Arguably the world's most famous sports star is now walking away from golf tonight. After two weeks of bombshell revealations about his personal life, Tiger Woods is admitting for the first time, he cheated on his wife. He says he is profoundly sorry and needs to step away from golf to "repair the damage that I have done."

Arguably: used, often before a comparative or superlative adjective, when you are stating an opinion which you believe you could give reasons to support (常用于形容詞比較級或最高級前)可論證地,按理

He is arguably the best actor of his generation.

按理他是他那一代中最優秀的演員.

Bombshell: an event or a piece of news which is unexpected and usually unpleasant 出乎意料的事情,意外消息(常指不幸)

The news of his death came as a bombshell.

他去世的消息令人震驚.

She dropped a bombshell at the meeting and announced that she was leaving.

她在會上宣布了令人吃驚的消息,說她將要離開.

Drop a, the, his etc. bombshell:猶如擲了一顆炸彈,突如其來地宣布使人震驚且通常令人不快的事

It was then that he dropped a bombshell---he wasn't planning to come with us.

那時他突然宣布一個令人不快的消息,他不準備跟我們一起去了.

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