one key question: are immigrants good or bad for the economy?

The American public overwhelmingly thinks they're bad

Too bad most people don't realize it.

Whether immigrants are good or bad for the economy has been puzzling economists

On the other hand, he says, it may just encourage people to talk more honestly about their feelings regarding race issues, which may not be such a bad thing.

A man who had recently reconciled with his brother told Gold there's something that lets older people to put aside bad deeds of the past and focus a little on what we need now, especially when it's sisters and brothers.

One fifth of them were on bad terms with their sisters and brothers

She cannot stand her boss's bad temper.

"Make mathematics more available," Draujlcova says. Redesign it so it's more accessible to more kinds of people: young children, adults who worry about it, adults who may have had bad experiences."

"You hear that you shouldn't take all these photos and interrupt the experience, and it's bad for you, and we're not living in the present moment," says Kristin Dehl, associate professor of marketing at the University of Southern California Marshall Schoo

As lighting expert Howard Brandston points out, " Generally, there are no bad light sources, only bad applications. "

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

For example, let's say you love pizza affective component; however, you have high cholesterol and understand knowledge component that eating may be bad for your health.

From a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit.

He said doctors risked losing the trust of patients if they told patients, "I'm not going to do what I think is best for you because I think it's bad for the healthcare budget in Massachusetts."

If the only Jew you know is Shakespeare's Shylock, it's going to be a very bad impression.

In both good times and bad, turnover creates more openings than economic growth does.

It's not very bad, is it?

Not bad, really, for some extra muttering.

Overwork and exhaustion are the opposite of resilience and the bad habits we acquire when we're young only magnify when we hit the workforce.

Redesign it so it's more accessible to more kinds of people: young children, adults who worry about it, adults who may have had bad experiences.

Stereotype may sound like a bad word, but there is nothing bad about it.

That is bad news for any firm that may hope that smart watches can make up ground for maturing smartphone and tablet markets.

That's bad for the economy, of course.

They don't have to like humans or believe that hurting them is wrong or bad.

Unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners.

We might use the word "negative" to describe more difficult emotions but it doesn't mean those emotions are bad or we shouldn't have them.

You know, some places are good, some bad.

A multi-year drought (干旱) in south-east Brazil is becoming worse.

According to the analysis of Babbitt's team, old desktop monitors and box TVs with cathode ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window.

After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family.

As for the bad news, a new bank has been built.

As they went down, the weather got worse.

Better sewers make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach.

But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.

But it can quickly rise to something worse, when everyone starts hitting "reply all" to join in a long and unpleasant conversation.

But pedestrians are probably the worse offenders.

But when I arrived at the check-in desk at providence, the lady on the desk said: "well, I'm really sorry, I've got some bad news for you-there are no fights from Washington.

Children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while reading.

Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to find the trail again.

Daydreamers have a bad reputation for being unaware of what's happening around them.

Diners at bad tables — next to the kitchen door, say — spent nearly as much as others but soon fled.

Even this increase could sink some islands, worse drought (干旱) and drive a decline of up to a third in the number of species.

Even worse, the amount of fast food that people eat goes up.

Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.

Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else.

Get rid of some bad habits in our daily life.

Getting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids.

Good news beats bad on social networks.

Grandma's rose garden and Dad's vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that's not what's important.

He fears the worst, but hopes for the best.

He made a bad decision, they said—at least as it was presented by Shakespeare—to take the lead in murdering julius caesar.

Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldn't feel as bad.

His organization makes the best of a bad situation.

His words freed me from my bad dreams.

However, her dad reminded her that sugary treats were bad for her teeth.

I don't think it's all that bad.

I grew up in a small town until I was 18 and then moved to a big city, so I have experienced the good and bad sides of both.

I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to kill bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate.

If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times worse.

If you're busy, don't feel bad about saying no.

Ignoring the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.

Interruptions are one of the worst things to deal with while you're trying to get work done.

It can be concluded that restaurant keepers need not "be overly concerned about ‘bad' tables," given that they're profitable.

