【摩登家庭】“熄火了。”

【句子】We were stalled. I didn’t have the guts to end it. 【Modern Family-S2E15】【发音】[wi:] [wɜ:(r)] [stɔ:ld]/[stɑ:ld] [aɪ] [ˈdɪd.ənt] [hæv] [ðə] [gʌts] [tʊ] [end] [ɪt] 【发音技巧】didn’t have不完全失去爆破；end it连读；【翻译】我们在感情上停滞不前了，我没胆量去结束这段关系。1. 关键句中，stall 指的是开车的时候，熄火了；停滞不前了；to stop suddenly because of a lack of power or speedeg: The car stalled on the freeway.那辆车在高速公路上熄火了/抛锚了。也有delay，“推迟、延后某事的发生”；或者：“没有任何进展”的意思eg: She says she'll give me the money next week but I think she's just stalling for time.她说她下周给我钱，但是我觉得她只是在拖延时间而已。在今天视频当中，We were stalled.指的是the relationship between us was stalled.就是stop to make progress 感情上停滞不前、没有任何进展的意思2. have the guts to do sth.口语中指的是“有胆量做某事”；这里guts指的就是courage 勇气；胆量；eg: I hope Jay finally gets the guts up to ask his boss for a raise.我希望Jay最终能鼓起勇气向他老板要求涨薪水。eg: You're always talking about quitting your job, but I don't think you have the guts.你总说要辞职，但我看你没那个胆量/勇气。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】她没勇气告诉她丈夫自己要搬出去住了。