【句子】So if you like elephants, don’t hold your breath. 【Modern Family S3E07】 【发音】/səʊ/ /ɪf/ /juː/ /laɪk/ /ˈel.ɪ.fənts/ /dəʊnt/ /həʊld/ /jə(r)/ /breθ/ 【发音技巧】like elephants连读；don’t hold不完全爆破；hold your音的同化；【翻译】所以，如果你喜欢大象的话，可别抱太大希望哟。【适用场合】今天我们来学习一个非常口语化的表达。叫做hold one’s breath；字面的意思是“屏住某个人的呼吸”；确实可以直接用这个意思，比如说：eg: I can't hold my breath for very long, so I doubt I'll be able to swim that deep.我不能屏住呼吸很久，所以我怀疑我不能够游到那么深。eg: Hold your breath and count to ten.屏住你的呼吸，然后数到十。eg: Simon held his breath and dived under the water.Simon屏住了他的呼吸，潜入了水下。eg: How long can you hold your breath for?你能憋气多久？然后在口语中，我们经常会听到别人说：Don’t hold your breath. 此时并不是说“不要憋气；不要屏住呼吸”，而指的是：“不要等待某事的发生；对某事的发生不要抱很大希望”；don’t wait for something specific to happen；或者People say this phrase to emphasize that sth. will take a long time or may not happen；这个理解其实挺符合逻辑的，不要屏住呼吸等待某一件事的发生，因为如果这件事情一直不发生，你就会憋死了。eg: The electrician said he'd be here before noon, but I won't hold my breath.电工说他会在中午之前到这，但是对此我不会抱太大希望。eg: She wrote a letter of complaint to the airline asking for a refund, but she said she wouldn’t hold her breath.她给航空公司写了一封投诉信，要求退款，但是她说她不怎么抱希望能退款成功。eg: I'm hoping to hear if I got the job, but I'm not holding my breath. 我希望能知道我是否得到了那份工作，但是我并没有抱很大希望。eg: They may get married this summer, but don’t hold your breath.他们也许今年夏天会结婚，但是也别抱太大希望。eg: If you're waiting for him to apologize, don't hold your breath.如果你在等他道歉，那我劝你还是别等了。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】She said she'd do it this week, but don't hold your breath!
