• n. 垃圾，废物；废话
• adj. 毫无价值的

词源不详，可能来自 rub,刮，擦，磨，引申词义刮下来的垃圾。

rubbish (n.)

c. 1400, robous, from Anglo-French rubouses (late 14c.), of unknown origin. No apparent cognates in Old French; apparently somehow related to rubble (see OED). Spelling with -ish is from late 15c. The verb sense of "disparage, criticize harshly" is first attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang. Related: Rubbished; rubbishing.

1. I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.

我不明白他为何用这种烂事来烦我。

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2. They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.

他们相信游客会自觉捡起垃圾。

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3. It's all rubbish and superstition, and there's nothing in it.

这都是废话和迷信,不是真的.

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4. In an ideal world, there would be no such thing as rubbish.

在一个理想世界中，不会有垃圾之类的东西。

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5. His dismembered body was found in a rubbish bin.

在垃圾桶里发现了他被肢解的尸体。

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