(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话:
Tom: So how was your dinner party?
Lynette: Well, there was dinner, but it wasn't much of a party.
Tom: Uh-oh. What happened?
Lynette: I don't know. Rex announced that he and Bree are in counseling. She retaliated with this whole revelation which I won't even go into now, and the bottom line is he stormed out.
知识点讲解:
Not much of a…
算不上,不算是…
【例句一】
A: Was the game good?
比赛怎么样啊?
B: Not much of a game. The other team destroyed us by 50 points.
算不上什么比赛,另一对狂赢了我们50分。
【例句二】
Yeah, I checked out the new arcade yesterday with Jim, but it wasn't much of an arcade. They only have like 10 games.
是,我昨天和Jim去看了那个新的游戏厅,但那算不上一个游戏厅啦,他们只有10个游戏。
Go into
详细说
可以说:go into something
【例句一】
We had a big fight last night. I really don't want to go into it, but we might be done for good after this time.
我们昨晚大吵了一架。我真的不想细说,但是我们这次可能真的完蛋了。
【例句二】
I don't want to go into details, but something happened the other day so their tightening security around here.
我不想细说,但是那天发生点事,所以现在的保安都非常严格。
Go into details
细讲
I'm not gonna go into details this time.
这次我就不讲了。
I don't want to go into details we're gonna talk about it next time.
我不想细讲了,下次我们再来说它。
The bottom line is…
问题是…/重要的是…结果是
I don't care if he's sorry. The bottom line is I can't trust him anymore. Not after that.
我不在乎他是不是感到抱歉。重要的是我没法再相信他了,在那件事之后不行了。