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今日口语
【句子】He’s lucky he didn’t put up a fight. 【Modern Family S03E05】
【发音】/hiːz/ /ˈlʌk.i/ /hiː/ /ˈdɪd.ənt/ /pʊt/ /ʌp/ /ə/ /faɪt/
【发音技巧】didn’t put失去爆破;put up a两处连读+闪音;
【翻译】他倒是挺走运,没动手。
【适用场合】
今天我们来学习一个很简单的短语:
put up a fight
这个短语什么意思呢?
to struggle, fight, resist, etc.
斗争,奋斗,抵抗
eg: She won’t accept the decision. She’ll put up a fight.
她不会接受这项决定的。她肯定会奋起反抗的。
eg: He put up a fight when the police tried to arrest him.
当警方试图逮捕他的时候,他反抗了。
eg: I expect they’ll put up a fight when we announce the pay cuts, but they’ll either have to accept them or look for other work.
我本来猜想,当我们宣布减薪时,他们会奋起反抗的,但他们也没别的选择:要么接受减薪,要么就另找工作。
然后呢,在口语当中,在这个表达的基础之上,我们加上形容词,也可以说:
put up a good/brave fight
指什么意思呢?
to make a brave or valiant effort against someone or something, especially when outmatched or unlikely to succeed
在困难的情况下,英勇地斗争,顽强地奋斗
eg: Our team put up a good fight.
我们队打得很顽强。
eg: They put up a good fight against a more experienced football team.
面对一支更有经验的足球队,他们打得很顽强。
eg: They put up a good fight, but they never really had a chance to defeat us.
他们进行了顽强的斗争,但从未真正有机会击败我们。
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