【句子】You see my husband and I still don’t have a clear account as to how Juanita passed. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】
【发音】[ju:] [si:] [maɪ] ['hʌzbənd] [ænd] [aɪ] [stɪl] [dəʊnt] [hæv] [ə] [klɪə(r)] [ə'kaʊnt] [æz] [tʊ] [haʊ] [wɑˈnitə] [pɑ:st]/[pæst]
【发音技巧】husband and I 两处连读;don’t have不完全失去爆破;have a连读;
【翻译】是这样的,我和我丈夫到现在都还不了解到底Juanita是怎么去世的。
【适用场合】
give an account of something
清晰描述某件事(发生的经过)
这里视频中的have a clear account就是清晰地了解;而后面的as to就相当于of/about,表示“关于”
account 在这里可以理解成为:记录;说明 这样的意思;
a written or spoken report about something that has happened
eg: He was too shocked to give a clear account of the accident.
他惊吓过度,没有办法清晰讲述事故的经过。
eg: We need witnesses to give an account of what they saw the night of the car accident.
我们需要目击证人来说明一下,车祸发生的当晚,他们都看到了什么。
eg: She gave the police a full account of the incident.
她给警方一五一十地讲了这件事情的经过。
eg: We would want to have a clear account of what happened in the classroom that day.
我们想要清楚地知道那天在教室里到底发生了什么。
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法官让目击证人详细讲述一下他看到的事情。