【句子】It's kind of traditional for people to lean in when somebody says, “I have a plan.” 【Modern Family S3E17】
【发音】/ɪts/ /kaɪnd/ /əv/ /trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/ /fə(r)/ /ˈpiː.pl/ /tʊ/ /liːn/ /ɪn/ /wen/ /ˈsʌm.bɒd.i/ /ˈsʌm.bɑː.di/ /sez/ /aɪ/ /hæv/ /ə/ /plæn/
【发音技巧】kind of连读;lean in连读;have a连读;
【翻译】通常来说,当有人说:“我有个计划”的时候,大家就应该前倾凑过来的。
【适用场合】
今天节目中,我们来学习一下这里lean in的用法;
来看两条不同的英文解释:
When you lean in a particular direction, you bend your body in that direction.
或者
to bend or incline closer to the interior or central point of something, such as a structure, classroom, group of people, etc.
这个短语可以理解成:“身体前倾;向前一步”的意思;短语中的介词in也可以换成forward,变成lean forward;
eg: I had to lean in to hear what the professor was saying.
我不得不身体前倾才能听到教授在说什么。
eg: We all leaned in to look at the specimen in the tank.
我们都向前凑在一起看箱子里的标本。
eg: Water damage has caused the wall in our living room to start leaning in.
发大水使得我们客厅的墙壁开始倾斜。
eg: She leaned forward and whispered something in my ear.
她身体前倾,在我耳边低声说了些事情。
eg: The north wall of the barn leans in a little. Is it going to fall?
这个谷仓的北墙有点向内倾斜了,会塌吗?
lean in还可以用来表示:“按压;挤压”的意思;
to incline or press into something;当这个用法的时候,lean in也可以换成lean into;
eg: You have to lean into the wind when you walk or you will be blown over.
你走路的时候得顶着风走,不然你就会被吹倒的。
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He leaned forward to listen more closely.