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只听好歌不听话 | The Man

• December 10, 2020 • 听见·音乐分享

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
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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。

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