【绝望的主妇】“你怎么能堕落到这个地步？”

<p>【句子】I can't believe you would sink so low.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 </p><br><p>【发音】/aɪ/ /kɑːnt/ /kænt/ /bɪˈliːv/ /juː/ /wʊd/ /sɪŋk/ /səʊ/ /ləʊ/</p><br><p>【发音技巧】can't believe失去爆破；would sink不完全爆破；</p><br><p>【翻译】我真不敢相信你竟然这么卑鄙！</p><br><p>【适用场合】</p><br><p>今天我们学习一下sink so low这个短语的用法。</p><br><p>sink本身有“沉没”的意思；sink so low的字面意思是：“沉到如此低的地步”，其实引申一下，就是指“一个人在道德、行为、标准或者地位上堕落到一个非常糟糕、可耻或者令人失望的境地”，来看看对应的英文解释：to have such low moral standards that you do sth. very bad；</p><br><p>&nbsp;</p><br><p>eg: Stealing from your friends? How could you sink so low?</p><br><p>偷你朋友的东西？你怎么能堕落到这个地步？</p><br><p>&nbsp;</p><br><p>eg: I never thought he would sink so low as to lie to me about it.</p><br><p>我从未想到过，他竟然会卑劣到对我撒谎的地步。</p><br><p>&nbsp;</p><br><p>eg: I knew John wasn't the most generous guy around, but I never expected him to sink so low.</p><br><p>我知道约翰在周边的人中不算最大方的，但没料到他竟然会做这样的事情。</p><br><p>&nbsp;</p><br><p>eg: After he lost his job, he sank so low that he had to beg for money.</p><br><p>失业...