【绝望的主妇】lost art在英语中到底什么意思？

【句子】Well, etiquette is a lost art for a lot of people. 【Desperate Housewives S02E02】【发音】/wel/ /ˈet.ɪ.kɪt/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /lɒst/ /lɑːst/ /ɑː(r)t/ /fə(r)/ /ə/ /lɒt/ /lɑːt/ /əv/ /ˈpiː.pl/ 【发音技巧】etiquette is a闪音+两处连读；lost art连读；lot of连读+闪音；【翻译】对很多人来说，礼节这个东西，已经不复存在了。【适用场合】 今天节目中，我们讲一下这个表达，叫做lost art；这里的art其实指的是an ability or a skill that you can developwith training and practice所以这个短语的意思是什么呢？字面意思是：“一门失传的艺术”，其实可以指“已经变成废弃的、过时、不常见的某些人类的手艺、技术、活动或者能力”；some human craft, skill, activity, or ability that is, or is becoming, obsoleteeg: Letter-writing is a lost art nowadays.或者你可以说：eg: Writing letters has become something of a lost art.现如今都已经没人写信了。eg: As people start to eat out more and more, cooking is becoming a lost art.因为越来越多的人出去下馆子，所以现在做饭的手艺也成了一门失传的艺术。eg: Honestly, film photography is becoming something of a lost art, now that everyone has super-advanced digital cameras right there in their pockets.实话说，胶片摄影现在已经不那么常见了，因为大家手里都有超级高端的数码照相机。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】看下这篇文章的名字：THE LOST ART OF CONVERSATION: HOW WE FORGOT HOW TO MAKE SMALL TALK