【句子】What’s with the spitting? Are you warding off death? 【ModernFamilyS3E11】
【发音】/ˈwɒts/ /wɑːts/ /wɪð/ /ðə/ /spɪtɪŋ/ /ɑːr/ /juː/ /wɔː(r)dɪŋ/ /ɒf/ /ɑːf/ /deθ/
【发音技巧】spitting闪音;warding off连读;
【翻译】你吐口水干嘛?驱赶死神吗?
【适用场合】
今天我们学习一下这个动词短语ward off的用法;
to ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you
这个短语可以后面跟上某种危险、某种疾病等等,
表示“阻止某种疾病/危险影响自己、伤害自己”;
eg: How will we ward off all these attackers?
我们要怎么击退这些来犯/攻击的人?
eg: If you feel like you're getting a cold, these vitamin C tablets should help you to ward it off.
如果你觉得你快要感冒了,这些维生素C片能帮助你抵御感冒。
eg: She put up her hands to ward him off.
她举起双手,把他挡开了。
eg: She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant.
她可能为了抵御袭击者而进行了一场搏斗。
eg: We couldn't ward off the attackers any longer.
我们没办法再抵御进攻者了。
eg: You should take vitamins to ward off infections.
你应该服用一些维生素,来抵抗感染。
eg: Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera.
为了防止霍乱的爆发,人们正在进行大规模的掩埋。
eg: The flies were annoying me, but I warded them off.
那些苍蝇很烦人,但是我把它们赶走了。
【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】
The champion boxer warded off the opponent's blows.