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【句子】This is your last chance to redeem yourself. 【Desperate Housewives S01E22】 【发音】/ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /jə(r)/ /lɑːst/ /læst/ /tʃɑːns/ /tʃæns/ /tə/ /rɪˈdiːm/ /jə(r)ˈself/【发音技巧】This is连读；last注意下英美发音区别；【翻译】这是你证明自己的最后机会了。【适用场合】今天这期节目中我们来学习一个非常简单的短语：redeem oneselfredeem这个单词挺有意思的，查查看对应的英文解释：to make something or someone seem less bad让某个东西或者某个人看起来不那么差劲；那什么叫redeem oneself呢？英文解释说得很清楚，一起来看一下：1. to do sth. to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done sth. bad2. to do something good because you have behaved badly, so that people will think you are a good person again在你做了一些不好的事情以后，做一些别的好事儿，以此来重新挽回声誉，让别人认为你还是一个好人eg: He has a chance to redeem himself after last week's mistakes.在上周犯了错以后，他现在有一个机会挽回自己的形象。eg: He was anxious to redeem himself after the fight that morning.在那天早晨的争吵/打斗之后，他急切地希望能挽回一些负面影响/自己的形象。eg: He was an hour late, but he redeemed himself in her eyes by giving her a huge bunch of flowers.他迟到了一个小时，但是他准备了一大束花，挽回了自己在她眼中的形象。eg: He spent the rest of the game trying to redeem himself after a first-minute mistake.在整场比赛余下的时间里，他都在尽力弥补开局时的失误。eg: Matt's grades were not great at the beginning of the semester, but he's totally redeemed himself and gotten A's on every test since.这学期刚开始的时候，Matt的成绩不是很好，但他奋力追赶尽力弥补，从此以后每次考试他都能得A。eg: My sister was mad at me for not spending time with her, so I redeemed myself by getting us tickets to see her favorite band.我姐姐生气了，因为我没有陪她，所以我买了两张票，去看她最喜欢的乐队表演，以此挽回了我在她心目中的形象。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】He had realized the mistake he had made and wanted to redeem himself.