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So, you know, it is what it is, but Americans are totally annoyed by the use of "whatever" in conversations.
也许你知道，这就是事实——美国人对日常交谈中“无所谓”这句口头禅最为反感。
The popular slacker term of indifference was found "most annoying in conversation" by 47 percent of Americans surveyed in a Marist College poll.
一项由美国圣母学院开展的民调显示，47%的受访者认为这个带有漠不关心意味的流行词是“交谈中最令人讨厌的用语”。
"Whatever" easily beat out "you know," which especially grated a quarter of respondents. The other annoying contenders were "anyway" (at 7 percent), "it is what it is" (11 percent) and "at the end of the day" (2 percent).
"Whatever" 轻松击败"you know（你知道）"位居榜首，另有四分之一的受访者称最讨厌后者。其它入选最惹人厌的用语还包括"anyway（总之；反正）（7%）"，"it is what it is（这就是事实）"（11%），以及"at the end of the day（到头来）"（2%）。
"Whatever"--pronounced "WHAT'-ehv-errr" when exasperated--is an expression_r_r with staying power. Immortalized in song by Nirvana ("oh well, whatever, nevermind") in 1991, popularized by the Valley girls in "Clueless" later that decade, it is still commonly used, often by younger people.
"Whatever"是一个带有忍耐意味的表达，在语气加重时，它常被说成"WHAT'-ehv-errr"。涅磐乐队于1991年演唱的一首歌曲使whatever这个词被人们记住（其中出现歌词oh well, whatever, nevermind）。而在同一年代的后期，影片《独领风骚》中的山谷女孩又使这个词广为流行。如今，这一词汇仍然很常用，它在年轻人中尤为流行。
It can be an all-purpose argument-ender or a signal of apathy. And it can really be annoying. The poll found "whatever" to be consistently disliked by Americans regardless of their race, gender, age, income or where they live.
"Whatever"可在结束争论时使用，或者可用来表示漠不关心，这个词的确令人反感。调查发现，无论种族、性别、年龄、收入以及居住地，美国人无一例外地讨厌这个词。
