We can't let winter win.
That's why I'm holding out for spring.
Oh, what a state we're in.
I'll keep holding out for spring.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
言之有物:
1. 詞鏈兒:let… win
讓……獲勝
I could have won the game but decided to let her win.
我本可以贏得那場比賽,但還是決定讓她贏了。
2. 詞鏈兒:That's why…
那/這就是為什么......
That's why I left so early.
這就是我早早離去的原因。
3. 詞鏈兒:be in a... state
=be in a state of...
處于......狀態
When we bought the house, it was in a terrible state.
我們買下這棟房子時,它的狀況很糟糕。
Water exists in three states: liquid, gaseous, and solid.
水有三種狀態: 液態、氣態和固態。
He's still in a state of shock.
他至今還驚魂未定。
They'll be in a state of relaxed bliss.
他們會處于極度放松狀態。
影視片段《哥譚 第二季 Gotham Season 2》
I took someone's life... in a state of temporary insanity out of grief.
我因為過度悲傷,暫時性精神錯亂殺了一個人。
影視片段《大西洋帝國 第五季 Boardwalk Empire Season 5》
4. 詞鏈兒:hold out for...
堅持要求,不肯讓步;堅持等待
She is holding out for a promotion before agreeing to take on more work.
她在堅持要求先獲得晉升,才同意承擔更多工作。
They are holding out for fairer working conditions.
他們在堅持要求更公平的工作條件。
拓展:hold out 還有 “伸出;堅持;維持” 等意思:
hold out one's hand
伸出手
hold out against the enemy
抵抗敵人
Water supplies won’t hold out much longer.
供水維持不了多久了。
活學活用:
請用 be in a state of 隨意造句
歌曲《Spring》,由 Ed Sheeran 演唱,收錄于《Autumn Variations (Fan Living Room Sessions》專輯中。
春分,也稱“升分”(外文名:Vernal equinox),古時又稱“日中”“日夜分”“仲春之月”,是二十四節氣之一,春季第四個節氣。斗指卯,太陽黃經達0°,于每年公歷3月19-22日交節。
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