Cycling a sewing machine to stitch street portraits

英语里 “a bad rep” 是什么意思？

Rep 是 reputation（名声）的缩写 —— 也就是人们对某事物的看法。如果某事物 has a bad rep，意思是大多数人觉得它不好或很危险。一位英国街头艺术家用这个短语形容社交媒体：她觉得大家对它评价太苛刻，但她自己却把它当成很有用的工具。Rep 属于非正式用法，日常口语里非常常见。

艺术家说：“Social media’s got quite a bad rep these days, but it is a very powerful tool for an independent artist.” 她把现场缝制的街头肖像发到网上，心情低落时会看评论。看到正面反馈就能重拾信心。 Rep 是 reputation 的缩写。你可以用 has a good rep 或 has a bad rep 来形容一个人、一个地方或一件事。这是非正式表达，口语比书面语常见。你可能也会看到 bad rap 这种拼写 —— rap 本意是责备、指责。两者意思一样，但 bad rep 在日常口语里更常用。 例子：“That area has a bad rep, but it is actually very safe.” / “She has a great rep at work.” / “It has an undeserved bad rep — people just don’t know it well enough.”