1. 「水管、馬桶堵塞不通」用:clog, clogged, clogged; clog up/with sth
- 馬桶壞了/不通。 The toilet is clogged.
- 水管不通。 The pipe is clogged.
- 管子裡積滿污垢。The pipe is clogged with dirt/grease.
2. 「水龍頭在滴水」用: drip, dripped, dripped; dripping
- 水龍頭在滴水。 The tap/faucet is dripping.
3. 「水管漏水」用: leak
- 水管在漏水。 The pipe is leaking.
- 水龍頭在漏水。 The tap/faucet is leaking.
- 這汽車在漏油。 The car is leaking oil.
4. 「燈泡壞了，電器、插座燒壞」用: burn out
- 燈泡/吹風機燒壞了。 The light bulb/hairdryer burned/burnt out.
- 燈泡不停閃爍用flicker: The light bulb is flickering.
5. 「電視機、冷氣機、洗衣機壞了，機器失靈、無法運作」用: Sth is not working/doesn’t work
- 電視機/冷氣機/洗衣機壞了。
The TV/air conditioner(AC)/washing machine is not working/doesn’t work.
6.「筆電、電腦當機」用: crash
- 我的筆電/電腦當機了。 My laptop/computer crashed.
- 電腦當機可別說成 broken，這樣別人會以為是電腦摔壞或破損！
7. 東西「磨損；耗盡；用壞」用: wear out, wear-wore-worn 東西使用久了都會有磨損、壞掉的一天，英文可以用”be worn out”表達，意為”用壞的；不能再用的”。
- 我的鞋壞了’，所以我需要買雙新的。
I have worn out my shoes, so I need to buy a new pair.
= My shoes are worn out, so I need to buy a new pair. - 我的牙刷壞了，所以我把它丟掉了。
I wore out my toothbrush, so I threw it away.
= My toothbrush was worn out, so I threw it away.
8. 「食物壞了」用: go bad/spoil ，或想明確表達食物「臭酸」了用turn sour 食物酸掉
- 這牛肉已經壞掉了。我們把它丟掉吧。
The beef has gone bad/has spoilt(spoiled). Let’s throw it away. - Tim忘了把牛奶放回冰箱裡所以它酸掉了。
The milk turned sour because Tim forgot to put it back in the fridge.