1--Sugar is sweet and tasty! And a coat is the outer covering of something.
2--So I just looked inside your car.
1--Tell me what's wrong. And don't sugarcoat it. I can take it.
2--Your engine is destroyed. You need a new car.
1--Wow! You could have sugarcoated that news a little.
2--If you talk about a problem in a way that makes the issue seem more pleasant than it is...you are sugarcoating it.
1--This expression comes from drug makers.
2--In the past, they started putting sugar on some pills to make them easier to swallow.
1--When you sugarcoat bad news, you make it easier for the other person to hear.
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注解:
1.covering覆盖物
2.sugarcoat掩饰
3.swallow吞咽
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译文:
1--糖很甜很好吃。而外层是指某种东西的外面覆盖物。
2--刚才我看了下你车里面。
1--告诉我哪里坏了。不要有所掩饰。我能承受。
2--你的发动机彻底坏了。你得换新车了。
1--哇!你本来是可以掩饰一点点的。
2--如果你在谈论某个问题时,用的是和善的方式,而实际上事情更严重时,你就是在掩饰它了。
1--这个表述源自制药者。
2--过去,他们将糖裹在某些药物外面,使得药片更好吞咽。
1--当你掩饰坏消息时,听者会更容易接受。
2--So I just looked inside your car.
1--Tell me what's wrong. And don't sugarcoat it. I can take it.
2--Your engine is destroyed. You need a new car.
1--Wow! You could have sugarcoated that news a little.
2--If you talk about a problem in a way that makes the issue seem more pleasant than it is...you are sugarcoating it.
1--This expression comes from drug makers.
2--In the past, they started putting sugar on some pills to make them easier to swallow.
1--When you sugarcoat bad news, you make it easier for the other person to hear.
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注解:
1.covering覆盖物
2.sugarcoat掩饰
3.swallow吞咽
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译文:
1--糖很甜很好吃。而外层是指某种东西的外面覆盖物。
2--刚才我看了下你车里面。
1--告诉我哪里坏了。不要有所掩饰。我能承受。
2--你的发动机彻底坏了。你得换新车了。
1--哇!你本来是可以掩饰一点点的。
2--如果你在谈论某个问题时,用的是和善的方式,而实际上事情更严重时,你就是在掩饰它了。
1--这个表述源自制药者。
2--过去,他们将糖裹在某些药物外面,使得药片更好吞咽。
1--当你掩饰坏消息时,听者会更容易接受。