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【句子】Because when his diet crashes and burns into a giant pile of Nutella, I’m the one he’s gonna blame. 【Modern Family S3E3】【发音】/bɪˈkɑːz/ /wen//hɪz//ˈdaɪ.ət//kræʃɪz//ənd//bɜː(r)nz/ /'ɪntʊ/ /ə//ˈdʒaɪ.ənt//paɪl//əv//njuːˈtelə/ /nuːˈtelə//aɪm//ðə//wʌn//hiːz//ˈgə.nə/ /ˈgɑː.nə//bleɪm/【发音技巧】diet crashes失去爆破；and burns into失去爆破+连读；giant pile of失去爆破+连读；【翻译】因为当他的减肥计划彻底失败的时候，他到时候肯定要怪我。【适用场合】今天这句话很有意思，大家都知道Nutella是很出名的花生酱品牌，减肥的人一定要远离这种高热量食物。再看看这句话的使用场景，联系一下花生酱的质地，就会发现Mitchell是在说：当Cameron的减肥计划变成像一坨Nutella花生酱那样的样子的时候，他到时候肯定要怪我。今天我们来学一下这个表达：crash and burn这两个动词的字面意思是：crash 坠毁；撞击；撞坏；burn 燃烧；这俩词让我们一下子想象到了车发生车祸，飞机失事的场景。1. 所以crash and burn字面的意思是：飞机失事；车发生严重车祸；通常不光碰撞，还着火发生了火灾。literally, to crash and catch fire; typically said of a car or airplane.eg: Her car crashed and burned, but she survived the accident.她的车撞车还着火了，但是她在那场事故中幸存了下来。eg: The small plane crashed and burned just after it took off.那架小飞机在刚刚起飞之后就失事坠毁了。2. 而引申义，经常指：彻头彻尾地失败；to fail at something completely and dramaticallyeg: I really hope this business venture doesn't crash and burn—I'll be broke if it does.我真的希望这次商业投机行为不会以惨败告终，如果失败的话，我就破产了。eg: My attempt to make a speech before the whole student body really crashed and burned when I got on stage and forgot everything I was supposed to say.我原本打算在全体学生面前发表演讲，但是当我站上台，我就忘记了我本来应该说的一切，我这次尝试以失败告终。eg:I have to be prepared. I don’t want to crash and burn in the exam.我要好好准备，我可不想这次考试死得很惨。如果这个短语出现在体育赛事相关的描述中，通常指碰到严重的事故、猛烈的撞击，不得不退赛。eg: Alex isn't competing today because she crashed and burned on her practice run last night.Alex今天不能参加比赛了，因为她昨晚练习跑步的时候受伤严重，不得不退赛。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Tom在通过他的驾照考试之前，经历了三次惨痛的失败。