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【句子】The bottom line is, I’m going away to jail, and when a man goes away to jail, which I hope none of you here ever have to do, he sees who his real friends are. 【Desperate Housewives S1E20】【发音】 /ðə/ /ˈbɒt.əm/ /ˈbɑː.təm/ /laɪn/ /ɪz/ /aɪm/ /ˈgəʊ.ɪŋ/ /əˈweɪ/ /tʊ/ /dʒeɪl/ /ənd/ /wen/ /ə/ /mæn/ /gəʊz/ /əˈweɪ/ /tʊ/ /dʒeɪl/ /wɪtʃ/ /aɪ/ /həʊp/ /nʌn/ /əv/ /juː/ /hɪə(r)/ /ˈev.ə(r)/ /hæv/ /tʊ/ /duː/ /hiː/ /siːz/ /huː/ /hɪz/ /rɪəl/ /frendz/ /ɑː(r)/【发音技巧】bottom闪音；line is连读；going away连读；and when类似不完全爆破；when a连读；goes away连读；which I连读；hope none of不完全爆破+连读；friends are连读；【翻译】重点是，我要去监狱了。当一个人要去监狱坐牢的时候，当然我希望在座的各位都不要有这样的经历，他会看出哪些才是自己的真正的朋友。【适用场合】今天我们来学习一下什么叫做bottom line。bottom line在商业场景中用得很多。1. bottom line可以用来指一个人能够接受的最低价格。the lowest price that sb. will accepteg: Two thousand-and that's my bottom line!两千块，不能再少了。（这是我能接受的最低的价格）eg: She says $95,000 is her bottom line.她说9万5千美元是她能接受的最低价格。eg: They will accept $235,000 for the house, and that's their bottom line.他们能够接受以23万5千美元的价格售出这个房子，这是他们能接受的最低的价格了。2. bottom line还可以用来指：一家公司在某个时间段内的财务盈亏，经营状况，或者净利润/净亏损。（经常出现在金融、商业等对话场景中）大家看看对应的英文解释：The bottom line is the total amount of money that a company has made or lost over a particular period of time.eg: These small promotions were costly and they did nothing to increase his bottom line.这种小型的促销活动很耗钱，而且对他的净利润没什么帮助。eg: How will the rise in interest rates affect our bottom line?利率的增长将会如何影响我们的财务盈亏？再来看看第三个意思：3. the most important thing that you have to consider or accept; the essential point in a discussion, etc.在一次讨论中最重要的内容、观点；你需要考虑或者接受的最重要的事情；eg: The bottom line is that we have to make a decision today.最重要的是，我们今天得做一个决定。eg: The bottom line is that he lied to Congress.最为重要的是，他向国会撒谎了。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】The bottom line is that it did not get the best out of everybody.