两星
【句子】-- Okay. Well, you’ll forgive us, Pepper, if we sit out your next a few brunches?
-- Absolutely. 【Modern Family-S2E3】
【发音】[ˌəʊˈkeɪ] [wel] [ju:l] [fə(r)ˈgɪv] [ʌs] ['pepə(r)] [ɪf] [wi:] [sɪt] [aʊt] [jɔ:(r)] [nekst] [ə] [fju:] [brʌntʃɪz] [ˌæb.səˈlu:tli]
【发音技巧】forgive us连读;sit out连读+美音浊化; absolutely不完全失去爆破;
【翻译】-- 如果日后你的几场早午餐聚会,我们俩不去了的话,那Pepper你会原谅我们的吧?
-- 当然啦!
【适用场合】
brunch 这个单词我们真的不再多说啦!
太熟悉的老朋友了
breakfast 早饭+lunch 午饭
想想你周末早晨10点才起床,那你吃什么?吃早午餐 brunch
sit out什么意思?坐在外面吗?
一般来说,sit out用来
1. 表示你停止做某事一段时间;
to stop doing something for a period of time:
eg: I'm tired, so I think I'll sit out the next dance.
我累了,所以我想,下一支舞,我就不跳了。
2. 不喜欢什么东西,等到……结束,不采取任何措施。
to stay until the end of something, especially something unpleasant
或者你也可以说:
If you sit something out, you wait for it to finish, without taking any action.
eg: The only thing I can do is keep quiet and sit this one out.
我目前能做的就是保持安静,等这事儿结束。
eg: I know it's boring, but we're just going to have to sit it out.
我知道这很无趣,但是咱们得在这坚持到结束。
eg: The company's management is prepared to sit out the strike rather than agree to union demands.
面对这次罢工,这家公司的管理层决定,静观其变不做任何处理,而不是同意工会的要求。
eg: -- Oh, please play with us. Don't sit it out.
-- I'm tired of playing cards, so I think I'll sit out this game.
-- 来呀,跟我们一起玩呗,别不参与呀!
-- 打牌我玩腻了,这个游戏我就还是不参加了吧。
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这演讲也太无聊了吧,我估计坚持不到最后一刻了。