音标:英 /ˈdʒʌŋk ˌfuːd/,美 /ˈdʒʌŋk ˌfuːd/
junk food 指高热量、高糖、高脂肪但营养价值极低的食品,通常对健康有害。其英文释义为“tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value”(口感好但热量高、营养价值低的食物)。常见例子包括汉堡(hamburgers)、薯条(French fries)、炸鸡(fried chicken)、碳酸饮料(soda)及糖果、巧克力等。
该词由“junk”(垃圾、无价值物品)和“food”(食物)构成,强调其“类似垃圾的低价值属性”,而非单纯指“腐烂的食物”。相比“rubbish food”,“junk food”更侧重“无营养的速食”,是英语中约定俗成的固定搭配。
作为名词:可直接作主语、宾语或表语。
Eating too much junk food is bad for your health.(吃太多垃圾食品有害健康)
He squandered his pocket money on junk food.(他把零花钱浪费在垃圾食品上)
常见搭配:
动词搭配:avoid junk food(避免垃圾食品)、resist junk food(抵制垃圾食品)、live on junk food(靠垃圾食品为生)
形容词搭配:unhealthy junk food(不健康的垃圾食品)、processed junk food(加工垃圾食品)
介词搭配:depend on junk food(依赖垃圾食品)、the harm of junk food(垃圾食品的危害)
让儿童改掉吃零食的习惯有时十分困难。(It can be extremely difficult to wean children off junk food.)
他把垃圾食品当饭吃。(He lived on a diet of junk food.)
一些城市已禁止在学校自动售货机中售卖垃圾食品。(Some cities have banned junk food in school vending machines.)
研究表明,偏爱垃圾食品会导致肥胖。(Research has shown that having a preference for junk food can result in obesity.)
做快餐不代表必须牺牲味道,快餐也未必是垃圾食品。(Cooking up a quick dish doesn't mean you have to sacrifice flavour. Nor does fast food have to be junk food.)
不要在书桌存放垃圾食品。(Don't keep junk food at your desk.)
莎伦担心她对垃圾食品的喜好可能导致了癌症。(Sharon fears that her love of junk food may have contributed to her cancer.)
只吃垃圾食品和油炸食物对身体有害。(Only eat junk food and fried food.)
佛罗里达大学研究发现,餐厅放镜子有助于减肥,因为镜子会让垃圾食品尝起来更难吃。(A study by the University of Florida claims that putting mirrors in your dining room will help weight loss because they actually make junk food taste worse.)
虽然大家普遍接受垃圾食品无益健康,但仍难抵挡其诱惑。(*Though it is generally accep