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【绝望的主妇】“我白跑了一趟”英语怎么说?

2021/7/7
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【句子】See? You were worried for nothing.【Desperate Housewives S1E20】【发音】/siː/ /juː/ /wɜː(r)/ /ˈwʌr.id/ /ˈwɜːr.id/ /fə(r)/ /ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/【发音技巧】worried for不完全爆破;【翻译】看到啦?你没必要担心的。【适用场合】今天我们来学习一下for nothing这个短语的使用。1. 先来看看今天视频中for nothing的用法。可以理解成:for no purpose or reason无理由地;没必要地;无目的地;eg: People don't call me Mr. Green Thumb for nothing!人们不会无缘无故地叫我园艺先生。(有可能想体现自己园艺才能特别棒的一种骄傲情绪)eg: This isn't a big deal! You're getting mad for nothing.这不是啥大事儿!你完全没必要发火的!(感觉在说对方是无理取闹…)eg: Why did you call me down here for nothing?为啥你莫名其妙把我叫来这儿?无缘无故地,你把我叫到这来干嘛?eg: My boss fired me for nothing.我的老板无缘无故把我给炒了。2. 没有成功;无结果without a meaningful or successful outcomeeg: I can't believe they shut the project down. We worked four months for nothing.我简直不敢相信,他们把这个项目关停了。四个月,我们都白干了。eg: When I got to Berlin, he’d already left. I’d made the journey for nothing.当我到达柏林的时候,他已经离开了。我白跑了一趟。3. 免费;没出钱;for no money or other exchange; without chargeeg: Because we had such an awful experience, the manager offered to give us our meal for nothing.因为我们有了这么糟糕的经历,所以那位经理免费给我们提供了一餐。eg: I'm willing to give you the furniture for nothing as long as you can come and collect it.只要你能来自己搬,我愿意把这些家具免费送你。【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】我们没掏钱就去看了那场演唱会,因为我叔叔在那工作。