【句子】You could have elevated the Dunphy name, but instead, you chose to tarnish it. So congratulations, ladies. You brought this family to a new low. 【Modern Family S3E3】【发音】/juː/ /kʊd/ /hæv/ /'elɪveɪtɪd/ /ˈelə.veɪtɪd/ /ðə/ /ˈdʌnfi/ /neɪm/ /bʌt/ /ɪnˈsted/ /juː/ /tʃəʊz/ /tʊ/ /ˈtɑː(r).nɪʃ/ /ɪt/ /səʊ/ /kənˌgræt.jʊˈleɪ.ʃənz/ /ˈleɪ.diz/ /juː/ /brɔːt/ /brɑːt/ /ðɪs/ /ˈfæm.əl.i/ /tʊ/ /ə/ /njuː/ /nuː/ /ləʊ/ 【发音技巧】could have击穿；elevated闪音；but instead连读+闪音；tarnish it连读；brought this不完全爆破；【翻译】你们原本能给Dunphy这个姓氏增光的，但是恰恰相反，你们却给这个名字抹黑了。所以，两位小姐，恭喜了。你们使家族荣耀跌到历史新低。【适用场合】elevate这个动词本意指的是：把……提升；上升；你看一下elevator表示的是电梯，就懂了。这个单词引申义指的是：“使某个人/某个事物更加重要；或者提升某个事物”to make somebody or something more important or to improve something:eg: They want to elevate the status of teachers.他们想要提升教师的形象。tarnish本意：“失去光泽；褪色”to make or (especially of metal) become less bright or a different color引申义：损伤某个人/某个事物的名望/声誉to spoil the reputation of someone or somethingeg: A series of scandals had severely tarnished the leader's reputation.一系列的丑闻使得这位领导的名誉受损。a new low什么意思呢？新低？差不多，在英文中你会经常见到：hit a new lowreach a new lowfall to a new lowplunge to a new low都指的是一个意思：突破历史记录，达到新低而bring sth. to a new low自然就指的是：把……东西弄得前所未有的低；使得……突破历史新低；eg: The celebrity’s popularity has hit a new low.这位名人的人气达到历史新低。eg: The dollar fell to a new low.美元跌至新低。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】These factors helped to elevate the town into the list of the ten most attractive towns in the country.
