釋義

A way of admitting a mistake, and apologizing for that mistake, without actually apologizing. 表示道歉的方式之一，相當于"my fault", "my mistake", "I apologize"。但實際并不是很重要的事情，并且這些事情也不會有很嚴重的后果，其實并不是真正的道歉。比如路上兩個人不小心撞到了對方，坐地鐵時不小心踩到別人等。

We can put it this way. "I did something bad, and I recognize that I did something bad, but there is nothing that can be done for it now, and there is technically no reason to apologize for that error, so let&`&s just assume that I won&`&t do it again, get over it, and move on with our lives."

我知道我做錯了，但是我也無能為力，并且這個事情也沒有什么好道歉的，我下次也不會再這么做了。出于禮貌就會說my bad。

來源

"My bad" is an American slang that was made popular by basketball players in playground games in the 1970s and 1980s. It was used by young urban players when admitting to an error.

這個俚語源自于七八十年代的美國，開始時流行于街頭籃球。球員之間犯規或者小的錯誤時就會說my bad。后來逐漸被廣泛使用，不僅是在美國，在澳大利亞也是常見的英文表達。它比I’m sorry 更加隨意。

舉例

1. 王小二路上看手機撞到另外一個看手機的騷年；

2. 吃飯時王小二被別人撞到可樂撒到身上；

"Hey, you spilled my Coke all over me!" "Oh. My bad."