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"phenomenon" 这一单词有9个字母4个音节，发音十分拗口，也被名副其实地评为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

20. onomatopoeia (on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh)  [ɒnə(ʊ)mætə'piːə]n. 拟声

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