Confusing English Words – famous / infamous

Confusing English Words famous / infamous

Confusing English Words – famous / infamous

بسیاری از کلمات وجود دارند که معنی یکسانی دارند، اما در واقع تعاریف و کاربردهای مختلفی دارند. شما می خواهید درست صحبت کنید و از به کار بردن کلمات نادرست خودداری کنید، اما در مورد معنی دقیق و کاربرد هر کلمه کاملا مطمئن نیستید. بعضی از زبان آموزان حتی به دلیل تردیدهایشان از به کار بردن کلمات خودداری می کنند! هدف ما در این سری از پست ها روشن کردن رایج ترین کلمات گیج کننده در انگلیسی است.

famous / infamous

:The word famous means a lot of people know about a person or thing

.She’s a famous singer who has sold millions of albums .This restaurant is famous for its steak. People come from miles away to eat it

.The word infamous means someone or something is well-known because they are connected to bad behavior or something negative

.Police finally captured the infamous serial killer who had terrorized the city for more than seven years .The infamous photo proving the president guilty of the crime was published in newspapers around the world

:There’s also a pronunciation difference

famous: FA – mus (A as in make) infamous: IN – fu – mus

.You might be wondering what the opposite of “famous” is. If not many people know about a person or thing, then we call it unknown or little-known

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