【句子】So the flowers were just a ruse. Figures. 【Desperate Housewives S02E03】

【发音技巧】just a连读；

【翻译】所以这些花就是一个幌子，跟我想的一样。

今天我们学习一下这个关键句中出现的两个口语表达：

1. ruse，看起来非常简单的一个名词：

可以理解成：a trick intended to deceive someone

“诡计；招数；幌子”

eg: He used a ruse to get past the sentry.

他使了一招，越过了哨兵。

eg: This was a ruse to divide them.

这只是一个为了离间他们的诡计。

eg: She tried to think of a ruse to get him out of the house.

她想找到一招，把他哄出房子。

2. Figures. 很多同学看到这会有点懵，其实这是It figures. 或者是That figures.

但是本期视频中省略了第一个词。

这个短语是什么意思呢？

可以理解成：“有道理；讲得通；跟我预期的一样；跟我之前猜的一样”或者“描述某件事情符合情理”；

It makes sense.或者It is as I expected or might have guessed.

或者看这条英文解释：

It is used to say that you are not surprised by something unpleasant that has happened.

eg: A: "Sally already broke up with that new boyfriend of hers."

B: "Yeah, it figures. The dude looked like a total creep!"

A：“莎莉和她的新男朋友分手了。”

B：“哈，我早就知道会这样，那家伙看起来就让人讨厌。”

eg: Fired from another job, huh? Well, it figures. You were showing up late most days of the week!

又被开除了？哈，肯定了！上周大部分时间你都迟到了！

eg: Bob: Tom was the one who broke the window.

Bill: It figures. He's very careless.

鲍勃：“是汤姆打碎了那扇窗户。”

比尔：“不意外，他毛手毛脚的。”

eg: Ann: Mary was the last one to arrive.

Sally: It figures. She's always late.

安：玛丽是最后一个到的。

莎莉：不意外，她总迟到。

eg: A: “We’re going to need new offices when the company expands next year.”

B: “That figures.”

A：等明年公司扩张了，我们要新的办公室了。

B：没毛病。/说得对。

eg: A: “Dad, Sally spilled her milk all over the floor.”

B: “It figures.”

A：爸爸，莎莉把她的牛奶全撒到地板上了。

B：我并不感到意外。

eg: A: I think he killed her to get the insurance money.

B: That certainly figures.

A：我觉得是他杀了她，以便获取保险赔偿金。

B：那当然是说得通的。

而且这样的短语后面还可以跟从句，比如说大家来尝试翻一下今天的英译汉。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

It figures that I’d break my leg as soon as the ski season started.

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