【句子】I have lived my share of family knock-down-drag-outs. 【Desperate Housewives S02E03】

【发音技巧】lived my不完全爆破；share of连读；knock down失去爆破；drag outs连读；【翻译】我和我家人也有磕磕绊绊的。（表面上：我也已经经历了属于我份额的家庭纷争）

今天我们学习这个表达，有好多连字符，明显就是一个复合词。

在英文中，knock-down-drag-out是一个复合词，既可以当名词用，也可以当形容词使用。

其实看到knock down还有drag out总会联想到打斗、打架的画面。

大家在用的时候注意一点，虽然表面上的词汇选择看起来挺暴力的，但基本上更多用于非肢体冲突。

看一下英文解释：

a knock-down-drag-out fight or argument is very serious and continues for a long time

所以确实，这个短语可以表示：严重且持久的打架、争吵

eg: We had knock-down-drag-out fights, but when I really needed him on the big issues, he was helpful.

我们虽然很激烈地争吵过，但是在大事儿上当我真的很需要他的时候，他帮我很多。

eg: I am getting tired of the knock-down-drag-out political debates.

我厌倦了激烈又没完没了的政治辩论。

eg: Look, I don't want to get into a knock-down-drag-out fight with you over this, so let's forget it.

咳，我不想和你在这件事情上吵个没完，咱们翻篇吧！

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We knew from the beginning that this was going to be a knock-down-drag-out game, and it hasn't disappointed, with both sides relentlessly trying to gain an advantage.

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