Phenomenon(最难读正确的英文单词)

'Phenomenon' is the most mispronounced word

“phenomenon” 是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。

'Anaesthetist' came second because of quickly moving between the TH to the letters T at the end. In third place was 'remuneration', which is often mispronounced as 'renumeration'.

“anaesthetist”（麻醉师）一词在最容易发错音的单词榜单中名列第二，其发音难度在于Th和词末T音素之间的快速转换。第三难读的是“remuneration”（报酬）一词，经常被人们错读为“renumeration”。

With the numbers of Ts and Ss in the word, the fourth most difficult to pronounce was 'statistics' and 'ethnicity' was in fifth place.

由于拼写中包含众多的T和S，“statistics”和“ethnicity”分别是第四和第五难读的单词。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。”

More than a third of people even say they avoid using words they know they struggle with altogether so they do not end up looking stupid.

超过三分之一的受访者表示，为了不让自己看起来特别傻，他们会避免使用自己读不清楚的单词。

Top 20 mispronounced words:

20个最难读的英文单词：

1. phenomenon (fi-nom-uh-non) [fɪ'nɒmɪnən]n. 现象

2. anaesthetist (uh-nes-thi-tist) [ə'nisθətɪst] n. 麻醉师

3. remuneration (ri-myoo - nuh-reyshun) [rɪ,mjuːnə'reɪʃ(ə)n]n. 报酬

4. statistics (stuh-tis-tiks) [stə'tɪstɪks] n. 统计

5. ethnicity (eth-nis-i-tee) [eθ'nɪsɪtɪ]n. 种族划分

6. philosophical (fil-uh-sof-i-kuhl) [fɪlə'sɒfɪk(ə)l]adj. 哲学的

7. provocatively (pruh-vok-uh-tiv) [prəu'vɔkətivlɪ]adv.煽动地

8. anonymous (uh-non-uh-muhs) [ə'nɒnɪməs]adj. 匿名的

9. thesaurus (thi-sawr-uhs) [θɪ'sɔːrəs]n. 宝库；辞典

10. aluminium (al-yuh-min-ee-uhm) [æl(j)ʊ'mɪnɪəm]adj. 铝的

11. regularly (reg-yuh-ler-lee) ['rɛɡjəlɚli]adv. 定期地

12. February (feb-roo-er-ee) ['febrʊərɪ]n. 二月

13. particularly (per-tik-yuh-ler-lee) [pə'tɪkjʊləlɪ]adv. 特别地

14. hereditary (huh-red-i-ter-ee) [hɪ'redɪt(ə)rɪ]adj. 遗传的

15. prioritising (prah-awr-i-tahyz-ing) [praɪ'ɒrɪtaɪzɪŋ]v. 优先处理

16. pronunciation (pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn) [prə,nʌnsɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n]n. 发音

17. prejudice (prej-uh-dis) ['predʒʊdɪs]n. 偏见

18. facilitate (fuh-sil-i-teyt) [fə'sɪlɪteɪt]v. 促进

19. hospitable (hos-pi-tuh-buhl) [hɒ'spɪtəb(ə)l]adj. 热情友好的