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cover of episode 【摩登家庭】“平心而论。”

【摩登家庭】“平心而论。”

2020/6/22
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英语老师瑶瑶

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【句子】To be fair, Dylan. That is a family portrait. 【Modern Family-S2E9】 【发音】[tʊ] [bi:] [feə(r)] [ˈdɪlən] [ðæt] [ɪz] [ə] ['fæməli] [ˈpɔ:(r).treɪt] 【发音技巧】That is a两处连读+美音浊化;【翻译】你看的是我们的全家福,当然能看到她了。【适用场合】fair这个单词意思比较多。今天这个短语to be fair当中,fair偏向“公平的;诚实的;不偏袒的”这个意思to be fair可以理解成:实话说;老实说;平心而论;说句公道话;considering everything that has an effect on the situation, so that a fair judgment can be made或者我们说:想批评某个人/某个事物的时候,用来减轻责备的语气It is used for making your criticism of someone or something seem less strong在口语中,我们也可以说Let’s be fair.eg: He's done the job badly. But, to be fair, I gave him very little time to do it.他这项工作做得很差。但是,平心而论,我给他的时间确实很少。eg: To be fair, she behaved better than we expected.讲句公道话,她的表现已经超出我们当时的预期了。eg: To be fair, the team is young and not yet settled.实话说,这支队伍是很年轻,但还不够稳定。大家可能平时还有见过一些表达:实话跟你说;不骗你……to tell you the truth frankly speakingto be honest 在一些场合中,可以和to be fair换用。但是有一些表达个人主观看法的时候,不建议用to be fair。因为to be fair相对来说用的时候更客观一些。比如说,当我想说,实话说,我真的不喜欢他。To be honest, I really don't like him.这时候就不能用to be fair。【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】我们前半场比赛踢得不错,但是平心而论,我们后半场真的表现得很差劲。