【句子】I couldn't settle for being a good mother. I wanna be a great one. 【Desperate Housewives S2E10】

【发音】/aɪ/ /ˈkʊd.ənt/ /ˈset.l/ /fə(r)/ /ˈbiː.ɪŋ/ /ə/ /ɡʊd/ /ˈmʌð.ə(r)/ /aɪ/ /ˈwɒn.ə/ /ˈwɑː.nə/

/biː/ /ə/ /ɡreɪt/ /wʌn/

【发音技巧】couldn't settle不完全爆破+闪音；being a连读；good mother不完全爆破；great one类似不完全爆破的处理；

【翻译】我不甘心只做个好妈妈，我要做个满分妈妈。

【适用场合】

今天节目中，我们学习这样一个短语，叫做settle for...；

先来看看对应的英文解释：

If you settle for something, you choose or accept it, especially when it is not what you really want but there is nothing else available.

所以这个短语可以理解成：“勉强接受；退而求其次”这样的含义，我们之前在第429期节目中做过讲解，大家可以点击一下超链接跳转复习一下，那期节目名字叫做“退而求其次”。

eg: I had dreams of being an author, but I settled for a job editing other people's manuscripts.

我曾经梦想着成为一名作家。但是最终我妥协了，只做了一份编辑别人手稿的工作。

eg: She is a perfectionist. She is just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre.

她是一个完美主义者，绝不愿意将就任何平庸的东西。

eg: We had our eye on a gorgeous four-bedroom house, but it was too much money, so we had to settle for something smaller.

我们曾经看中一栋漂亮的四居室的房子，但是价格太高了。我们只好退而求其次选了小一点的。

eg: We just worry that you're settling for someone you don't truly love because you're afraid of being alone.

我们只是担心你因为害怕孤独，就勉强接受了一个你并非真心相爱的人。

eg: I had to settle for a lower wage than the one I requested.

我不得不接受一份低于我期望薪资的工作。

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我曾经梦想着成为一名赛车手，结果却只能先靠一份汽车修理工的工作来糊口。