介绍:
【句子】After all, it’s one of the unwritten rules of suburbia: Don’t call the neighbors in the middle of the night, unless the news is bad. 【Desperate Housewives S01E23】
【发音】/ˈæf.tə(r)/ /ɔːl/ /ɑːl/ /ɪts/ /wʌn/ /əv/ /ðiː/ /ʌnˈrɪt.ən/ /ruːlz/ /əv/ /səˈbɜː(r)biə/ /dəʊnt/ /kɔːl/ /kɑːl/ /ðə/ /ˈneɪ.bə(r)z/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈmɪd.l/ /əv/ /ðə/ /naɪt/ /ənˈles/ /ðə/ /njuːz/ /ɪz/ /bæd/
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【翻译】毕竟，这是郊外社区不成文的规矩之一：半夜别打电话给邻居，除非你的消息是坏消息。
【适用场合】
今天我们要来学习一个很常见的短语：
unwritten rule
字面的意思是：“没有被写出来的规则/规矩”；
来看看他所对应的英文解释：
a law, provision, or guideline that is generally accepted but not formally established or enforced
被普遍接受但未正式确立或执行的法律、规定或指导方针，“即不成文的规定”；
eg: It’s become something of an unwritten rule that people from different departments only sit together during lunch.
来自不同部门的人只有在午餐时间才坐在一起，这已经成为一个不成文的规定。
eg: It’s just an unwritten rule that a new president will make his previous tax returns public—seems kind of suspicious if they don’t.
新总统要公开他以前的纳税申报单，这就是一个不成文的规定而已——如果他们不这样做，就会显得有点可疑。
eg: There’s an unwritten rule that you don’t wear jeans to work.
有一条不成文的规定是你不能穿牛仔裤去上班。
【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
The unwritten rule for many years was that successful athletes were given free passes for bad behavior or poor grades, so long as they remained successful in their sport.
