【句子】But, no…no! It’s a cop-out. And I’ve been very selfish, and I need to do better, and I will. 【Modern Family S2E22】
【发音】/bʌt/ /nəʊ/ /nəʊ/ /ɪts/ /ə/ /ˈkɒp.aʊt/ /ˈkɑːp.aʊt/ /ənd/ /aɪv/ /biːn/ /ˈver.i/ /ˈsel.fɪʃ/ /ənd/ /aɪ/ /niːd/ /tə/ /duː/ /ˈbet.ə(r)/ /ənd/ /aɪ/ /wɪl/
【发音技巧】but no不完全爆破；it’s a连读；cop-out连读；and I’ve连读；and I连读；need to失去爆破；better闪音；and I连读；
【翻译】但是，不是的，这只是我用来逃避的借口而已。一直以来我都很自私，我需要做得更好，我也肯定会这么做的。
【适用场合】
今天我们来学一个表达叫做：
cop-out
这个说法是个俚语，所以大家注意使用场合。
它的英文解释是：
a way of avoiding doing something difficult or unpleasant that you should do, or a poor excuse to get out of sth.“逃避，不去做一些困难、或者不喜欢但是又应该去做的事；”
或者直接理解成：“不怎么高明的借口”；


需要提醒各位，在口语中，cop out分开可以当做是个动词短语，写在一起加上连字符是个名词。
当动词用可以理解成：逃避、借口逃脱；

eg: She always thought that having a family instead of a career was a cop-out.
她之前总认为，一心扑在家庭上，没有自己的事业是一种逃避行为。


eg: You need to take responsibility here, so don't give me some lame copout about why you can't go to the meeting.
你得肩负起你应负的责任，别给我某个蹩脚的借口说不能去参加这次会议。

eg: The Beatles are your favorite band? Geez, what a cop-out—everybody likes the Beatles!
你最喜欢的乐队是甲壳虫？妈呀，你这回答也太敷衍了，每个人都爱甲壳虫乐队啊！


eg: The ending of the film is a cop-out. The director didn't really want to face up to the racial issues involved.
这部电影的结尾真的是太敷衍了，太草率了。导演并不想直面电影中提到的种族问题。

cop out on sb.还可以用来指：
失信于某个人；承诺某个人的事情却没有做到；
break one's promise to someone

eg: Come on! Don't cop out on me! You promised me you would do it!
别介啊！别说话不算话啊！你之前答应得好好的！

eg: I said I'd go to the birthday party, but I didn't have anything to wear and copped out at the last minute.
我之前说过我要去参加那个生日派对，但是因为我没衣服穿，所以我最终打算不去了。

eg: I was too tired to go out, so I copped out on my friends.
我太累了，不想出去了，所以爽了我朋友们的约。


【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
She copped out of the parachute jump at the last minute with some feeble excuse.