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Loyalty gave way to desire and Garrett, the turncoat, told Sherry what I was up to.
这个重色轻友的叛徒伽利特告诉了雪莉我的意图。
生词
loyalty [ˈlɔɪəlti] n. 忠诚,忠实
desire [dɪˈzaɪə(r)] n. 愿望,欲望,渴望
turncoat [ˈtɜːnkəʊt] n. 叛徒,变节者
发音变化
连读:what I
was up
失去爆破:and Garrett
told Sherry
up to
语言点
1.give way to 向…让步,向…妥协,被…替代
例:
He should give way to a younger, more decisive leader.
他应该让位于更年轻、更有决断力的领导者。
Give way to traffic coming from the left.
让从左边来的车先行。
2.be up to 计划做...,打算做...
例:
They must have known what their father was up to.
他们一定已经知道了父亲要搞什么。
He'd be mad if he knows what we are up to!
要是他知道我们打算干什么会气疯了的。
今日互动
请翻译:我拒绝对他们的要求让步。
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