听歌学英文,是一种非常好的学英语的方式。
本期我们要分享的歌曲是The Man by Taylor Swift
建议大家先对着歌词听一遍音乐,再看后面的精析。效果会更好~
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They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to他们口中的我在托付真心之前 总是异性朋友扎堆
固定搭配:play the field
中文释义:用情不专,脚踏几只船
英文释义:
to have sexual relationships with a lot of different people.
例句:
①He gave up playing the field and married a year ago, to a sinewy woman called Cheryl Berkoff.
②So she had played the field, enjoying male company without getting in too deep or too seriously.
I'd be an alpha type我会是来势汹汹的引领者
中文释义:
n. 希腊字母的第一个字母;开端;最初
英文释义:
denoting the dominant person or animal in a group.
例句:
Turner soon proved to be the alpha male.
特纳很快便证明是男人中的头儿。
拓展:
这里补充一个短语:
the alpha male 大男子主义者
另外,在歌词中的翻译为“来势汹汹的”,虽然aplha本身没有这个意思,但是可以把“alpha”理解为“首要的”,就可以比较好理解了。
Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man若我是个男人 那我定是主宰者
man
熟词生义
中文释义:人类
英文释义:
Man and men are sometimes used to refer to all human beings, including both males and females. Many people prefer to avoid this use.
例句:
①The chick initially has no fear of man.
②Anxiety is modern man's natural state.
拓展:
注意,第一个“man”和第二个“man”意思不一样哦~
They say I hustled, put in the work他们说我强买强卖 事实上我在用心投入事业
hustle
熟词生义
中文释义:
v.(常指非法地)兜售,取得
英文释义:
If someone hustles, they try to earn money or gain an advantage from a situation, often by using dishonest or illegal means.
例句:
①We're expected to hustle and fight for what we want.
②I hustled some tickets from a magazine and off we went.
③He hustled me into buying the car.
他硬逼我买下那辆汽车。