【句子】Obviously, my system has some kinks in it. 【Desperate Housewives S02E02】 【发音】/ˈɒb.vi.ə.sli/ /ˈɑːb.vi.ə.sli/ /maɪ/ /ˈsɪs.təm/ /hæz/ /sʌm/ /kɪŋks/ /ɪn/ /ɪt/【发音技巧】kinks in it两处连读；【翻译】很明显，我的持家之道有点小纰漏。【适用场合】 今天节目中，我们讲一下这个词，叫做kink，这个单词的本意是：a bend or twist in sth. that is usually straight“扭曲、扭结”；这个词在今天的上下文当中，你们其实可以猜到，它的意思是：something that is wrong“瑕疵、弊端、不足、纰漏”这个意思；可以搭配的动词也挺多，比如说：iron out the kinks in sth.或者work out the kinks in sth.都指的是to solve all the small problems related to a project or activity解决那些跟一个项目或者一项活动相关的小毛病、小纰漏；eg: Peter still needs to iron out a few kinks in his game. Peter还需要在他的比赛中改进一些不足。eg: We need to iron out the kinks in the new system.我们还需要把这个新系统里面的不足、纰漏改掉。eg: The main development is finished, we just need to iron out the kinks before we release the product.主要的开发工作已经完成，我们只需要在发布产品之前把那些小问题改掉就可以了。eg: We are working out the kinks of the trade agreement. 我们正在改掉这份贸易合同当中的小纰漏。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】The government's initiative has certainly had a promising start. We'll have to see if they can work out the kinks that held it back in areas.
