【句子】Oh, well, you’re preaching to the choir, literally. I’ve sung in several. 【ModernFamilyS3E12】【发音】/əʊ/ /wel/ /jə(r)/ /ˈpriːtʃɪŋ/ /tʊ/ /ðə/ /kwaɪə(r)/ /ˈlɪt.ər.əl.i/ /aɪv/ /sʌŋ/ /ɪn/ /ˈsev.ər.əl/【发音技巧】literally闪音；sung in可连读；【翻译】哈，还需要你跟我说音乐的重要性吗？我还真的在几个唱诗班唱过。【适用场合】今天我们来学习一下这个短语，叫做；preach to the choir。字面意思是：向唱诗班布道，宣讲宗教理念；但大家都知道，唱诗班已经带有明显的宗教色彩了。所以这个短语的意思是：“对已有相同看法的人鼓吹同样的主张；白费唇舌”；to talk to people to try to persuade them to accept opinions and beliefs that they already haveeg: You're preaching to the choir here—we all have kids and understand how busy life can get.你说的这些我们都知道的。我们都有孩子，都知道有孩子的生活会多忙碌。eg: Honestly, you're preaching to the choir, but I just don't have any money to donate.实话说，你是在白费口舌，因为我本来就跟你观点一致，但是我确实没钱捐款。eg: There is no need to convince us of the value of hard work. We already know that. You are just preaching to the choir. 没有必要向我们说明努力工作的价值，我们都已经知道了，你是在白费口舌。eg: Don't waste your time telling us about the problem. That's preaching to the choir. 别浪费你的时间跟我们描述那个难题了。我们都已经知道了。eg: The men who really need to hear the message don't come to the meetings, so I'm just preaching to the choir.真正需要听这则消息的人都没有来这些会议，所以我在这也是白费口舌。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】The speeches he makes to his supporters won't win him any more votes. He's just preaching to the choir.
