絕望的主婦S06E01英語學習筆記(1)

Orson resorted to blackmail.

Orson 採取了敲詐.

resort to something:to make use of something, especially something bad, as a means of achieving something, often because there is no other possible solution 訴諸;求助於;依靠

They felt obliged to resort to violence. 他們覺得有必要訴諸暴力.

We may have to resort to using untrained staff. 我們也許只能使用未受過訓練的員工了.

Katherine's marriage to Mike was put on hold.

Katherine和Mike的婚姻被叫停.

on hold:delayed until a later time or date 推遲;中斷

She put her career on hold to have a baby. 她中斷了事業以便生孩子.

The project is on hold until more money is available. 這項工程暫停,等到有更多的錢時再進行.

And when the dust settled, wedding bells rang for someone.

當一切塵埃落定,婚禮的鐘聲將爲某人響起.

let the dust settle; wait for the dust to settle:to wait for a situation to become clear or certain 待形勢明朗;待情況清楚

Just wait for the dust to settle and you'll see what is to be done.
只要等待塵埃落定,你就會知道該做什麼.

But as she left the altar, it suddenly occurred to her...

但當她走下聖堂的時候,她突然想起...

occur to somebody:of an idea or a thought 觀念或想法 to come into your mind 被想到;出現在頭腦中

The idea occurred to him in a dream. 這個主意是他在夢中想到的.

It didn't occur to him that his wife was having an affair. 他沒有想到自己的妻子有婚外情.

It didn't occur to her to ask for help. 她沒想到請別人幫忙.

Don't you think making love to your divorce laywer would be a nifty way to get back at him?

難道你不覺得和你的離婚律師上牀是對他最巧妙的報復嗎?

get back at somebody informal:to do something bad to somebody who has done something bad to you; to get revenge on somebody 向某人報復

I'll find a way of getting back at him! 我會想法報復他的!

Her mon's in jail, her dad walked out.

她媽媽坐牢,爸爸跑路了.

walk out (on somebody) informal:to suddenly leave somebody that you are having a relationship with and that you have a responsibility for 遺棄,拋棄,捨棄,離開(某人)

How could she walk out on her kids? 她怎麼能遺棄自己的孩子呢?

Until I see a change in her behavior, I'm keeping all my options open.

除非我看到她行爲上有所改變,我隨時會改變主意.

keep/leave your options open:to avoid making a decision now so that you still have a choice in the future 保留選擇餘地;暫不作出決定

I think she's trying to take the high road.

我覺得她在試着積極面對吧.

take the high road (in something):to take the most positive course of action 採取最積極的行動方針

He took the high road in his campaign. 他在競選活動中採取了最積極的方針.

Honey, you are ginna have to deal with her at some point.

寶貝,你早晚得面對她.

point:a particular time or stage of development 時刻;關頭;瞬間;階段

The climber was at/on the point of death when they found him. 當他們發現那個登山者的時候,他已奄奄一息.

We were on the point of giving up. 我們當時幾乎要放棄了.

Many people suffer from mental illness at some point in their lives. 許多人在人生的某個階段都會得精神病.

We had reached the point when there was no money left. 我們曾落到身無分文的地步.

At this point in time we just have to wait. 到這種時刻,我們只好等待了.

At this point I don't care what you decide to do. 到這個時候,我不在乎你決定要怎麼做了.

I'm thinking you are full of crap.

我覺得你在胡扯.

crap:nonsense 廢話;胡說;胡扯

He's so full of crap. 他淨胡說八道.

Let's cut the crap and get down to business. 咱們別說廢話了,開始幹正事吧.

What a bunch of crap! 真是廢話連篇!