(单词翻译:单击)
【句子】I don’t know. That’s a little last-minute. You’re kind of irreplaceable. 【ModernFamilyS3E12】
【发音技巧】don’t know不完全爆破;That’s a连读;little闪音;last-minute不完全爆破;kind of连读;
【翻译】估计不行吧,都这会儿了让我去哪里找啊。你是不可替代的角色啊。
今天要学习的表达是:last-minute;
这个词如果中间没有连字符,我们一般last minute当做名词使用,就是字面意思:“最后一刻、最后的期限”;
eg: He always waits until the last minute to do his holiday shopping.
他总是要拖/等到最后一刻才去假日购物。
eg: Jane always waits until the last minute to write her paper.
简经常拖到最后一刻才去写她的论文。
eg: We decided to go at the last minute.
我们最后一刻才决定要去。
还可以在last minute前面加very表示强调。
eg: He will probably wait until the very last minute.
他可能会等到最后一刻。
而今天我们关键句中的last minute,在中间加了一个连字符。此时last-minute变成了一个复合形容词,表示“临最后一刻的,最后一刻才完成的”;
A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible.
或者看这条英文解释:
done at the very last possible moment or opportunity
eg: She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams.
她在为她的考试做最后的复习。
eg: When I found out my flight to Paris had been canceled, I made a last-minute decision to fly to Hawaii instead.
当我发现我飞往巴黎的航班被取消了,我最后一刻临时决定飞往夏威夷。
eg: If you want to avoid the last-minute rush, get your application in today.
如果你想避免最后的时候抓瞎,今天就把你的申请递交上去。
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His attorneys hoped for a last-minute reprieve.
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