【句子】Look, I'm...I'm trying really hard to be nice about this, but you're backing me into a corner.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/lʊk/ /aɪm/ /aɪm/ /ˈtraɪ.ɪŋ/ /ˈrɪə.li/ /ˈriː.əli/ /hɑː(r)d/ /tʊ/ /biː/ /naɪs/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ðɪs/ /bət/ /jə(r)/ /ˈbæk.ɪŋ/ /miː/ /ˈɪn.tuː/ /ə/ /ˈkɔː(r).nə(r)/

【发音技巧】hard to失去爆破；about this不完全爆破；

【翻译】我尽量表现得有礼貌，但你却咄咄相逼。

【适用场合】

今天我们学习一下这个短语的用法，叫做back someone into a corner；

这个短语中corner本来的意思是：“角落”，所以本来这个短语的意思是“把某个人逼到角落”，稍微引申一下就可以理解成“把某个人逼到一个很困难的处境里”；

口语中，我们也可以说drive/force sb. into a corner，都是一个意思，to force someone into a difficult situation where they have very few or no good choices；

eg: They had driven her into a corner, and there wasn't much she could do about it.

他们把她逼入了绝境，她对此无能为力。

eg: They had me forced into a corner, and I had to admit the truth.

他们把我逼得走投无路，我不得不承认了事实。

eg: I kept delaying my decision, but the approaching deadline has finally backed me into a corner. I have to choose a university by tomorrow.

我一直在拖延做决定，但是日益临近的截止日期终于把我逼得没有退路了。我必须在明天之前选择一所大学。

eg: Feeling backed into a corner, the company announced drastic layoffs as the only way to survive the financial crisis.

感觉到被逼入绝境，该公司宣布了大幅裁员，作为度过金融危机的唯一办法。

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她威胁他，说要告诉所有人他的秘密，将他逼到走投无路。