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exile 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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Now I’m in exile seeing you out现在我流离他乡 不见你的身影
see...out
中文释义:
持续到…结束
英文释义:
If you see out a period of time, you continue to do what you are doing until that period of time is over.
例句:
They had enough fuel to see the winter out.
他们有足够的燃料过冬。
He saw out his career in Italy.
他在意大利一直工作到退休。
拓展:
除此之外,“see sb out”还可以表示“寿命比某人长;看着某人故去”
例句:
I've had this coat for years, and I'm sure it will see me out.
这件外衣我穿了好多年,我敢说它能穿一辈子。
Like he’s just your understudy似乎他只是个替代品
understudy
中文释义:
n. 预备演员,替角,代替之人
v. 练习做临时演员
英文释义:
An actor's or actress's understudy is the person who has learned their part in a play and can act the part if the actor or actress is ill.
例句:
①Word on the street is the understudy steals the show!
小道消息都说替角儿在里面大出风头了呢!-----《摩登家庭》
②Always the understudy, never the star.
总是在幕后默默工作 当不了明星。----《绯闻女孩 第3季》
Like you’d get your knuckles bloody for me而你为了我伤痕累累
knuckles
中文释义:
n. (指人)指关节(指动物)膝关节, 踝
英文释义:
Your knuckles are the rounded pieces of bone that form lumps on your hands where your fingers join your hands, and where your fingers bend.
例句:
①The girl tapped the door with her knuckles.
女孩用指关节轻轻敲门。
②Our fingers bend at the knuckle.
我们的手指在指关节处弯曲。
Those eyes add insult to injury他人的关注只会雪上加霜
add insult to injury
中文释义:
雪上加霜,往伤口上撒盐
英文释义:
to make an unfair or unacceptable situation even worse.
例句:
They told me I was too old for the job, and then to add insult to injury, they refused to pay my expenses!他们说我太老了,做不了这个工作。更让人受不了的是,他们还拒绝支付我的费用!
We always walked a very thin line我们步履维艰
walk a very thin line
中文释义:
步履维艰,如履薄冰
英文释义:
to be very careful in doing sth.
拓展:
这个短语和“be skating / walking on thin ice "很相似,表示“履薄冰;冒风险”(to be taking a risk)
You didn’t even hear me out你没有聆听我的倾诉
hear me out
中文释义:
倾听我的意见;听取我的意见
英文释义:
If you hear someone out, you listen to them without interrupting them until they have finished saying everything that they want to say.
例句:
①MPs heard him out in silence.
②Perhaps, when you've heard me out, you'll appreciate the reason for secrecy.
③He shows keen interest in his friends, hearing out their problems and offering counsel.