地道英语

Top-notch 顶呱呱

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形容词 “top-notch” 的意思是 “顶呱呱”。当我们对某道菜赞不绝口，或者对一个人欣赏有加的时候，就可以形容他们是 “top-notch”。在英语中，如何准确使用 “top-notch”，称赞他人 “顶呱呱” 呢？一起来学习本期节目介绍的形容词 “top-notch”。

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Feifei 
大家好，欢迎收听 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。在每期节目中，我们都会介绍一个英语母语人士或讲英语流利的人会用到的表达。I'm Feifei, and I'm here with Beth. 

Beth 
Hi everyone. Hi Feifei, how are you?

Feifei 
I'm very well, thank you Beth. In this programme, we are actually going to learn a word which I heard you use when you were talking about food. It was 'top-notch'.

Beth 
Ah, yes! 'Top-notch'. So, yeah, earlier I was talking about going to my brother's house where I had some amazing plant-based food. I couldn't believe how tasty it was with no meat or dairy. It was top-notch. 

Feifei 
Sounds lovely, I'd love to try it. So, top-notch is an adjective that means something is of very high standard or high quality. And we can use it for people, too. I actually had some top-notch food recently too. 

Beth
What did you have? 

Feifei
Well, I went to an independent cafe around the corner from my house, and they make the best carrot cake. It was top-notch, so delicious.

Beth
Sounds really good.

Feifei
Beth, can we use the 'top-notch' for things other than food?

Beth
Yes, we can. So, for example, I went to the theatre recently. I saw a show in the West End, and it was top-notch. The singing was phenomenal, the dancing was amazing. It was really good.

Feifei
So it was top-notch! 

Beth
It was. Now here are some more examples of the adjective 'top-notch.'  

Examples 
My friend wrote a book and asked me to read it. I thought it was going to be really bad, but actually it was top-notch. I really enjoyed it.

I went to a conference last week, and all of the presentations were absolutely top-notch.

I've just got back from holiday. I was expecting the hotel to be pretty bad, but it was actually top-notch. 

Beth 
We can also use the word 'top-notch' to talk about business-related things. For example, you might be hiring someone for a job and you see a top-notch CV that makes you give that person an interview. 

Feifei 
Yes, and in this case you could also say that 'I saw a CV that was top-notch'. So, 'top-notch' 是个形容词，它的意思是 “顶尖的，一流的”，它可以形容物品，也可以形容人。比如，我们可以用 “top-notch” 来形容食物是 “一流的，美味的”。“The food in this restaurant is top-notch.” 再比如，我们可以用 “top-notch” 来形容一个人是 “出类拔萃的”。“Beth is a top-notch presenter.”

Beth 
Oh, thank you! So, to recap, we've learnt the phrase 'top-notch' which means very high quality. 

Feifei
And that's all from us. We'll be back next week. Bye-bye!  

Beth 
Bye!