【句子】It's a chance for people to take a step back and observe the obstacles they face in their marriage. 【Desperate Housewives S2E5】
【发音】/ɪts/ /ə/ /tʃɑːns/ /tʃæns/ /fə(r)/ /ˈpiː.pl/ /tʊ/ /teɪk/ /ə/ /step/ /bæk/ /ənd/ /əbˈzɜː(r)v/ /ðiː/ /ˈɒb.stə.kəlz/ /ˈɑːb.stə.kəlz/ /ðeɪ/ /feɪs/ /ɪn/ /ðeə(r)/ /ˈmær.ɪdʒ/
【发音技巧】It's a连读；take a连读；step back失去爆破；and observe连读；the obstacles重读；
【翻译】它使得双方可以各后退一步，去思考他们婚姻中存在的问题。
【适用场合】
在英语中，我们可以说take a step back，或者直接说step back都可以表示“后退；后退一步”这样的意思；
比如说：
eg: Step back or you'll get hit by the ball.
后退/往后站，否则你会被球砸到。

eg: I tried to step back, but he held my upper arms too tightly.
我试图向后退，但是他死命拽着我的上臂。

这样的短语除了字面意思，还有什么引申义呢？
可以理解成：to stop for a moment in order to consider sth.
“从某事当中抽身出来，停下来，去仔细、冷静地思考一下某件事情；”

eg: Let's step back and have another look at this.
我们先抽身出来，再看看它/再考虑考虑这件事。

eg: We are learning to step back from ourselves and identify our strengths and weakness.
我们正在学着后退一步审视自己，充分了解我们的优势与劣势。

eg: You're too focused on this project. You need to take a step back and consider the bigger picture of the whole company.
你太关注这个项目了，你应该学会把自己抽离出来，考虑一下整个公司发展的大局。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
I think everyone needs to take a step back from this issue for a moment and think about their motivations a bit more critically.