介绍:
【句子】So the flowers were just a ruse. Figures. 【Desperate Housewives S02E03】
【发音】/səʊ/ /ðə/ /ˈflaʊ.ər(z)/ /wɜː(r)/ /dʒʌst/ /ə/ /ruːz/ /ˈfɪgjərz/
【发音技巧】just a连读；
【翻译】所以这些花就是一个幌子，跟我想的一样。
【适用场合】
今天我们学习一下这个关键句中出现的两个口语表达：
1. ruse
看起来非常简单的一个名词：
可以理解成：
a trick intended to deceive someone
“诡计；招数；幌子”
eg: He used a ruse to get past the sentry.
他使了一招，越过了哨兵。
eg: This was a ruse to divide them.
这只是一个为了离间他们的诡计。
eg: She tried to think of a ruse to get him out of the house.
她想找到一招，把他哄出房子。
2. Figures.
很多同学看到这会有点懵，其实这是It figures. 或者是That figures.
但是本期视频中省略了第一个词。
这个短语是什么意思呢？
可以理解成：“有道理；讲得通；跟我预期的一样；跟我之前猜的一样”或者“描述某件事情符合情理”；
It makes sense.或者It is as I expected or might have guessed.
或者看这条英文解释：
It is used to say that you are not surprised by something unpleasant that has happened.
eg: A: "Sally already broke up with that new boyfriend of hers."
B: "Yeah, it figures. The dude looked like a total creep!"
A：“莎莉和她的新男朋友分手了。”
B：“哈，我早就知道会这样，那家伙看起来就让人讨厌。”
eg: Fired from another job, huh? Well, it figures. You were showing up late most days of the week!
又被开除了？哈，肯定了！上周大部分时间你都迟到了！
eg: Bob: Tom was the one who broke the window.
Bill: It figures. He's very careless.
鲍勃：“是汤姆打碎了那扇窗户。”
比尔：“不意外，他毛手毛脚的。”
eg: Ann: Mary was the last one to arrive.
Sally: It figures. She's always late.
安：玛丽是最后一个到的。
莎莉：不意外，她总迟到。
eg: A: “We’re going to need new offices when the company expands next year.”
B: “That figures.”
A：等明年公司扩张了，我们要新的办公室了。
B：没毛病。/说得对。
eg: A: “Dad, Sally spilled her milk all over the floor.”
B: “It figures.”
A：爸爸，莎莉把她的牛奶全撒到地板上了。
B：我并不感到意外。
eg: A: I think he killed her to get the insurance money.
B: That certainly figures.
A：我觉得是他杀了她，以便获取保险赔偿金。
B：那当然是说得通的。
而且这样的短语后面还可以跟从句，比如说大家来尝试翻一下今天的英译汉。
【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
It figures that I'd break my leg as soon as the ski season started.
