Top-notch 頂呱呱

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形容詞 “top-notch” 的意思是 “頂呱呱”。當我們對某道菜贊不絕口，或者對一個人欣賞有加的時候，就可以形容他們是 “top-notch”。在英語中，如何準確使用 “top-notch”，稱贊他人 “頂呱呱” 呢？一起來學習本期節目介紹的形容詞 “top-notch”。

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Feifei
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。在每期節目中，我們都會介紹一個英語母語人士或講英語流利的人會用到的表達。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’ 是個形容詞，它的意思是 “頂尖的，一流的”，它可以形容物品，也可以形容人。比如，我們可以用 “top-notch” 來形容食物是 “一流的，美味的”。“The food in this restaurant is top-notch.” 再比如，我們可以用 “top-notch” 來形容一個人是 “出類拔萃的”。“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!