影片簡介

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go wrong0:12
影片例句：How many of you, when something goes wrong, the first thing you want to know is whose fault it is?
例句翻譯：有多少人，每當發生一些不好的事，你第一時間必須要知道是誰的錯？

something goes wrong 就是某件事出錯了，可以加上一些副詞來加強程度 goes horribly wrong。

The wedding went horribly wrong, they sent the wrong groom to the bride.
婚禮出了大差錯，他們把新郎送錯了。

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ergo1:09
影片例句：Ergo, my second cup of coffee, that I probably would not be having had he come home when we discussed.
例句翻譯：所以，我的第二杯咖啡，如果他準時回來我應該就不用喝了。

ergo 是拉丁文，意思是 therefore。在一般對話其實不常用。


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I'd rather1:50
影片例句：I'd rather it be MY fault than no one's fault. Because why?
例句翻譯：我寧可是我自己的錯，也不要怪人。為什麼？

I’d rather 是 I would rather，就是我「寧願」做什麼事 to do something else instead。如果想要婉拒人的話也可以說 I’d rather not。

I’d rather go shopping than stay at home all day.
我寧可去血拼也不要一整天呆在家裡。

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figure out2:45
影片例句：Because we've spend all of our energy raging for 15 seconds and figuring out whose fault something is.
例句翻譯：因為我們花盡力氣暴怒15秒，想要知道是誰的錯。

figure out 的 figure 是數字，figure out 就是把數字都弄清楚，所以就是「搞懂」的意思。比起 understand something 只是單純懂，figure something out 更有一種努力弄懂的過程。

Johnny has got his life all figured out.
Johnny 完全清楚自己人生的目標。

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corrosive2:49
影片例句：Blaming's very corrosive in relationships.
例句翻譯：責怪他人很傷感情。

corrosive 是從 corrupt 來的，意思是「有腐蝕性的」。同義字有 harmful、detrimental、damaging 等。不過 corrosive 就像是字面上敘述的一樣，是嚴重的傷害。

Jealousy is corrosive to newfangled love.
嫉妒對於感情初期來說是很具傷害性的。

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