It didn't look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn't offend the nose so much, either.

It will get worse with human interference.

Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!

Knowing these causes can make us examine our behavior,and correct bad habits.

Life in the town of Tiverton is made up of both good news and bad news.

Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design, which allows artificial light to shine outward and upward into the sky.

Macy walks there with him every morning unless the weather is bad.

Making things worse are state laws that make it too easy to opt out of what are supposed to be required vaccines for all children entering kindergarten.

Many bad habits can be especially difficult to cure because they are likely to have been formed at a very young age.

Meanwhile, things that you might expect to discourage spending— "bad" tables, crowding, high prices — don't necessarily.

My 10-year-old noticed him and make a comment on how bad it must be to have to stand outside in the cold wind.

I have a bad headache.

No, they will tell you the same thing, in a worse way.

On reviewing these local news events, it seems Tiverton has a balance of good news and bad news.

On the street or in the park, she had only one thing on her mind: squirrels! She was so joyous that even on the worst days, she could make me smile.

On top of that, most of the 3D food printers now are restricted to dry ingredients, because meat and milk products may easily go bad.

Policymakers should start thinking now about how to make sure the appearance of driverless vehicles doesn't extend the worst aspects of the car-controlled transportation system we have today.

Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie.

Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.

Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

Scammers follow money, so companies will be the worst hit.

Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see chances, not disaster.

That's bad news for the environment – and our wallets – as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the news ones that do the same things.

The fish will go bad within hours.

The problem of robocalls has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from numbers they don't know.

The weather effects both good and bad, are felt in many places.

There were good things and bad things about them.

These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse.

They needed to be aroused one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad.

This brief visit with mother nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor's bill for my son's food poisoning.

This phenomenon is neither good nor bad; it is a fact of college life, today and in the past.

To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed with a serious disease.

Traffic is getting worse every day and parking is more expensive.

We've all been there: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an airplane, surrounded by people who are, like us, deeply focused on their smartphones or, worse, struggling with the uncomfortable silence.

When he was running after his brother, the boy lost his balance and had a bad fall.

When shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations, people responded to positive words faster after viewing an attractive face.

While I was exploring my curiosity, my disease got worse.

Yet the bad news is students have been made to wait outside before school.

Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets, not the likely extent of bad debts.

Each set of circumstances， however bad， offers a unique opportunity for growth.

The financial crisis has made it more acceptable to be between jobs or to leave a bad one.

John Donahue at Harvard’s Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services suit those who want to stay put but is bad for high achievers.

Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable, teachers’ unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.

It has been available even in the most mundane of life situations to show you right from wrong,good from bad,friend from foe.

A large part of evaluation is calling out bad arguments, but we also need to admit good arguments by opponents and to apply the same critical standards to ourselves.

A recent paper, titled "The Natural Selection of Bad Science", published on the Royal Society's open science website, attempts to answer this intriguing and important question.

Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship.

But once we rip off the band-aid, tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up, it doesn't hurt so bad.

But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news breaks, even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred.

Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable, teachers'unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.

I came to recognise various signs of a bad paper: the kind of paper that purports to show that people who eat more than one kilo of broccoli a week were 1.17 times more likely than those who eat less to suffer late in life from pernicious anaemia.

In the popular imagination, of course, guilt still gets a bad rap.

It is not that pink intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly fuses girls' identity to appearance.

It says that the problem is not merely that people do bad science, but that our current system of career advancement positively encourages it.

It was only after I started to write a weekly column about the medical journals, and began to read scientific papers from beginning to end, that I realised just how bad much of the medical literature frequently was.

It's not necessarily a bad thing, but depending on the school, it can be costly to make up credits after switching too late in the game.

John Donahue at Harvard's Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services suit those who want to stay put but is bad for high achievers.

Sometimes it is easy to feel bad because you are going through tough times.

Still, we need to be careful not to accuse opponents of bad arguments too quickly.

Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets not the likely extent of bad debts.

We divide newcomers into two categories: legal or illegal, good or bad.

You will be happy to convince people with bad arguments.