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cover of episode 【摩登家庭】“你跟这位新人同步一下这个案子的近况。”

【摩登家庭】“你跟这位新人同步一下这个案子的近况。”

2020/12/9
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英语老师瑶瑶

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【句子】Let me bring you up to speed. 【Modern Family S2E18】【发音】/let/ /miː/ /brɪŋ/ /ju:/ /ʌp/ /tʊ/ /spiːd/【发音技巧】let me不完全失去爆破;up to完全失去爆破;【翻译】让我来给你做个前情提要。/我来跟你说说之前是个什么状况。【适用场合】up to speed 一般来说常见两种理解:1. 以理想的速度前行;进展;moving at the desired or anticipated pace或者以最高效率运转;cause it to be working at its highest level of efficiencyeg: Your department just isn't moving up to speed—I mean, this project was supposed be done weeks ago.你们部门就是拿不出来高效率,这个项目几周之前就应该完成的!eg: Tina did everything she could to bring her workers up to speed, but she failed. 为了让工人们能够提高工作效率,Tina试了所有方法,但仍旧以失败告终。2. 对某件事情(尤其是细节)非常了解;well-informed about something, especially with the latest detailseg: Bring the new guy up to speed on this case, will you?你跟这位新人同步一下这个案子的近况,好吗?eg: Please bring me up to speed on this matter. 请跟我说下这事儿到底怎么回事。eg: I guess I should bring you up to speed on what happened since I saw you yesterday.我想我得跟你说一下,我昨天见完你以后发生了什么事儿。【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】We try to keep people entertained and up to speed with what's going on in town.