【句子】Because ever since I found out what Andrew said to you, I’ve been doing some

soul-searching, and I realized that everything that’s happened is completely my fault. 【Desperate Housewives S02E04】

【发音技巧】since I 连读；found out 连读；out what 类似不完全爆破的处理；what Andrew连读+闪音；said to 失去爆破；and I 连读；realized that 不完全爆破；that everything 连读+闪音；happened is 连读；completely 不完全爆破；

【翻译】因为自从我得知安德鲁对你说了什么，我做了一些自我反省，然后我意识到发生的一切事情都是我的错。

今天我们来学习一下这个短语：soul-searching；

字面的意思是：灵魂的搜索，什么意思呢？

其实引申为：“反思、反省、思索（尤其是道德相关的）”；

deep and careful consideration of inner thoughts, especially about a moral problem

eg: After much soul-searching, he decided it was wrong to vote in the elections.

反思了良久以后，他觉得在这次选举中投票是错误的。

eg: My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life.

这一年，我花了很多时间去做自我反思，想看看我的生活到底哪里出了问题。

eg: After much soul-searching, she decided not to run for reelection.

在反思许久以后，她决定不参加连任竞选。

eg: That really gave us time to do soul-searching and repair our relationship.

那件事的发生，真的给我们了时间去反思，去修补我们的关系。

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After much soul-searching she decided to leave.

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