【摩登家庭】“抱歉，你们刚刚错过了截止时间。”

【句子】I'm sorry. You just missed the cutoff.   【Modern Family S3E17】【发音】/aɪm/ /ˈsɒr.i/ /ˈsɔːri/ /ju:/ /dʒʌst/ /mɪst/ /ðə/ /'kʌtˌɒf/ /'kʌtˌɑːf/【发音技巧】just missed the两处不完全爆破；cutoff连读+闪音；【翻译】抱歉，你们刚刚错过了截止时间。【适用场合】今天我们来学习一下cutoff的用法。先从它对应的动词短语cut off开始讲起。cut off可以表示“打断”的含义；to interrupt sb. when they are speaking；比如说：eg: We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.我们在说话的时候被打断了。 eg: My explanation was cut off by loud protests.我的解释被大声的抗议所打断。 再比如，cut off可以表示“切断供应；停止供应、服务；突然中断、停止”这样的意思；eg: Our water supply has been cut off.我们的水供应被切断了。 eg: They were cut off for not paying their phone bill.他们因为没有支付电话费，线路被切断了。 今天我们关键句出现的是对应的名词的形式，叫做cutoff，可以理解成：a designated limit or point of termination或者the point, date or period for a cutoff；“截止日期或者终结点”；eg: I don't know the cutoff date for applications.我不知道申请的截止日期。这里的cutoff date其实就相当于是deadline； eg: The cutoff for new applications is next Wednesday.新申请的截止日期是下周三。 eg: Have you applied to register to vote yet? The cutoff is coming up!你申请登记投票了吗？截止日期要到了！ eg: I did plan to submit a poem to the contest, but then I got sick and missed the cutoff.我确实曾经计划着提交一首诗歌参加比赛，但是后来我生病了，错过了截止日期。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 你报名参加那个歌唱比赛了吗？明天就是截止日期了。