Arguably the world's most famous sports star is now walking away from golf tonight. After two weeks of bombshell revealations about his personal life, Tiger Woods is admitting for the first time, he cheated on his wife. He says he is profoundly sorry and needs to step away from golf to "repair the damage that I have done."

Arguably: used, often before a comparative or superlative adjective, when you are stating an opinion which you believe you could give reasons to support (常用于形容词比较级或最高级前)可论证地,按理

He is arguably the best actor of his generation.

按理他是他那一代中最优秀的演员.

Bombshell: an event or a piece of news which is unexpected and usually unpleasant 出乎意料的事情,意外消息(常指不幸)

The news of his death came as a bombshell.

他去世的消息令人震惊.

She dropped a bombshell at the meeting and announced that she was leaving.

她在会上宣布了令人吃惊的消息,说她将要离开.

Drop a, the, his etc. bombshell:犹如掷了一颗炸弹,突如其来地宣布使人震惊且通常令人不快的事

It was then that he dropped a bombshell---he wasn't planning to come with us.

那时他突然宣布一个令人不快的消息,他不准备跟我们一起去了.

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